Purchasing power

Here's a look at 12 cities where home prices are high, but local market conditions make them surprisingly affordable.

Major corporate relocations can be a mixed blessing for housing markets. Here's a snapshot of local real estate conditions in the 20 cities vying for the Amazon HQ2 second headquarters.

Rising rents across the country suggest the homebuyer pool could get even bigger at a time when demand in the housing market is already far outpacing supply. Here's a look at 12 cities where that trend is strongest.

More bad news for people house-hunting in the Bay Area: Of the 10 hottest neighborhoods in the country this year, nine are in the San Jose metro area.

With rents rising and homeownership rates still low, here's a look at eight reasons why more renters may want to become homeowners.

From San Francisco to Dallas, here's a look at the 10 top housing markets where homes sell above the asking price.

Here's a look at the top 10 markets where it's more affordable to buy a home than rent a three-bedroom property.

Here's a look at 10 housing markets where limited competition, lower prices and plentiful inventory give buyers the upper hand in home sales transactions.

Consumer credit scores are improving, but many qualified borrowers are still hesitant about buying a house. New tools are helping lenders better assess risk and show consumers with lower credit scores they can qualify for mortgages.

The gap between the average credit score for homebuyers and other consumers has widened to its highest point in 12 years, and lenders don't know what, if anything, to do about it.

A measure of contract signings for the purchase of previously owned homes unexpectedly increased in November after surging a month earlier, according to data released by the National Association of Realtors.

Homebuyer interest dipped slightly in November, but remains well above year-ago levels, according to Redfin.

In a sign that the Bay Area's housing shortage has reached new heights, even having a boatload of cash now may not be enough to land your dream home.

Here's a look at the 11 housing markets where the share of entry-level homes for sale is greater than the share of first time home buyer shoppers.

The maximum loan amount for Federal Housing Administration mortgages will go up in more than 3,000 counties for 2018.

Despite rapid price gains and tight inventory nationally, prices in many of the largest housing markets are still below the peaks reached before the Great Recession.

Conforming loan limits for mortgages bought by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will increase for the second consecutive year in response to the rapid rise in home prices, the Federal Housing Finance Agency said.

Home price appreciation continues to increase at a much higher than normal pace, although the rate of growth has been slowing since the summer.

The housing market has been underperforming its potential since May, and October's performance gap was the largest it's been since November of last year, according to First American Financial Corp.

The treatment of local property taxes and the mortgage interest deduction in the House Republicans' tax plan would cause homeowners in high-cost states like California to incur much higher tax bills.