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The dollar volume of private-label residential mortgage-backed securities issuance this year is the highest it has been since the Great Recession, despite a decline in new originations.

Housing construction in the Twin Cities increased slightly last month, with most of the gain coming from a hefty increase in apartment construction.

Sacramento's once hot housing market continued its cooling trend in July, with median prices dipping slightly in five of the six local counties.

As the demand for home rentals continues to rise, regulatory burdens could decrease the multifamily housing supply and drive up costs, witnesses said at a congressional hearing.

After home prices soared due to a lack of inventory and a recovering economy, three-quarters of experts believe the shift to a buyer's housing market should come in two years.

Nearly half of July's millennial homebuyers were single, a sign that they are not waiting for certain milestones like marriage before deciding to become homeowners, according to Ellie Mae.

The Federal Housing Administration is providing a new waiver that gives mortgage companies the ability to start inspecting properties affected by Kilauea Volcano lava flows in Hawaii.

Mortgage applications decreased 0.1% from one week earlier, dropping for the seventh time in eight weeks even with scant movement in interest rates, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The median Bay Area home price fell from June to July but was still up double digits over last year, according to CoreLogic.

The pace of home construction in the San Antonio market has surged to its highest level since 2007, but it likely won't be enough to correct a woeful shortage of affordable homes.