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With a healthy economy and high demand for housing, Madison, Wis., set a record for the value of the average single-family home and saw strong growth in commercial values, especially big apartment buildings with 50 or more units.

Here's some good news for New York City apartment hunters: Manhattan rents dropped 3.8% in March from a year earlier, the most since 2011.

First-quarter mortgage banking results at Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase were weaker than Keefe, Bruyette & Woods forecast due to lower-than-expected gain-on-sale margins.

The Santa Fe, N.M., housing market is a typical example of supply and demand at work.

March mortgage applications for new home purchases were stronger than in February but lenders didn't produce as many of them as they did a year ago.

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles said that she plans to seek $50 million in affordable housing bonds in the fall, more than tripling the amount of local money available for low-income housing.

The countdown of the 2018 Top Producers Rankings concludes with this year's top 25 mortgage loan officers.

Zillow Group Inc. plans to start buying houses directly from sellers to test its ability to make money by flipping real estate.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending April 13.

CoreLogic, which has already acquired several appraisal technology and services vendors, snagged another one with its purchase of a la mode technologies.