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Loan application defect risk fell in December after stabilizing the prior month, but it's not dropping as it quickly as it once was, according to First American Financial.

Many American homeowners count on the equity in their property to help fund their retirement years, but they might be overconfident by relying on that, according to Unison.

The U.S. homeownership rate rose to a six-year high in the fourth quarter, led by gains among young people and low-income Americans.

A high-profile proposal to address California's housing crisis by compelling cities to build more homes failed to pass the Senate on Wednesday, but lawmakers left the bill's author one more chance to pass the measure.

Mortgage rates continued sliding this week as investors put money into safer assets like bonds, contributing to the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage dropping 9 basis points, according to Freddie Mac.

Dwindling inventories of existing homes in Toronto is driving sales of pricier newly built housing, another sign of tightening in Canada's largest real estate market.

Rising home prices allowed central Ohio homeowners to make more on the sale of their homes last year than ever.

In Miami Beach's bitter battle over raising roads to keep communities dry in the face of sea level rise, it's all about property value.

After being range-bound for several weeks, mortgage rates are fluctuating enough to spur significant changes in refi incentive, according to Black Knight.

The number of large-scale natural disasters continued to proliferate in 2019, creating new situations where local mortgage delinquency rates could stay inflated for the following 12 months, according to CoreLogic.