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In March, home sales rose year-over-year for the fourth consecutive month, but the coronavirus inhibited what's typically the biggest monthly boost of the year, according to Remax.

Bay Area home prices rose substantially in March despite a drop in sales compared with last March, but those numbers reflect deals entered into before most counties imposed shelter-in-place orders.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a mild fluctuation in the Savannah, Ga., area real estate market, but many people are still inking closing contracts. At the same time. local industry leaders and agents are turning to technology to help them find their forever homes.

COVID-19 has led to an unprecedented number of homes for sale being withdrawn, canceled or temporarily taken off the market in Sarasota County, Fla., but the prices on the homes that are being sold have held steady, according to a Sarasota real estate firm.

The nonprofit that distributed a loss mitigation platform built during the last crisis recently closed, but the technology's creator sees interest in its use for COVID-19-related deferrals.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending April 17.

As federal stimulus checks land in bank accounts in coming days, a sobering reality may hit many Bay Area residents — the money will cover less of their housing costs than anywhere else in the country.

The nation's largest bank is temporarily reducing its exposure to the mortgage market amid rising unemployment and estimates that home prices could drop by 10%.

The National Credit Union Administration is giving lenders and borrowers extra time to complete appraisals to ensure mortgages are still being completed despite the pandemic.

Many El Paso, Texas, homebuilders are opening model homes only for appointments, or in other ways limiting access to the homes, which for years have been their best selling tool. Home construction continues.

The move is part of an effort by CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger to help smaller lenders by significantly raising loan thresholds for collecting and reporting mortgage data.

Mortgage rates slipped this week as the coronavirus keeps affecting the overall U.S. economy, according to Freddie Mac.

To keep up with demand during the coronavirus pandemic, the mortgage industry must push other initiatives to the side in favor of ramping up the use of tech tools, according to Planet Home Lending.

New-home construction declined in March from the previous month by the most since 1984 as the pandemic started to take a bigger toll on the housing market and broader economy.

From the crossroads of America down to the bayou, here's a look at 12 housing markets where it's the most financially prudent to buy a home rather than rent, according to First American.

The letter written by Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., and Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, was seen as a boost to Wall Street lobbying efforts seeking to quell the fallout of the coronavirus crisis on the mortgage market.

The agency is still moving forward on key regulations dealing with payday lending and mortgage underwriting despite new demands posed by the crisis.

In the Philadelphia metropolitan area, new listings are down almost 43% from March 1 to April 5, when the number of new listings typically grows by roughly 52%, according to Zillow.

Homebuilder sentiment plunged in April to the lowest level in more than seven years as the coronavirus pandemic kept potential buyers quarantined and paralyzed construction in much of the country.

We need to be doing everything possible to ensure those that needed down payment assistance are able to keep their homes during this crisis and beyond.