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Statewide home sales rose during August, despite a nationwide pullback in purchases of previously owned properties.

The percentage of newly originated loans that are used to refinance an existing mortgage could shrink dramatically in 2018 as rates rise and burnout continues.

Wall Street analysts are keeping Dallas-Fort Worth on their watch list of markets where housing prices are out of whack.

Homeowners gained an average of $12,987 in equity from last year, with Western states leading the increase.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Sept. 22.

Mortgage delinquencies in areas affected by Hurricane Harvey last month were 16% higher than in July, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

A lackluster supply of available homes is slowing sales across South Florida — but the shortage of listings also keeps pushing prices higher as buyers have little choice but to pay more for what they want.

Despite an uptick in interest rates, refinance loans held steady in August and closing rates reached a new 2017 high.

Mortgage rates increased for the first time in seven weeks, while the 10-year Treasury yield continued its upward trend, according to Freddie Mac.

Maine's housing economy got a late-summer boost in August, with year-over-year increases in both home sales volume and median sale price.