Purchase

Entry-level home buyers outnumbered sellers in the Twin Cities metro in October, boosting prices and stifling sales of houses priced at less than $300,000.

From the municipalities surrounding Silicon Valley to New York's concrete jungle, here's a look at the 14 most expensive ZIP codes to buy a home in 2019, according to PropertyShark.

Existing-home sales outperformed their estimated potential for October on improved consumer buying power since the start of 2019 and lower mortgage rates, First American said.

For the second consecutive week, mortgage application activity unusually moved in the same direction as interest rates, decreasing 2.2% from one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Southern California's recent surge in home sales and prices continued into October, marking the second straight month of year-over-year sales gains in all six counties.

Home sale prices in Greater Hartford got a welcome bump up in October amid slower sales, and the outlook for the rest of the year also indicates slower home purchasing.

Loan applications to purchase newly constructed homes during October rose by nearly one-third year-over-year as sales reached their highest annual pace since the Mortgage Bankers Association started tracking this data.

Home sales in Hong Kong plunged over the weekend as increasingly violent protests shut down parts of the city.

With economic expansion expected to keep churning through at least the first half of next year, Fannie Mae upwardly revised its single-family mortgage origination outlook for 2019 and 2020.

Guild Mortgage CEO Mary Ann McGarry is giving up the president's title as the San Diego-based company continues its national expansion plans.