Economy

Houston home prices rose to another record high as buyers snapped up more properties in July.

A record for Maui home prices has stood for 13 years, and last month it came close to being brushed aside.

A mortgage fraud scheme involving fake employment records, initially thought to be contained to Southern California, is occurring statewide, Fannie Mae said in a new fraud alert.

Oahu's housing market posted modest median price gains in July but fell a little shy of setting any records.

The House Financial Services Committee has scheduled an FHFA oversight hearing for September in the wake of waste, fraud and abuse allegations.

The average sales price for an existing single-family home in Southern Nevada in July was $290,000, an 11% increase from $260,000 in July 2017.

The biggest impact may be to focus the administration’s efforts on selecting a nominee to succeed Director Mel Watt, whose term ends in January.

Xome, a company Washington Mutual successor WMIH Corp. obtained when it bought Nationstar, has appointed a new CEO who previously was part of Genesis Capital's C suite.

Mortgage credit accessibility kept climbing in July, mostly thanks to an expansion of jumbo loan products offered, pushing that index to its historical high point, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

As Californians reel from sky-high rents and home prices fueled by the economic boom, state lawmakers return Monday from their summer recess to debate proposals attacking the housing crisis.

Home price appreciation slowed throughout 64% of the U.S., a boon to affordability, according to Black Knight's most recent three-month figures.

Hundreds of families displaced by Northern California's fires could face another challenge to rebuilding their homes — a persistent shortage of construction workers.

Vancouver real estate agents haven't had this lousy a July in almost two decades.

Toronto's housing market showed signs of continued stabilization as sales surged amid a decline in benchmark prices.

In yet another milestone, the Sonoma County, Calif., median home price broke through the $700,000 mark.

Employment by nondepository mortgage companies in June increased for the third consecutive month as seasonal hiring continued even though home resales inched down another notch.

Local homebuilding remained on a hot streak as through the first seven months of this year, single-family permits totaled 2,500 or 22% higher than the same period in 2017.

Fannie Mae’s treatment of a reperforming loan package helped drive up earnings by almost 41% to $4.5 billion, delivering a stronger dividend to Treasury ahead of a leadership change.

Houston home prices continued to climb in July, rising to an average of $314,775, but fell $1,688 shy of the all-time record set in June.

Single-family home sales in Connecticut fell in June, though the median price climbed to a five-year high.