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Following the lead of other California cities, Mayor Eric Garcetti two years ago proposed charging a fee on construction and using those funds to build affordable housing in Los Angeles.

Median prices for single-family houses and condominiums on Maui increased by double-digit percentages in May as low inventory prompted buyers to snap up properties at a rapid pace.

The parent of Howard Hanna Real Estate Services said it had acquired 1st Priority Mortgage Inc. and Nothnagle Home Securities, completing the last stage of its purchases of RealtyUSA and Nothnagle Realtors.

North Texas home prices are still on a hot streak.

Celebrated by cable TV shows and touted by get-rich-quick gurus, home flipping is coming back with a vengeance across the U.S.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to provide Harry Macklowe with an $850 million loan to construct a luxury-condo tower at New York's One Wall Street.

Pittsburgh is considering offering bigger tax breaks for developers building affordable housing or creating businesses in depressed neighborhoods, but critics say the revamped abatement programs won't do enough to address a low-income housing shortage.

For the first time since before the recession, the entire central Puget Sound region — from Pierce to Snohomish and Kitsap counties — has set records for median home prices.

The Fannie Mae Home Price Sentiment Index fell 0.5 percentage points in May to 86.2 as the continued price increase had more stating it was a better time to sell than buy.

Production expenses averaged $8,887 per loan for independent mortgage bankers in the first quarter as there were fewer originations to absorb the costs.

CoreLogic is acquiring appraisal technology company Mercury Network from Serent Capital just two years after the San Francisco-based private equity firm purchased it.

A week after officials disclosed a 57% rise in Los Angeles' veteran homelessness, advocates say the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is delaying housing development on its West Los Angeles campus.

Summer usually ushers in prime homebuying season in Southern Nevada, but that could change drastically in 2017.

Home prices were up 6.9% in April over the prior year, as lower mortgage rates during the month stimulated consumer demand to purchase a property, according to CoreLogic.

From pockets of growth in a shrinking refi market to the possibility of REITs buying agency risk-sharing securities, here's a look at recent market shifts that major industry players are focused on right now.

During a five-year run of real estate prosperity, some South Florida communities that bore the brunt of the excruciating housing collapse are enjoying the biggest spikes in value, homeowners and brokers say.

Prices fell and the number of single-family homes sold in Connecticut were essentially flat year-over-year, according to the latest report form The Warren Group.

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.

Home-price growth in the Portland area is slowing down, but rising prices here still outpace most of the nation's major cities.

A real estate investment fund controlled by the Blackstone Group is tapping the commercial mortgage bond market to refinance a portfolio of life science, laboratory and medical properties.