Home prices

The average sale price of single-family homes in Southern Nevada was an even $300,000 in September, which marks the highest transaction amount since June 2006 when it peaked at $315,000.

Property values for homes that were foreclosed on during the Great Recession are outpacing the nation's average house price appreciation, according to Zillow.

The better news for homebuyers in King County, Wash., keeps coming: Inventory is way up. Sales are way down. And prices have stopped skyrocketing.

Hiring by nonbank mortgage lenders and brokers reversed course again and got slightly higher in August as originators made a last-ditch effort to reach seasonal homebuyers before fall.

Here's a look at the 12 cities with the biggest gap between the current wages needed to buy a home and the historical average, a sign a housing bubble might be brewing.

The median sale price for single-family homes in Connecticut hit the highest level for August in five years, even as the number of houses sold decreased by 4.2% over the same period a year earlier.

Baton Rouge-area home sales were 7.4% lower in August than the year before as real estate activity dropped across the board.

Toronto's housing market continues to settle into a new normal as sales and prices changed little in September.

Single-family homes in Santa Fe, N.M., sold for 21% more in the third quarter of 2018 than during the same period last year, the Santa Fe Association of Realtors reported.

Southern California home sales hit a four-year low this past summer as rising costs and a lack of affordable homes cut into home shoppers' buying power.

Homebuyers put about 15% toward a down payment on house, spend $40,000 in one-time fees and thousands in closing costs, presenting an opportunity for lenders to leverage education and product offerings to prepare them for a purchase.

Homebuyers saving for a down payment contributed to the slowest rate of August price appreciation in nearly two years; and the market could have even less momentum by next summer.

Central Ohio home prices will "skyrocket" if Amazon picks Columbus for its second headquarters, according to a report released Monday by Realtor.com.

As more sellers lower their asking prices and competition eases, the share of homes sold above their listing keeps declining, according to Redfin.

Home shoppers were feeling beat up this spring, often finding themselves vying with up to a dozen other buyers for limited homes amid soaring prices.

Homebuyers looking in Seattle and the Eastside have had many more homes to choose from lately and have even seen prices drop significantly from their record-setting spring highs.

The number of Bay Area homes sold in August plunged by 10% year-over-year due to the scarcity of affordable homes.

Millennials make up the largest constituent group for both homebuyers and sellers, which could put a squeeze on lending and eventually shift the market.

Lenders may start to see more homebuyers enter the market as the number of homes for sale is higher than at any point this year, according to Trulia.

As home prices continue to rise, a record-high 77% of people surveyed think it's currently a strong time to sell a house, according to the National Association of Realtors.