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The median selling price for single-family homes in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, fell in August for the first time since February, but still remained above 2018 levels.

Southern California builders sold 13% more homes in July than a year ago as prices fell 8%.

Mortgage rates fell to lows not seen October 2016, affected by concerns over manufacturing and the ongoing trade war with China, according to Freddie Mac.

While millennials took advantage of mortgage rates falling to two-year lows, increasing their refinance share, teaching them about low down payment loan products would help grow homeownership for this group, according to Ellie Mae.

In a region of more than 7 million people, just 266 new homes, townhomes and condos were sold in January.

For New Orleans-area homebuyers, the suburbs are calling.

Mortgage applications fell 3.1% from one week earlier even with another decrease in rates, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Properties sold directly to investors in a foreclosure sale were more likely to be occupied by an owner one year later, compared with those that reverted to the lender, an Auction.com study found.

Strong home purchase activity — especially by millennials — pushed up annual price appreciation in July after a disappointing June, according to CoreLogic.

There is no legal basis to force Bank of America to make good on its commitment to provide $150 million in mortgages to beneficiaries of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, the state's Attorney General said.

Home price gains in the Twin Cities metro have outpaced the national average for much of the year, but those gains have cooled in recent months.

In a reprieve for Southern California's sluggish housing market, home sales rose in July from a year earlier. It was the first sales increase in 12 months.

A growing share of refinances born by lower rates is pushing down risk levels for fraud on a mortgage application, according to First American.

Freddie Mac now forecasts that refinance volume will make up nearly half of third and fourth quarter production, and has increased its origination estimate for the year to over $2 trillion.

Soaring home prices are pushing homebuyers out of walkable neighborhoods into those that are more car-dependent, Redfin said.

Contract signings to purchase previously owned homes fell in July by the most since early 2018, indicating a pause in buyer interest even against a backdrop of falling mortgage rates, a firm job market and steady income gains.

For the second month in a row, Seattle is the only major American city where home prices were lower than a year ago.

Home sale prices in Massachusetts continued their ascent in July, setting a new all-time high for the month and rising to a level nearly 20% higher than five years ago and nearly 40% higher than July 2009.

From consumers straying from certain cities to regulations dictating how homes are built, here’s a look at how climate change is shaping the housing market.

Mortgage debt climbed to a new peak of $9.4 trillion in the second quarter and the distribution across the U.S. varies greatly.