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San Francisco's much-maligned Housing Authority is getting out of the management business.

California has delivered less than half of $2 billion in federal aid to help victims of the housing crash.

Prospects have improved for homebuyers who were frozen out of the American dream by investors who plunked down cash to buy houses in distressed markets.

Sellers across Washington and California have a lot to smile about, as cities in these two states ranked among the strongest housing markets in January, according to Pro Teck Valuation Services.

California's existing home sales remained in a squeeze in January, with limited inventory and rising prices cutting affordability, the California Association of Realtors reported.

Bay Area home sales posted their slowest performance in seven years last month.

When it comes to the most important part of sales, how do the people who represent you show up and serve your clients?

Mortgage rates for 30-year loans rose to a seven-week high, increasing borrowing costs from close to historic lows.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has issued more than $651 million in Indian Housing Block Grants in February.

Home sales in January were lower than a year earlier due to tight inventory and higher home prices, according to Re/Max.

As a deep freeze grips parts of America in a typically slow season for housing, first-time buyers are flocking to Redfin Corp.'s property tours and classes, signaling their renewed interest in the market.

The housing boom rolling across central Philadelphia showed no signs of weakening last year, but a population exodus could be on the near horizon if little is done to fix the city's schools and tax structure.

Rent prices continue to surge like a red tide in the Tampa Bay area — something few welcome.

Donald Klepper-Smith, chief economist and director of research for New Haven, Conn.-based DataCore Partners, cautioned against reading too much into the decline in home sales when comparing 2014 to 2013.

Builders broke ground on fewer residential construction projects in January as demand for single-family homes cooled from an almost seven-year high, signaling the rebound in housing remains uneven.

Chicago's Federal Home Loan Bank has given Forward Community Investments, a Wisconsin nonprofit, a loan to support the organization's community development endeavors.

Approximately two-thirds of foreign homebuyers during 2014 paid cash for their property.

Zillow Inc. completed its acquisition of rival real estate website Trulia Inc. and announced 350 job cuts as the combined company works to integrate operations.

Zillow Inc.'s quarterly revenue topped estimates and the online real estate marketplace said it anticipates its acquisition of Trulia Inc. will close as early as Tuesday.

One of the culprits in the building and bursting of the nation's housing bubble, the low-down-payment mortgage, is back in favor and readily available at a lender near you.