Coronavirus

After bottoming out at a 10-year low in April, consumer sentiment for home buying rebounded in May, according to Fannie Mae.

About 9% of government-insured loans in forbearance have low equity, which could hamper post-forbearance servicing.

A house in Cornwall, N.Y., goes on the market and has eight buyers check it out in one day. Two promptly offer the full price of $305,000, which the winning bidder later upped to $340,000.

Framework Homeownership CEO Danielle Samalin helped support consumer organizations after the housing bubble burst. Now she’s using that experience to help borrowers and homebuyers navigate new challenges.

When the coronavirus pandemic began in earnest in March, the Las Vegas real estate market was able to hold steady, thanks in part to an abundance of sales already in the pipeline.

With the impacts of the coronavirus in full bore, housing market experts predict home prices to fall in 2020.

After months of hiding out from the coronavirus, North Texas homebuyers are heading out to hunt for properties.

But there was an increase in private-label mortgages in forbearance.

Nonbank mortgage hiring inched down when overall employment plunged in April. The subsequent recovery in overall jobs suggests the housing-finance industry is still bearing up well despite coronavirus-related strain.

Eager buyers and reluctant sellers pushed Bay Area homes prices higher again in April, fueling quick sales and a robust market despite coronavirus restrictions.

Virginia's housing market has demonstrated greater resiliency than many housing markets across the country even though home sales have slowed across much of the state as a result of COVID-19.

Houston-area home closings surged last week for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

One criticism of the CARES Act is that it provides relief only to borrowers with government-backed loans. Bills in New York and California would cover the remaining 30% of homeowners.

Independent mortgage banks started 2020 strong after three quarters of high profits, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The policy comes more than a month after a different agency issued similar guidance for loans backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Australia has announced a A$688 million ($476 million) stimulus package aimed at bolstering the housing construction industry, as the coronavirus-hit economy heads for its first recession in 29 years.

The company's planned two-week halt on originations turned into more than two months on hiatus because of coronavirus-related market disruptions.

Homebuilding in San Diego County nearly doubled from last year in the first quarter of 2020 despite COVID-19 closures.

Millennial refinance activity hit a new high-water mark behind historically low mortgage rates, up 40 percentage points from the year before, according to Ellie Mae.

Canada's residential real estate market is bouncing back from coronavirus shutdowns.