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From Southern California to the Great Lakes, here's a look at 12 housing markets with the biggest annual declines in pending sales, according to CoreLogic.

First American's Loan Application Defect Index is higher on a month-to-month basis for the first time since February 2019.

As the coronavirus reshapes urban life — and prompts businesses to rethink where they want to be — a pair of California real estate investors are pushing what might seem like an unlikely vision for the future.

The growing pandemic caused Texas home sales to drop to the lowest level in eight years in May.

Contract signings to purchase previously owned homes surged in May by the most on record as mortgage rates fell and some states began to reopen from coronavirus lockdowns.

Sales of homes for May were down in Butler County and the Greater Cincinnati area, a trend that was anticipated due to the Ohio stay-at-home order.

The company formally reported a nearly $65 million loss in the first quarter as the coronavirus affected its operations in March.

Some observers said the central bank should have suspended dividends entirely in response to an unprecedented economic emergency caused by the pandemic. Others said its more cautious moves were appropriate because big banks' capital is strong and the economy could bounce back.

Compared with the week prior, approximately 83,000 more loans from all investor types became forborne.

Home sales plunged 70% in May in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic — the largest drop in the country, according to the Remax National Housing report.