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Home prices increased 6.6% in the second quarter from a year earlier as buyers competed for a shrinking supply of listings.

Cash deals are by no means dead, but they aren't dominating the South Florida housing market the way they once did.

California's high housing costs are driving poor and middle income people out of their housing like never before. While some are fleeing coastal areas for cheaper living inland, others are leaving the state altogether.

Though potential homeownership demand declined moderately between 2015 and 2016, the underlying fundamentals for demand remained positive.

Freddie Mac has gotten the green light for its appraisal alternative for purchase loans, and has released information about how similar automated collateral evaluations for refinances have performed.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Aug. 18.

The Trump administration says it has put a stop to Operation Choke Point, a controversial initiative aimed at discouraging financial institutions from servicing high-risk businesses.

Mortgage holders could see their security interest wiped out if a borrower in Texas or Nevada gets a property tax loan where the lien has priority over the first mortgage.

The USDA recently announced its rural housing program, which has been around for decades, would increase the amount buyers can borrow, a sign of rising housing costs across the nation.

After a strong sales bump in June, the Sonoma County, Calif., housing market declined in July to the slowest pace of sales in seven years.