Purchase

Strong growth in refinance volume following several weeks of so-so activity drove a 5.1% week-to-week increase in mortgage applications, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Mortgage applications to purchase new homes were up 54% compared to the same month the year before.

Down payment assistance programs remain an important tool for increasing minority homeownership, but especially more so because of the pandemic.

After a couple of months of steep double-digit declines, Central Texas home sales rebounded in June across the Austin area, the Austin Board of Realtors said.

Bay Area home sales plummeted in May, falling by more than one-third in most counties and by nearly half in San Francisco as COVID-19 fears chilled buyers and sellers.

The Charlotte, N.C., housing market is slowly beginning to recover from the economic downturn of the COVID-19 pandemic, new data from the local real estate association show.

However, those who aren't current bank customers need to have $1 million in a qualifying account.

Nearly a decade of growth in home prices in the Sarasota-Manatee, Fla., region could be coming to an end.

Property owners are taking a wait-and-see approach, possibly because of economic uncertainty.

After steep declines in April and May, North Texas home sales rebounded in June. Area real estate agents sold 16% more single-family homes than in June of 2019.

The current refinancing boom might seem like the worst time to buy leads, but for some, it may be the best.

While very low inventory prevented a full market recovery, pricier home listings only trail year-ago totals by 9.2%, according to Zillow.

Booming refinancing is expected to more than offset the tighter underwriting in second-quarter mortgage results.

It's a tough time to be shopping for a home around Seattle. Blame the coronavirus pandemic.

For the first time in three weeks, mortgage application volume increased, this time by 2.2%, as purchase activity was up in a holiday-shortened week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Home resales on Oahu continued their downward movement in June, but the decreases affected by safety measures were not as big as they were in May.

The latest figures from a Realtors trade organization for Southern Nevada show that home prices are holding strong amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Santa Fe County, N.M., real estate was on a wild ride in the second quarter, and not just because single-family home sales dropped 36% for April, May and June with the COVID-19 pandemic redefining life this spring.

The number of Southern California homes put into escrow rose for the 10th consecutive week, as the market recovers from the coronavirus economic shock.

Homebuyers in metro Denver made up for lost time in June, closing on 5,581 homes and condos and putting another 7,676 under contract, according to the Denver Metro Association of Realtors.