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After steep declines in April and May, North Texas home sales rebounded in June. Area real estate agents sold 16% more single-family homes than in June of 2019.

The current refinancing boom might seem like the worst time to buy leads, but for some, it may be the best.

As the coronavirus created uncertainty for the housing market, underwriting standards tightened further in June.

Mortgage rates continued their slide, with the conforming 30-year fixed at its closest point ever to breaching the 3% mark, according to Freddie Mac.

While very low inventory prevented a full market recovery, pricier home listings only trail year-ago totals by 9.2%, according to Zillow.

The single-borrower deal, sponsored by Brookfield, was pulled in the spring due to market conditions that halted most securitizations at the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Booming refinancing is expected to more than offset the tighter underwriting in second-quarter mortgage results.

It's a tough time to be shopping for a home around Seattle. Blame the coronavirus pandemic.

Home resales on Oahu continued their downward movement in June, but the decreases affected by safety measures were not as big as they were in May.

Tricon American Homes launches the fifth securitization since mid-May secured by loans that finance institutional ownership and management of single-family residential rental homes.

The number of loans going into coronavirus-related forbearance dropped for the third consecutive week, as the growth rate fell 8 basis points between June 22 and June 28, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The latest figures from a Realtors trade organization for Southern Nevada show that home prices are holding strong amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Santa Fe County, N.M., real estate was on a wild ride in the second quarter, and not just because single-family home sales dropped 36% for April, May and June with the COVID-19 pandemic redefining life this spring.

While the multifamily loan forbearance rate is lower than the most pessimistic projections, Pat Jackson says borrowers are hardly out of the woods yet.

With thousands of job cuts likely to follow what's forecast to be the worst recession in three centuries, the tenants of the glass and steel towers that dominate the City of London and Canary Wharf may face an even bigger retreat.

By providing flexibility for property tax payments localities can help keep local businesses going and maintain their tax base for the future.

The number of Southern California homes put into escrow rose for the 10th consecutive week, as the market recovers from the coronavirus economic shock.

U.K. house prices posted their first annual decline since 2012 in June as the coronavirus continued to hang over the property market, according to Nationwide Building Society.

Napa County home sales sank like a rock this May, dropping 54% compared to one year ago, the California Association of Realtors reported.

The coronavirus pandemic and economic shutdown have created in the Syracuse, N.Y., area the hottest housing market in recent history, agents say.