Housing inventory

There is an opportunity for home sales to break out of the doldrums if price appreciation slows, mortgage rates remain flat and supply increases, Freddie Mac said.

Sales of previously owned homes unexpectedly fell in June, indicating a shortage of affordable listings and rising prices continue to limit demand, a National Association of Realtors report showed.

The metro Atlanta housing market broke records in opposite direction last month, hitting a high in the price of homes that were sold and a low in the supply of homes listed for sale.

Rising demand and declining housing inventory are pushing home sales faster and at higher median prices than ever before, according to Remax.

Prices have been surging for years on the West Coast as house hunters fight for the few available listings. Now the tide could be shifting.

The summer of 2018 is stacking up to be the most competitive on record for Twin Cities homebuyers.

June saw the largest monthly total of homes sold in the city's housing market in almost 11 years, according to Rockford Area Association of Realtors.

As purchase mortgages continue to dominate overall industry volume, lenders aren't letting the extra work required to close these loans affect their productivity.

Fewer sales of existing homes and uncertainty around future fiscal policies will result in fewer mortgage originations than previously expected, according to Fannie Mae.

A 6.8% increase year-over-year pushed the midpoint sale price of a home in Central Florida to $239,180 in June, the 84th straight month of increases.

Dallas-Fort Worth has had some of the biggest home price increases in the country since the Great Recession.

Charlotte's red-hot real estate market is squeezing potential homebuyers out and driving down sales, a consequence of fast-rising home prices.

For now, Pullman, Wash., real estate is a sellers' market.

Spokane County, Wash., home prices rose in June, but the number of sales dropped off slightly.

While affordability remains a top challenge for homebuyers, rental costs are also soaring, which could bring even more house hunters to the market.

Vancouver's housing market showed continued signs of weakness in June, as affordability worries curb demand from buyers.

Despite recent industry consolidation, demand from seasonal homebuyers spurred hiring among nonbank mortgage companies for the second consecutive month in May.

Homebuilders in the Twin Cities are having their best summer in more than a decade as permits to build single-family houses outpaced last year for the second month in a row.

The price of a home in Santa Fe, N.M., was up again in the second quarter, while the number of homes for sale was was down, the Santa Fe Association of Realtors reported.

Housing demand is high, but few homeowners are interested in selling and the resulting inventory shortage continues to drive home prices higher.