California

The fight for stronger rent control in California appears headed for a fiery demise, according to the latest poll by the Public Policy Institute of California.

Southern California home sales fell in September by the biggest rate since the depths of the Great Recession, the latest housing report by the California Association of Realtors shows.

High-rise living, once a rarity in Southern California, is gaining new favor as reviving urban centers such as downtown L.A. and Hollywood attract thousands of new residents in search of neighborhoods with a big-city feel.

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.

If California voters approve Proposition 10 in November, the ramifications will be felt on the state's affordable housing, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

First Foundation sold loans to Freddie Mac to free up space for higher-yielding credits. It then bought the securities that were formed to replace other, lower-yielding assets through an often overlooked program.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Sunday to streamline housing development around BART stations and ease the Bay Area's epic affordable housing problem at the expense of local officials' decision-making powers over land use.

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.

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

State officials have lost two rounds in a lawsuit that says California improperly diverted money intended for homeowners to make payments on housing bonds.

The Bay Area's soaring housing costs are pushing poor people into neighborhoods where poverty and racial segregation are on the rise, a UC Berkeley study found.

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

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

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

Sacramento's once hot housing market continued its cooling trend in July, with median prices dipping slightly in five of the six local counties.

The median Bay Area home price fell from June to July but was still up double digits over last year, according to CoreLogic.

Southern California’s red-hot housing market continued to cool in July as rising home prices and higher interest rates discouraged homebuyers, new housing figures show.

U.S. construction companies are grappling with a widespread labor shortage that is exacerbating the cost of housing and other buildings, according to a new survey.

After four straight months in which four out of 10 home buyers in Santa Cruz County, Calif., paid in excess of $1 million, more buyers in July closed deals in the less expensive areas of the county and the median price dipped from $927,500 to $885,000.

An improved economy, a healthy labor market and the large population of millennials should have accelerated home sales much higher, but all hope for more transactions this year is not yet lost, according to the NAR.