California

Fannie Mae is warning mortgage lenders and servicers about possible fraud schemes in Los Angeles County involving "34 apparently fictitious employers being used on loan applications."

Marin's median home price spiked to $1.15 million in April, a 10% rise from the $1.045 million median price in April 2017.

San Diego County's median home price hit an all-time high of $570,000 in April, increasing 8.6% in a year.

A mix of escalating construction costs and changes to the federal tax code is hampering San Francisco's ability to finance and build affordable housing.

Even the first step into the real estate market for many buyers — condominiums — is getting harder to reach in the Bay Area.

Requiring solar panels for all newly constructed residences is good news for investors who finance these systems, if only because it will help keep developers afloat, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

A residential complex of affordable homes may sprout on the site of a municipal parking lot in downtown San Jose near the bustle of hotels, the city convention center and office towers.

Sonoma County supervisors have signed off on a wide-ranging suite of policy changes intended to encourage construction of more new homes seven months after nearly 5,300 residences were lost here in last year's devastating wildfires.

Wells Fargo must pay $97 million to home mortgage consultants and private mortgage bankers in California who didn't get the breaks they were entitled to under the state's stringent labor laws.

California is set to become the first state to require solar panels on all newly built single-family houses.