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The average and median homes sales prices for the Dayton, Ohio, area reached record highs in JUly, which local experts say could produce positive and less than desirable effects for area homeowners.

Tight inventory and unstoppable buyers pushed Bay Area median home prices higher in July, ignoring the economic drag of the pandemic.

The refinance boom kept mortgage loan application defect risk flat, with record-low levels in July, but fraud risk for purchases climbed again, according to First American Financial.

Mortgage subsidies introduced in Russia this year to stimulate the economy have fueled a surge in apartment prices even after incomes plunged by the most since 1998.

In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, Napa County home sales skyrocketed in July, rising 79.8% from June to July, the California Association of Realtors reported.

Montana real estate is a hot commodity. From east to west, north to south, homes and land are, more often than not, sold within days.

Homebuyers are favoring newly built properties at the highest rate in more than a decade.

Arch's second CRT transaction this year to obtain indemnity reinsurance for mortgage-insurance premiums comes at a time it is also experiencing rising 60-plus-day delinquencies on its outstanding securitized pools.

Also: NMN analyzes political donations from the industry, foreclosure and eviction ban extended to year's end.

A Quincy, Mass., real estate broker pleaded not guilty to nine charges, including money laundering and forgery, for what prosecutors say is the theft of $800,000 from deposit checks.