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Southern California's 2020 housing market got off to a good start before the pandemic shook the economy in mid-February, CoreLogic figures show, with both prices and home sales up in the six-county region from February 2019 levels.

The Bradenton-Sarasota, Fla., area has been a red-hot housing market with the median price at or above $300,000 for the past year, providing job opportunities for 7,000 real estate agents.

The Trump administration is considering a plan to allow homeowners whose income was cut by the coronavirus to delay mortgage payments. Still to be decided is a mechanism for borrowers to catch up.

Ramifications of a global pandemic are starting to ripple through the Southern California housing market as virtual home tours replace in-person showings and homeowners cancel open houses to avoid coming face-to-face with potentially infected home shoppers.

Covid-19 and the economic fallout that has come with it are putting some homebuyers and sellers in the Twin Cities on edge.

Contract signings for existing homes surged in January, rising the most since October 2010 after slumping a month earlier, adding to signs of more momentum in the housing market.

Sales of previously owned homes remained robust in January as low borrowing costs and higher wages continue to make purchasing more attainable.

U.S. home price increases should soften this year, but central Ohio homebuyers might not see much relief, according to one of the nation's best-known housing economists.

After a record year for home sales in 2019, Chattanooga Realtors are starting 2020 with even stronger residential sales.

Buyers are rushing into the housing market to take advantage of falling borrowing costs. Now, they're facing rising prices.