Home prices

Home sale prices in greater Hartford got a late summer bump in August and appear to be on a pace to register a modest year-over-year gain for the year.

As mortgage rates jump and housing inventory rises, over a quarter of all home listings dropped their price in the past month, according to Redfin.

New York City’s home sellers, tired of waiting for buyers, slashed prices on almost 800 listings in a single week this month, the most in at least 12 years.

There is a sharp increase in the number of Denver-area residents searching for homes in other metros compared to the number of people in other cities looking for properties in the area, according to Redfin.

Sales of previously owned homes were unchanged in August, indicating buyers are balking at higher prices and leaving more inventory on the market for the first time in three years, a National Association of Realtors report showed.

Buyers and sellers seem to think Sonoma County, Calif., home prices finally have peaked, after doubling the past seven years.

House prices maintained their momentum in August, climbing 6.4% across Northeast Ohio.

The slowdown in home sales activity during August is more than just the normal seasonal lull and could mark the start of the housing market rebalancing, according to Remax.

The Dallas-Fort Worth home market retreated in August, with preowned home purchases down from a year ago and prices growing at a slower rate.

Southern California house sales slipped below year-ago levels in August for a fourth straight month, even though prices continued to climb.

Canada's housing market showed continued signs of stabilizing in August, with sales rising for a fourth straight month and prices easing.

Houston-area home sales in August were up an eye-popping 37% over the same month last year, but there's good reason for the astonishing increase: Hurricane Harvey.

Metro Toledo's August home sales rose 4.3% from a year ago, according to new figures from the Toledo Regional Association of Realtors.

If you bought a Bay Area home in 2012, pat yourself on the back.

Mortgage origination volume continues to decline as homebuyers receiving loans bring more money to the closing table.

Overall home sales on the Virginia Peninsula in August were on par with last year, but the median sales price of existing or resold homes continued to increase.

Local home sales and prices kept rising at a rapid clip in August, continuing a six-year trend that has made homeownership increasingly difficult for San Antonio's middle class.

Home prices in 40% of the 35 largest metro areas remain below their precrisis peak, a sign that values in much of the country are far from bubble territory, Zillow said.

Staggering home prices and steep tax rates are pushing people from expensive cities along the coasts to more affordable locales.

Homebuyers are seeking financing options first before even looking for a house, according to loanDepot.