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Consumer confidence in the housing market remains relatively strong, but economic uncertainty is testing its resiliency, according to Fannie Mae.

Quicken Loans is now able to perform an electronic mortgage closing in all 50 states, claiming to be the first lender to have this capability.

A Rochester, N.Y., developer who faces federal mortgage fraud charges connected to apartments in Buffalo and other cities has pushed back the sale of a significant part of his real estate portfolio until later this month.

The Chateau Hotel and Conference Center in Bloomington, Ill., is under new ownership after a judge agreed to enter a foreclosure judgment.

August's median price of single-family homes sold in Santa Cruz County, Calif., dropped to $877,000, according to Gary Gangnes of Real Options Realty, who tracks the numbers.

Miami-Dade's housing affordability crisis is so dire, it now poses as much of a threat to the region as sea level rise, according to Florida International University's Jorge M. Perez Metropolitan Center.

Fannie Mae is cracking down on homebuyer education requirements, particularly for first-time homebuyers and purchasers utilizing high loan-to-value mortgages.

London's luxury housing market is flush with buyers, but prices keep on falling.

With housing affordability still a prominent hurdle to homeownership, prospective buyers — especially millennials — now get creative in order to find suitable homes, according to Chase and the Property Brothers.

Millennial homeowners and renters are more likely to stay in their home for a shorter period of time than similar aged people of previous generations, according to Zillow.