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Most real estate closings are routine for Tom Hundman, a managing attorney with the Frontier Title Co. of Bloomington, Ill., so when something doesn't appear right, he knows to check into it.

While the inventory of new and existing homes is tight, competition for smaller homes is heating up as aging baby boomers are down-sizing and selling their residences.

The area housing market is whispering optimism in the new year. Prices are moving up. Inventory is balanced. Foreclosures are down.

The steady pace of home price growth stretched into January, according to the latest Home Price Index from CoreLogic.

New Orleans metropolitan area home prices surged in the suburbs and slowed in the city center during the last half of 2016.

Florida's leading real estate industry group cautioned members against replying to a "Final Notice" bill from the Florida Board of Realtors.

Bankers oppose legislation that would let local governments finance energy efficiency projects with liens ahead of the mortgage.

The Dallas area is among the U.S. home markets that have seen the most recovery in prices since the recession.

In Portland, as in other parts of the country, the recovery from the depths of the Great Recession has been profoundly uneven.

Vacancies and rent-slashing have some banks worried that certain markets are overheating, but others say the decline in nonperforming loans is a sign the sector has never been healthier.

Dayton, Ohio, had the highest homeowner vacancy rate among major U.S. metro areas last year, according to Census data, but some experts said the statistic contradicts other indicators showing positive housing trends.

Small investors, not first-time homebuyers, are driving home prices to unaffordable highs, according to a new report from Attom Data Solutions and Clear Capital.

Purchases of new homes in January were slower than forecast, signaling an increase in mortgage rates may be giving some potential buyers pause.

The bank is holding on to $31.7 million of the notes to be issued in the $635 million conduit transaction in order to comply with risk retention rules, according to ratings agency presale reports.

Home value appreciation is ramping up in housing markets across the South, led by cities in Tennessee, Florida and Texas.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's seriousness about overhauling the nation's $10 trillion mortgage market will soon be tested.

Sales of previously owned homes climbed for the fifth time in six months to the highest level since 2007, indicating housing-market momentum will extend into 2017.

The quarter-to-quarter increase in the mortgage delinquency rate is nothing to get excited about — yet, said a member of the Mortgage Bankers Association economics team.

Commercial mortgage loan originations in 2017 are expected to increase 3% over last year to a record high, as market fundamentals and property prices remain strong, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

With low down payment and credit score requirements, the Federal Housing Administration loan program is an attractive option for first-time homebuyers. Here's a look at the top 10 housing markets for FHA lending.