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The homeownership rate for Hispanics increased for the second straight year, according to the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals.

For buyers in the most expensive housing markets, it now takes longer than it did a year ago for ownership to be more beneficial than renting, according to Zillow.

Home-buying demand continues to increase even as interest rates rise and the housing inventory shrinks, according to Redfin.

Home-price gains in 20 U.S. cities accelerated for a fourth month in November when compared with a year earlier, according to S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller data.

Existing home sales remained flat to begin 2017, as challenges crop up for the housing market in the year ahead, online marketplace Ten-X reported.

PHH Corp. is opposing an attempt by Democratic attorneys general in 16 states and the District of Columbia to intervene in an appeals court case that found the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's structure was unconstitutional.

Contracts to buy previously owned homes rebounded last month as buyers adjusted to the recent jump in mortgage rates, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Vacation homes in New York's Hamptons lost their allure for buyers in the fourth quarter as concerns about the U.S. presidential election and its aftermath curtailed interest in discretionary purchases.

A tactic that helped define the height of homebuying madness in the U.S. in the years before the market collapsed is rearing its head again.

Sales of previously owned homes declined more than forecast in December, data from the National Association of Realtors showed, but sales for the full year were the strongest since 2006.