Purchase

The average and median homes sales prices for the Dayton, Ohio, area reached record highs in JUly, which local experts say could produce positive and less than desirable effects for area homeowners.

Tight inventory and unstoppable buyers pushed Bay Area median home prices higher in July, ignoring the economic drag of the pandemic.

The refinance boom kept mortgage loan application defect risk flat, with record-low levels in July, but fraud risk for purchases climbed again, according to First American Financial.

In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, Napa County home sales skyrocketed in July, rising 79.8% from June to July, the California Association of Realtors reported.

Montana real estate is a hot commodity. From east to west, north to south, homes and land are, more often than not, sold within days.

Homebuyers are favoring newly built properties at the highest rate in more than a decade.

Orange County, Calif., home buying rebounded last month to levels above 2019, a buying surge that pushed the median sales price to its sixth record high of 2020.

Pending home sales rose in July by more than forecast to the highest level since 2005, signaling the housing market’s sharp recovery will continue with borrowing costs to stay low for the foreseeable future.

Mortgage rates decreased by 8 basis points this week, remaining near record lows, while a strong purchase market should continue into the fall, according to Freddie Mac.

After three straight months of double-digit percentage declines, single-family home sales in Massachusetts rebounded to set new records in July.