Industries

Confidence among homebuilders is the strongest since the mid-2000s housing boom as sales prospects improve despite rising mortgage rates.

Industry critics argue the Invitation Homes deal will create new risks for Fannie Mae and remove affordable inventory from homebuyers.

Expect to see plenty of grand openings at apartment communities across South Florida this year.

Prices for residential real estate on Maui were higher in February, but sale volume was mixed between single-family houses and condominiums.

When Julia Lundblad lies in bed at night in her Titlow Beach, Wash., home, she can hear the water sloshing up under her house. It took some getting used to, but she loves it.

Economic growth expectations remain the same despite the rate hike the Federal Reserve is expected to announce, Fannie Mae said Wednesday.

Goldman Sachs is selling $1.02 billion of bonds refinancing the Blackstone Group's acquisition of the Willis Tower, formerly known as the Sears Tower.

Continuing a strong start to 2017, February mortgage applications for new home purchases grew 2.2% from a year ago.

New-home construction in Metro Orlando spiked 25% from a year earlier with the biggest boost in The Villages and communities near theme parks.

Home sales and prices in the San Antonio area continued to rise in February, but not at the quick pace that's marked the industry over the past year.

Although the Charlotte region's inventory of homes remains tight, February sales rose slightly over the same time last year as more sellers gained the confidence to put their properties on the market.

Hawaii tourism had another record year of arrivals in 2016, but statewide sales of homes typically bought by visitors barely budged.

Wall Street speculators are zeroing in on the next U.S. credit crisis: the mall.

Two Memphis agencies heavily reliant on Department of Housing and Urban Development funding could face deep, far-reaching cuts if the Trump administration slices $6 billion from HUD's budget.

North Texas home sales were 5% higher in February, with the most houses sold ever in the second month of any year.

More consumers are looking to buy a home than ever before. And while new home sales are indeed picking up — data from the U.S. Census Bureau showed January's new home sales rate was 5.6% higher than a year earlier — new home construction still remains well below its pre-recession peak.

The median sales price for a single-family house on Oahu climbed in February to the second-highest level ever at $755,000.

The Houston-area housing market saw gains for the fifth consecutive month in February as buyers closed on 4,933 single-family homes.

Lenders started and completed more foreclosures in Worcester County, Mass., during January than they did at the same time last year.

Connecticut home sales in January were the highest in a decade for that month, but prices slipped compared with a year ago.