Purchase

December home sales in the Houston area jumped 14% from the year before, capping a dramatic turnaround over the course of 2019.

The new owner of a 12-bedroom, $94 million home purchased in October received a $58 million, 10-year mortgage from HSBC.

Mortgage applications decreased 1.5% on a seasonally adjusted basis from two weeks earlier amid the annual end-of-year slowdown despite lower rates from global tensions, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

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The Las Vegas housing market continues to ride a wave of stability as the median price for an existing single-family home in Southern Nevada last month was just under $313,000.

Consumer perception of the housing market ticked up slightly in December, as potential buyers remain bullish about making a home purchase in 2020, a Fannie Mae report said.

Homebuyers in metro Denver will need to put aside visions of a more bountiful banquet of properties for sale as current owners are staying in their homes.

Borrower education stands as a barrier to homeownership for younger consumers and Freddie Mac is trying to change that.

Home sales in the borough slipped 1.2% in the fourth quarter, and that's the best news for the market in two years.

A panel of real estate experts and economists believe the hottest markets of 2020 will all come from below the Mason-Dixon Line and that California prices will fade, according to Zillow.

November's foreclosure starts hit their lowest level since Black Knight started tracking this data in 2000, while the foreclosure rate reached a 14-year low.

Median sale prices for existing single-family homes rose in November, up 6.1% to $222,900 in Volusia County, and up 4.7% to $235,400 in Flagler County.

Median Santa Fe home sale prices slowed in November from their relentless increases in recent years with a median sales price of $369,750, an 11.8% drop from the previous November and $18,000 lower than October.

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities rose at the best pace in five months in October, posting a second straight acceleration as real estate markets showed fresh strength at the start of the fourth quarter.

Kansas City metro home prices are growing faster than rates in most U.S. cities, including boomtowns like Denver, Nashville and Austin.

Home sellers in some neighborhoods may have missed their chance to dictate the market.

The drop in home buying power heightened the risk of misrepresentations on purchase mortgage loan applications during November, as consumers are more willing to fudge information in an uncertain market, First American Financial said.

Home sales for the Greater Cincinnati area lost momentum last month, while the average price continued to climb.

Contract signings to purchase previously owned homes increased in November for the third time in four months, consistent with steady progress in the residential real estate market.

November was another disappointing month for home sales in Champaign County, Ill., with figures down 6.9% from the same month last year.