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The share of severely underwater mortgages shrunk by over two percentage points compared with a year ago, as these borrowers benefited from the rise in equity levels, Attom Data Solutions said.

U.K. house prices posted their slowest growth this year in October, according to mortgage lender Halifax.

Mortgage rates fell for the first time in four weeks, although given investor optimism over better economic news, it might be a blip, according to Freddie Mac.

Houston held its spot as the No. 2 market for new home starts in the third quarter, according to a new report from Metrostudy.

Southern California house prices continued rising in September, although gains remain the smallest since the housing recovery began in the spring of 2012, new data shows.

The FDIC ordered the Seattle bank to pay a nearly $1.4 million fine tied to improper agreements with real estate brokers and homebuilders.

Tighter mortgage regulations are making Canada's housing market less risky, according to the government agency responsible for its oversight.

The price for a home in Southern Nevada didn't move much in October, according to the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors.

For months now, the question in metro Denver's real estate market has been where have the buyers gone. But in October, a whole bunch of sellers went missing in action as well.

The housing bond measure, the largest of its kind in San Francisco's history, comes as the ballooning wage inequality has sent the city's homeless population skyrocketing 17% over the last two years.

Toronto's housing market continued to bounce higher in October, with prices rising the most in almost two years amid dwindling supply.

Realtors in the Albany, N.Y., region are hoping that the tight supply of homes for sale will push prices up enough to encourage more listings.

The pace of Colorado Springs-area home construction picked up again last month, as rock-bottom mortgage rates and a strong local economy continued to drive the local demand for houses.

Orix Corp. has agreed to buy U.S. commercial real estate lender Hunt Real Estate Capital, its latest acquisition in the field.

Apple will contribute $2.5 billion toward easing the housing crisis in California, joining other technology companies in helping alleviate a problem they are often blamed for exacerbating.

The median home price in Santa Cruz County, Calif., dropped to $815,000 in September, according to Gary Gangnes of Real Options Realty.

A sluggish Southern California housing market showed signs of heating up in September, as prices rose modestly and sales jumped by the largest amount in nearly three years.

CIT Group has agreed to lend and invest the money mostly in California as well as in the eight states where Mutual of Omaha Bank has branches.

Years after the foreclosure crisis ended, the Tampa Bay area still has 305 "zombies'' — vacant homes in some stage of foreclosure.

Australia's housing market recovery surged ahead in October, led by further hefty gains in the nation's two biggest cities.