Industries

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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a proposal Wednesday that would raise the appraisal threshold for CRE loans to $400,000 from $250,000.

With inventory still low, home prices continued to rise in the second quarter of 2017.

Reporting requirements for title insurers and agents have been expanded to cover more types of high-end real estate transactions, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network said.

Buying into the American dream of homeownership is getting more costly in Chattanooga.

A decline in purchases of new homes in July may be a sign the industry took a breather following an even stronger run of sales than previously reported.

Sales slipped but prices rose in July as a short supply of homes for sale put pressure on Wisconsin's housing market.

The median price for a single-family home in Marin County, Calif., is more than $1.3 million and at that price only 17% of Marin households can afford to buy.

Home prices increased 6.6% in the second quarter from a year earlier as buyers competed for a shrinking supply of listings.

Cash deals are by no means dead, but they aren't dominating the South Florida housing market the way they once did.

California's high housing costs are driving poor and middle income people out of their housing like never before. While some are fleeing coastal areas for cheaper living inland, others are leaving the state altogether.

Though potential homeownership demand declined moderately between 2015 and 2016, the underlying fundamentals for demand remained positive.

The USDA recently announced its rural housing program, which has been around for decades, would increase the amount buyers can borrow, a sign of rising housing costs across the nation.

After a strong sales bump in June, the Sonoma County, Calif., housing market declined in July to the slowest pace of sales in seven years.

The number of U.S. properties that were equity rich in the second quarter grew by 1.6 million properties from a year ago.

Affordability issues along with a lack of knowledge about home buying are holding millennials back from pursuing homeownership, according to a survey from loanDepot.

Canada’s benchmark home price fell by the most in nearly a decade last month as Toronto led a fourth straight decline in sales.

Western Bancorp, a wholesale mortgage originator, was acquired by Eli Global, a privately held investment company. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Maui's housing market in July had fewer sales but at higher prices, according to the Realtors Association of Maui.

Housing starts faltered in July on an abrupt slowdown in apartment construction and a modest decline in single-family homebuilding that shows the industry will do little to spur the economy.