Texas

Despite an especially strong hurricane season last year, the national mortgage delinquency rate fell on an annual basis, signaling a healthier economy, according to CoreLogic.

Dallas-area home prices grew slightly faster than the nationwide rate in the latest comparison by CoreLogic.

A Texas lawyer pleaded guilty to his role in an elaborate $5 million mortgage fraud scheme involving pricey beach homes, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Houston.

There is a minimal risk of another housing bubble developing in Southern California, even as there is just a slim chance area home prices will fall in the next two years.

Businesses are investing more, people are finding jobs, and inflation is picking up, meaning higher interest rates for homebuyers.

More than half of Dallas-area neighborhoods saw a decline in home purchases in early 2018 after years of rising sales.

The Austin area's home sales and median home sales price both hit record highs for the month of March, bringing the region's housing market to a strong close for the first quarter.

March's increase in foreclosure starts was a direct result of the end of the moratorium for borrowers affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, Black Knight said.

However, mortgage growth and servicing income weren't the only reasons profits rose by double digits at the Dallas bank.

Dallas-Fort Worth homes was one of the fastest-selling home markets in the country last year.