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The North Carolina Department of Justice is warning real estate agents and companies about an email scam aimed at potential home buyers.

The U.S. homeownership rate remains slightly above a post-crisis low it set during the second quarter of last year.

The cheapest housing markets aren't always the most affordable cities for first-time home buyers and existing homeowners. Here's a look at 12 cities with low home prices, but where other factors put a damper on purchasing power.

A rebound in contract signings for the purchase of previously owned homes shows housing demand is stabilizing after a three-month downturn, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Sales of commercial properties in Los Angeles County slipped in the first half of the year but still outpaced every other real estate market in the country, including Manhattan.

The run-up in expenses involved in making a home loan is one of the trends limiting new construction, says Fannie Mae Chief Economist Doug Duncan.

Loan officers are joining the increasing number of real estate agents telling daily “stories” on Snapchat and Instagram to build name recognition, increase referrals and reach more core customers.

Home prices in South Florida increased 5.3% in May from a year ago, a sign that recent gains are moderating, a new report shows.

FNF Group has acquired Real Geeks to target single real estate agents unaffiliated with a team.

Connecticut's real estate market saw solid gains in June, as the number of homes sold in the state last month jumped 6.4% compared to the same period a year ago.

Bay Area home prices have continued their stratospheric surge, as the low housing supply combined with intense demand last month to further heat up the market.

JPMorgan Chase’s home lending unit is trying to position itself as the solution for millennials who increasingly want to buy their first homes despite rising prices and other affordability hurdles.

He is, by Wall Street standards, a small-time banker. But in 2014, with Donald Trump eyeing a run at the White House, Stephen Calk stepped into the big-money world of New York real estate — and a network of Trump associates.

In many corners of Southern California, home prices have hit record highs. And they keep going up.

The housing market is stabilizing near 10-year highs, according to government data Wednesday that showed sales of new homes were slightly less than forecast.

The story of the Central Indiana housing market has remained remarkably consistent for several months: There are too few houses for sale and prices keep going up, up, up.

Sales of existing homes grew less than 1% in June in Wisconsin and the United States, held back by a short supply of houses for sale.

Steady price gains in 20 U.S. cities in May indicate that a tight supply of properties paired with increased demand is boosting home values.

The momentum Chicago-area housing sales had earlier this year has faded.

Strong housing demand continued to outpace supply in June, in large part because millennial buyers are on the rise, according to First American Financial Corp.