Industries

That old fixer-upper house down the block may have seen better days, but in an environment where new-home prices are on the rise, older homes remain in demand in many markets.

Rising prices and a lack of choices have pushed central Ohio home sales down for the third straight month.

After a September dip, the Central Texas housing market got off to a strong start in the fourth quarter, as home sales bounced back to hit a record high for October, the latest figures show.

The effort to raise the threshold for transactions excused from appraisal requirements responds to concerns that the current threshold is outpaced by real estate prices.

Challenges will likely increase as interest rates rise and investors grow more concerned about a downward turn in the economic cycle.

In the latest example of how companies that control a significant portion of the home buying process can weave digital innovations throughout the customer experience, online real estate and mortgage company Redfin will implement electronic closing technology from Notarize.

The move allows the New York multifamily lender to make more loans without having to raise capital.

Wells Fargo & Co. raised its required down payment for homebuyers in Connecticut's Fairfield County to 25% from the standard 20% after it categorized the area as distressed.

Amazon's new HQ2 facilities in New York City and Washington, D.C., will create a flurry of housing and mortgage activity. But the direct benefits to mortgage lenders won't be as significant as they could've been in many of the other cities on Amazon's list of 20 finalists.

Amazon.com Inc. is headed to New York's Long Island City, but there's a lot of work to be done before it can actually put down roots in the Queens neighborhood.

Consumers blame speculative home flippers and wealthy out-of-towners for soaring home prices, but the blame may be misplaced, given many economists' views about the broader factors at play.

Maui single-family home prices surged in October, but sales retreated and the condominium market was down.

Rising home prices and climbing mortgage rates pulled down affordability to the lowest point since before the housing market crash.

Nov. 07--Alabama just misses out on the top ten among states with the nation's lowest total mortgage debt.

The housing market slows down for winter, but it doesn't stop. Here's a look at 12 cities where price cuts, rent appreciation and affordability conditions will give house hunters more negotiating power going into the new year.

Real estate and mortgage industry groups outspent proponents 3-to-1 to defeat Proposition 10, a measure to allow California municipalities to set local rent control laws.

Black Knight added to its mortgage loan data product offerings by acquiring Ernst Publishing, an Albany, N.Y.-based provider of recording fee, transfer tax and title premium fee information.

Texas is expected to be the tipping point in online closing adoption, and title companies predict that e-closings will soon be standard operating procedure.

A former instructor at the Purvis Real Estate Training Institute in Fort Worth, Texas. was sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for running a Ponzi scheme that robbed investors of more than $1.2 million.

Amazon will choose two locations for its new headquarters, according to the Wall Street Journal, which cited an unidentified person familiar with the matter.