Home prices

The number of bidding wars increased for the sixth consecutive month, as Salt Lake City remained the most competitive housing market, according to Redfin.

The Federal Housing Administration said in its annual actuarial report that the capital reserve ratio on its mutual mortgage insurance fund increased to 6.10% in fiscal year 2020, up from 4.84% a year earlier.

With the coronavirus cutting employment or wages in 32% of households, the number of potential homebuyers could shrink and cause home price growth to hit its inflection point, analysts say.

Colder weather wasn't enough to slow down the Albuquerque, N.M., housing market, as home prices continued to increase in October.

Median home prices rose annually in 74% of Opportunity Zones across the country in the third quarter, with 53% growing by 10% or more, according to Attom Data Solutions.

A number of unknowns about the election and the coronavirus response kept consumer confidence in check, according to Fannie Mae.

JPMorgan Chase is going on the “offensive” in mortgages as home prices rise across the country, said Marianne Lake, the bank’s chief executive for consumer lending.

Bay Area homebuyers shook off any lingering reservations about shopping during the coronavirus pandemic, driving median sale prices up nearly 20% in September in a tight housing market.

With a dearth of inventory, September generated the largest price growth in the housing market since May 2014, according to CoreLogic.

For the second month in a row, South Florida residential sales are beating out 2019. They're also driving up prices, bringing the median price for a single-family home in Miami-Dade and Broward counties to $425,000 — the highest ever.

U.S. home prices rose the most in two years in August as low mortgage rates spurred competition for an increasingly scarce supply of listings.

With the real estate market in desperate need for more housing stock, some industry leaders are pinning their hopes on governmental policies to make building more affordable. But how the two presidential candidates may approach these issues varies greatly.

The Marin County, Calif., real estate market in September continued to defy seasonal trends amid the coronavirus pandemic, with home sales up nearly 68% over the prior year.

Purchases of new single-family houses dropped 3.5% from August to a 959,000 annualized pace from a downwardly revised 994,000 rate, government data showed Monday.

Maine's red-hot residential real estate market shows no signs of cooling, thanks in part to increased interest from out-of-state buyers.

Sales of previously owned homes rose more than expected in September to the highest level in 14 years as a desire for more space and record-low mortgage rates continue to support demand.

Southern California home sales and prices surged higher in September, the latest evidence of a hot housing market during the global COVID-19 pandemic.

The Bay Area real estate market continued its roaring recovery in September, as buyers took advantage of ultra-low mortgage rates to scoop up a shrinking number of homes for sale at an astonishing pace.

With record low mortgage rates driving buyer demand, home sales and prices spiked in September, shrinking the supply and days on market, according to Remax.

California house sales will rebound slightly next year from the pandemic, and home prices will continue edging upward, thanks to rock-bottom mortgage rates and strong homeownership demand, according to the California Association of Realtors.