Appraisals

Home prices in South Florida increased 5.3% in May from a year ago, a sign that recent gains are moderating, a new report shows.

Bay Area home prices have continued their stratospheric surge, as the low housing supply combined with intense demand last month to further heat up the market.

CoreLogic's second-quarter net income increased 2% over the previous year on higher operating income from improvements in productivity.

In many corners of Southern California, home prices have hit record highs. And they keep going up.

Strong housing demand continued to outpace supply in June, in large part because millennial buyers are on the rise, according to First American Financial Corp.

For the seventh year in a row, property taxes will rise again in Los Angeles County, thanks to a brisk real estate market and construction boom.

Houston area home values continued their upward track, while rental rates dropped in June, a new report showed.

When market prices rise faster than comparable home sales values it is imperative for lenders to ensure property valuations are accurate, support the sales price and completed in a timely fashion to keep deals from falling through. (Part four in a four-part series on the mortgage industry's response to the housing inventory shortage.)

Federal regulators issued a proposal Tuesday that would increase the threshold at which commercial real estate transactions require an appraisal, a move that could give some lenders sizable relief.

Two West Virginia law firms have won a federal case against Quicken Loans that stemmed from allegations the lender suggested home values to appraisers who are supposed to be objective.