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The U.S. mortgage insurance business remained a bright spot for Genworth Financial, as fourth quarter adjusted operating income increased 29% and new insurance written rose nearly 95% over the prior year.

Mortgage application volume increased 5%, led by refinancings, as interest rates continued to fall on fears that the coronavirus was spreading in China and elsewhere, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Home sellers came off the sidelines in January and showed buyers they were ready to play ball.

The California Consumer Privacy Act is here, but many mortgage lenders still don't know what that means for them.

Australia's property revival is spreading across the country with prices now rising in every major city.

After the 2017 October fires in Sonoma County, Calif., prices inflated in 2018 as the destruction strongly stoked demand for homes. Last year, the housing market cooled and balanced itself.

The Spokane, Wash., real estate market remains extremely tight and active, with relatively few houses available, high demand and rising home prices mirroring national trends.

The city's decision to drop a lawsuit alleging predatory ending by Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Citigroup highlights the challenges municipalities face in taking on deep-pocketed financial institutions.

For people in their 20s and 30s, New Hampshire's home prices are rising as fast as their concerns over affording a place to live.

Negotiations went to the brink of a foreclosure trial for a Bradenton, Fla., mall, before a settlement was reached between the owners and the lender.

Home prices were up 3.9% annually in the San Diego metropolitan area in November, outpacing all other West Coast markets, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices reported.

Home sales were up in all three of the Greensboro-High Point, N.C., metropolitan area's counties of Guilford, Randolph and Rockingham.

A year-end surge in Dallas-area home sales is carrying over into the New Year, and local real estate agents are hoping that the increase in business will stretch into the summer.

After a months-long slump in Bay Area home prices, the market appears poised to drive higher as buyers act on low interest rates and fight for scarce inventory.

A high-profile proposal to address California's housing crisis by compelling cities to build more homes failed to pass the Senate on Wednesday, but lawmakers left the bill's author one more chance to pass the measure.

Dwindling inventories of existing homes in Toronto is driving sales of pricier newly built housing, another sign of tightening in Canada's largest real estate market.

Rising home prices allowed central Ohio homeowners to make more on the sale of their homes last year than ever.

In Miami Beach's bitter battle over raising roads to keep communities dry in the face of sea level rise, it's all about property value.

Connecticut's home sale market ended 2019 pretty much the way it began the year, as overall prices for single-family houses remained stuck in neutral and sales slipped, compared with the previous year.

Metro Atlanta home prices outpaced all but three other Sun Belt cities during the past year, according to a high-profile national survey.