California

Last year ended with house prices up 6.7% percent in Los Angeles and Orange counties and rising 7.5% in the Inland Empire as a drop in listings continued to push prices upward, the California Association of Realtors reported.

The West maintained its lead with the country's highest overall growth rate, though there may be signs that it is faltering.

With rents rising and homeownership rates still low, here's a look at eight reasons why more renters may want to become homeowners.

Fueled by a rush for housing after wildfires burned thousands of homes, a record amount of money changed hands in the Sonoma County, Calif., real estate market at the end of 2017.

From San Francisco to Dallas, here's a look at the 10 top housing markets where homes sell above the asking price.

Back in September, a modest ranch house sold in Sunnyvale for $782,000 over its asking price, signaling that the Bay Area housing market was even crazier than it seemed.

A new report from Zillow projects that the San Jose metropolitan area will be the hottest housing market in the nation in 2018, with home values rising dramatically.

The state's housing crisis is back on the agenda as California lawmakers return to work after a months-long recess.

PHH Corp. agreed to a $45 million settlement to resolve allegations from 49 states and the District of Columbia that it engaged in "foreclosure process abuses" involving "inconsistent signatures" in its servicing business from 2009 to 2012. The settlement comes as the nonbank mortgage company continues its legal challenge to a separate regulatory action by the CFPB.

Southern California home prices rose at their fastest pace in almost two years in November as falling numbers of homes for sale pushed home prices ever higher, figures from CoreLogic show.

The median price of a Marin County, Calif., home spiked 15.5% to $952,250 in November, compared with the $824,500 median price a year earlier.

Dashing wannabe home buyers' dreams yet again, the Bay Area's jaw-dropping home prices soared still higher in November — setting a new record.

Home values grew during 2017 at their fastest pace in four years and the same supply and demand dynamics behind that increase remain in place for 2018.

In a sign that the Bay Area's housing shortage has reached new heights, even having a boatload of cash now may not be enough to land your dream home.

Sonoma County's fire-ravaged housing market last month posted the most sales for November in 13 years, even as the median price rose slightly to a new record high.

The tech boom that Mayor Ed Lee embraced ensured that the man who began his career fighting for poor tenants ended up presiding over a city known for some of the nation's most unaffordable housing and pervasive homelessness.

Two months after the October wildfires leveled more than 3,000 homes in Santa Rosa, Calif., "For Sale" signs are popping on vacant lots in Coffey Park and other fire-ravaged neighborhoods

Movement Mortgage will pay $1.1 million in penalties and customer refunds to settle charges by California regulators it serviced loans without a state license and for collecting unearned interest.

Regulatory changes that would put an end to state and local tax deductions could prompt many homeowners in high-tax states to consider relocating, a Redfin survey shows.

One night in January, volunteers across the country counted 40,056 veterans living on the streets or in transitional housing and shelters — 585 more than in 2016 and the first increase of homeless veterans since 2010.