Purchase

The median sale price of an existing home in Southern Nevada hit $335,000 in August, a new record, according to the Las Vegas Realtors trade organization.

Mortgage applications increased 2.9% from one week earlier, rising for the first time in nearly a month with home-buying demand remaining unusually strong as summer ends, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Homebuyers are fleeing dense Bay Area neighborhoods for Wine Country environs, heating up a local real estate market rapidly recovering from a pandemic-induced slowdown.

As bidding wars raged on and mortgage rates remained near historic lows, housing market confidence grew in August, according to Fannie Mae.

More so than their colleagues nationwide, originators in the Southeast are concerned about how supply impacts their business.

Residential real estate has been a hot commodity in the Sioux City, Iowa, metro this summer, with prices and demand rising while interest rates and supply are low.

New Yorkers fleeing the city and cooped-up workers in cramped home offices are helping fuel a hot home sale market in Connecticut, with properties selling at a dizzying pace.

More than half of listings underwent bidding wars in August with some housing markets peaking above 65%, according to Redfin.

Broward had the most home sales in August compared to its neighboring South Florida counties.

Leslie DeLuca has been a real estate agent in Monterey County, Calif., for 20 years and thought she'd seen every fluctuation of the market.

Home purchase power increased by almost 7% annually in July as mortgage rates were at or near record lows.

Home and sales in metro Denver dropped by nearly a fifth in August from a record-setting July, but not because buyers pulled back. They had half as many homes to choose from this year than a year ago.

Nearly half of the second-quarter volume came from its existing customers.

Northeastern Minnesota home sales have been on a tear this summer despite a relative scarcity of listings.

Mr. Cooper plans to hire an additional 2,000 employees by the end of this year as record low interest rates spur home purchases and mortgage refinancings.

In a summer surprise, home values continued an upward surge again last month in the Sacramento region despite the ongoing economic turbulence caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Millennials locked in the lowest mortgage rates on record and kept the summer housing market hot, according to Ellie Mae.

Home prices continue to accelerate in Southwest Florida, but at a slower pace than the state and the nation.

Mortgage applications fell for the third consecutive week, likely because those borrowers motivated to refinance have already done so, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Driven by robust purchase demand and tight housing supply, housing price growth reached a two-year high in July, according to CoreLogic.