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August's median price of single-family homes sold in Santa Cruz County, Calif., dropped to $877,000, according to Gary Gangnes of Real Options Realty, who tracks the numbers.

Fannie Mae is cracking down on homebuyer education requirements, particularly for first-time homebuyers and purchasers utilizing high loan-to-value mortgages.

London's luxury housing market is flush with buyers, but prices keep on falling.

With housing affordability still a prominent hurdle to homeownership, prospective buyers — especially millennials — now get creative in order to find suitable homes, according to Chase and the Property Brothers.

Millennial homeowners and renters are more likely to stay in their home for a shorter period of time than similar aged people of previous generations, according to Zillow.

The median price for houses sold across Santa Fe County, N.M., was $462,000 in the third quarter, a 10.3% increase over the same period last year, the Santa Fe Association of Realtors reported.

If your home is in walking distance to a Staten Island Railway station you can likely get at least a 9% — and up to a 34% — higher price for your house than other residences in the borough, according to a new study.

The majority of first-time homebuyers participating in a recent survey preferred online or phone interactions when receiving counseling that is a prerequisite for some loan programs.

Real estate economists' outlook for single-family housing starts through 2021 weakened compared with six months ago even though they are relatively bullish on the economy, an Urban Land Institute survey found.

The Toronto housing market continued to rebound in September, with prices rising the most in 21 months, bringing the cost of a typical home close to the record high set in 2017.

Vancouver home sales rebounded 46% in September in a sign that Canada's most expensive home market may be finding its feet following a policy-driven downturn.

Economic issues were the biggest influence on average mortgage rates in the past week, although two trackers moved in different directions.

Autumn's chill has come early again to metro Denver's housing market, with the pace of sales in September down sharply from August and median prices gliding gently lower.

Millennials took advantage of mortgage rates falling to near three-year lows in August, increasing their refinance share to the highest percentage since December 2015, according to Ellie Mae.

Mortgage applications increased 8.1% from one week earlier as conventional mortgage rates fell under 4% again, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The creation of new houses in Rochester, Minn., is on the decline.

Millennials — now more than ever — dictate the direction the housing market is moving in, and with the deceleration of starter home prices, more should become homeowners soon, according to CoreLogic.

Home prices have more than recovered since the recession, but higher-than-ever medical and student debt is robbing many homeowners from realizing the benefits, while keeping others away from the market, according to Zillow.

Realtors and community leaders are hailing a new milestone for the Rockford, Ill., area housing market.

Hawaii's commercial real estate market is taking a breather from record sales last year, a new report shows.