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U.K. house prices posted their slowest growth this year in October, according to mortgage lender Halifax.

Mortgage rates fell for the first time in four weeks, although given investor optimism over better economic news, it might be a blip, according to Freddie Mac.

Houston held its spot as the No. 2 market for new home starts in the third quarter, according to a new report from Metrostudy.

Southern California house prices continued rising in September, although gains remain the smallest since the housing recovery began in the spring of 2012, new data shows.

Taylor Morrison Home Corp. has agreed to buy William Lyon Homes in a deal that would combine the two companies' in-house mortgage divisions and make the resulting entity the fifth-largest U.S. homebuilder.

Tighter mortgage regulations are making Canada's housing market less risky, according to the government agency responsible for its oversight.

It was activity at the upper end of the housing market that helped to keep mortgage application volume level with the previous week, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

The price for a home in Southern Nevada didn't move much in October, according to the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors.

For months now, the question in metro Denver's real estate market has been where have the buyers gone. But in October, a whole bunch of sellers went missing in action as well.