Industries

Home prices rose slightly in September, posting year-over-year growth of 5.5%, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

As affordability worsens near city centers, first-time homebuyers will move to the suburbs in greater numbers, according to 2016 predictions from Zillow.

Contract signings to purchase previously owned homes rose less than forecast in October after declining in the prior two months, showing residential real estate is cooling heading into the quieter selling season.

Freddie Mac's Multi-Indicator Market Index is pursuing its slow climb, but still shows housing recovering unevenly across the nation.

Mortgage rates remained steady during the week ending Nov. 25, according to Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey.

The percentage of mortgage applications with defects declined in October, according to First American Financial Corp.

Purchases of new homes rebounded in October from a 14-month low and order backlogs reached an eight-year high, indicating a pickup in residential construction.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency said Wednesday that conforming loan limits for mortgages purchased by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will remain at existing levels except in 39 high-cost counties.

Morgan Stanley is readying a deal backed by 57 commercial mortgages.

Mortgage applications fell 3.2% on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ending Nov. 20 compared to one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Home prices rose 5.7% in the third quarter from a year earlier as buyers competed for a tight supply of properties on the market.

A new Fannie Mae program allowing non-borrower income to count in qualifying homeowners for low-down-payment loans received near-universal praise from industry representatives and federal officials at a recent housing symposium.

Rising incomes and other affordability markers have tempered the impact of rising home prices in hot West Coast markets, according to Pro Teck Valuation Services.

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities climbed more than forecast in September from the same month last year, signaling residential real estate is sustaining momentum.

Current market conditions have caused existing-home sales capacity to recede in October, according to a report by First American Financial Corp.

There's been concern this year that commercial mortgage bonds are getting backed by loans that are increasingly risky.

The new mortgage settlement requirements have failed to disrupt the market as expected, at least as far as real estate agents are concerned, thanks in large part to diligent preparation.

Zillow Group has formed a partnership with Google to provide the search giant with access to its real-time mortgage data.

Sales of previously owned homes retreated in October from the second-highest level since 2007 as lean inventory limited momentum in residential real estate.

People's United Financial in Bridgeport, Conn., has dismissed three employees in the wake of alleged fraud on commercial real estate loans.