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Cash sales are falling overall, but still represent the majority of sales involving homes in the lowest tier of property values, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

Increased loan production during the spring home buying season has nonbank mortgage lenders stepping up their hiring.

The 12-member committee is expected to advise HUD on how to improve housing counseling and make it more accessible.

Falling interest rates and a shortage of housing inventory are heating up the market for home flippers. Here's a look at the housing markets where the home flip share of property sales set new records during the first quarter.

MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, is increasing bets on real estate as the company scales back investments in hedge funds.

Existing home sales in May are expected to fall within a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.47 million and 5.83 million, according to Ten-X.

Step aside, spring. Summer is becoming the new hot season for home buying, according to a Florida Atlantic University economist.

Home prices nationwide in March were just 3.8% down from their June 2006 peak, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities rose faster than projected in March from a year earlier, adding to signs of healthy demand at the onset of the industry's busy selling season, S&P/Case-Shiller reported Tuesday.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and other federal banking agencies should do more to protect consumers with limited English proficiency, a report from Americans for Financial Reform says.

Homebuyers are growing more worried about competition from other buyers, but housing affordability remains their No. 1 concern, a survey by the real estate brokerage Redfin found.

A popular misconception is that homeownership would decline if mortgage subsidies were done away with, but the truth is homeowners are better off without them.

Miami’s crop of new condo towers, built with big deposits from Latin American buyers and lots of marketing glitz, are opening with many owners heading for the exits.

The Inspector General for the Department of Housing and Urban Development is not backing down on his concerns about premium pricing associated with the down payment assistance programs by the Federal Housing Administration.

Homes owned by single men are more valuable and appreciate faster than properties owned by single women, according to an analysis from RealtyTrac.

Contracts to purchase previously owned U.S. homes climbed in April by the most since October 2010, adding to signs that the industry’s busy selling season was off to a good start, according to data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is telling lenders that down payment assistance programs still qualify for FHA backing despite concerns raised last year by HUD’s inspector general.

With the nominees likely clear for the Republican and Democratic presidential tickets, speculation has turned to whom Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton could pick as their running mates. A number of those names mentioned are key figures on financial policy. Following are some of the top possible picks.

U.S. home prices rose 5.7% in the first quarter from a year earlier as buyers competed for a limited supply of listings.

The stock price of CBL & Associates Properties Inc. sank 13% in early trading after a published report said the U.S. retail landlord is being investigated for accounting fraud.