Economy

Home sales in Northeast Florida perked up in March after a slow start to the year while prices also increased, according to the latest report from the Northeast Florida Association of Realtors.

Home sales last month in metro Atlanta dropped more than 10% from a year ago, according to a report from the Atlanta Realtors Association.

New-home construction rose by more than forecast in March on a rebound in multifamily starts, giving a boost to first-quarter economic growth.

The New York State Department of Financial Services is warning that alternative home purchase finance agreements might be a cover for predatory mortgage lending practices by unlicensed entities.

After a strong kick-off to the 2018 housing market, only time will tell how rising interest rates will affect Staten Island, N.Y., residential real estate sales.

Fannie Mae increased its second-quarter mortgage origination projection by $7 billion as refinance volume is remaining stronger than previously expected.

With a healthy economy and high demand for housing, Madison, Wis., set a record for the value of the average single-family home and saw strong growth in commercial values, especially big apartment buildings with 50 or more units.

Here's some good news for New York City apartment hunters: Manhattan rents dropped 3.8% in March from a year earlier, the most since 2011.

The Santa Fe, N.M., housing market is a typical example of supply and demand at work.

March mortgage applications for new home purchases were stronger than in February but lenders didn't produce as many of them as they did a year ago.

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles said that she plans to seek $50 million in affordable housing bonds in the fall, more than tripling the amount of local money available for low-income housing.

Zillow Group Inc. plans to start buying houses directly from sellers to test its ability to make money by flipping real estate.

Automating the mortgage process will force tighter margins, but drive higher volume, for lenders.

Cloudvirga, in collaboration with Freddie Mac, has created the capability for loan officers to submit mortgage loan data to both government-sponsored enterprises' automated underwriting systems simultaneously with a single click.

Houses are taking longer to sell and sales across the region fell last month for the first time since Hurricane Harvey, a new housing report shows.

Maui had a small decline in the number of homes sold last month while median prices moved in different directions for single-family homes and condominiums.

Situs subsidiary MountainView Financial Solutions is brokering a $6.1 billion package of government-sponsored enterprise and Ginnie Mae servicing rights.

Black households have significantly less purchasing power when it comes to buying a home compared with other races, a Zillow study said.

North Texas homebuilders ramped up for the spring and summer housing market with an increase in first quarter starts.

Home sale prices across Connecticut jumped for the second month in a row in February, but the sales volume was weak, and some experts said it it still too early in the year to declare the start of a trend.