Appraisals

Home prices were up 6.9% in April over the prior year, as lower mortgage rates during the month stimulated consumer demand to purchase a property, according to CoreLogic.

During a five-year run of real estate prosperity, some South Florida communities that bore the brunt of the excruciating housing collapse are enjoying the biggest spikes in value, homeowners and brokers say.

Prices fell and the number of single-family homes sold in Connecticut were essentially flat year-over-year, according to the latest report form The Warren Group.

Home-price growth in the Portland area is slowing down, but rising prices here still outpace most of the nation's major cities.

Sales of homes in April throughout the Cincinnati region remained strong, but could not maintain a record-setting pace, according to the latest data from the Cincinnati Area Board of Realtors.

Financial regulators issued joint guidance on Wednesday highlighting the availability of cross-state appraiser licensing agreements.

South Florida home prices increased 6% in March compared to a year ago, but the biggest gains nationwide are happening in the Pacific Northwest.

As Seattle tops the country for home price growth for the seventh straight month, the local real estate market has gotten so competitive that it's now nearly impossible to avoid a bidding war.

Homes in Sacramento have been selling in an average of 34 days — six days faster than they were at this time last year, and 28 days faster than the U.S. overall.

A larger-than-forecast increase in home prices in 20 U.S. cities in March underscores both steady demand and lean inventory, according to S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller.