Homebuilders

New home purchase application activity bounced back in May as sales of these properties increased by 5.6% compared with April.

Wintrust Mortgage has committed to funding $40 million in below-market fixed interest-rate loans in the Chicago area through a partnership with Habitat for Humanity.

Houston-area homebuyers snapped up a record number of houses in May and drove the region's median sales price to unprecedented levels.

Houston will need more than 214,000 new apartment rental units by 2030 to meet demand from a population that is drifting from homeownership, according to a new study by the National Multifamily Housing Council and the National Apartment Association.

For the first time in a decade, new-owner households created in the first quarter were higher than the creation of renter households.

A new tariff on Canadian lumber threatens to further disrupt homebuilding at a time when lenders are increasingly concerned about a purchase mortgage resurgence that has failed to materialize.

Unexpected declines in new-home construction and building permits in April indicate the market is off to a weak start this quarter.

There were fewer new home purchase loan applications in April, as year-over-year activity declined for the first time in 2017.

Mike and Elaine Morgan never envisioned moving from Butler Tarkington to a home just outside Sheridan, but that's where today's fast-paced housing market took them.

The Ventura County, Calif., housing market is enjoying a strong start to the spring selling season, but a lack of midrange housing inventory remains an issue that is pushing prices higher.