Housing inventory

The better news for homebuyers in King County, Wash., keeps coming: Inventory is way up. Sales are way down. And prices have stopped skyrocketing.

As the housing market enters a new era, shifts in the demand for mortgages will ultimately dictate the direction of technology, staffing and GSE reform.

The median sale price for single-family homes in Connecticut hit the highest level for August in five years, even as the number of houses sold decreased by 4.2% over the same period a year earlier.

Baton Rouge-area home sales were 7.4% lower in August than the year before as real estate activity dropped across the board.

Toronto's housing market continues to settle into a new normal as sales and prices changed little in September.

Single-family homes in Santa Fe, N.M., sold for 21% more in the third quarter of 2018 than during the same period last year, the Santa Fe Association of Realtors reported.

Southern California home sales hit a four-year low this past summer as rising costs and a lack of affordable homes cut into home shoppers' buying power.

If California voters approve Proposition 10 in November, the ramifications will be felt on the state's affordable housing, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Homebuyers put about 15% toward a down payment on house, spend $40,000 in one-time fees and thousands in closing costs, presenting an opportunity for lenders to leverage education and product offerings to prepare them for a purchase.

It's been a rough year for Manhattan's home sellers, and they're not about to catch a break any time soon.

Local home construction dipped again last month, though the year-to-date pace of building continues to surpass that of 2017 by a healthy margin.

As more sellers lower their asking prices and competition eases, the share of homes sold above their listing keeps declining, according to Redfin.

Homebuyers looking in Seattle and the Eastside have had many more homes to choose from lately and have even seen prices drop significantly from their record-setting spring highs.

The number of Bay Area homes sold in August plunged by 10% year-over-year due to the scarcity of affordable homes.

Rising home prices and the depleted housing inventory led to another drop in pending home sales, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Lenders may start to see more homebuyers enter the market as the number of homes for sale is higher than at any point this year, according to Trulia.

As home prices continue to rise, a record-high 77% of people surveyed think it's currently a strong time to sell a house, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Purchases of new homes rebounded in August from the slowest pace in almost a year, a potential sign of stabilization in the market, according to government data Wednesday.

Cleveland-area house prices rose at a faster pace in July, even as price growth cooled in other major cities and across the nation.

With hundreds of digital mortgage products on the market, lenders must focus on their core business objectives to avoid getting overwhelmed by all the bells and whistles, says Teresa Blake, managing director of business optimization at KPMG.