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Bay Area home sales swooned in June, tumbling to recession levels of a decade ago as buyers grew increasingly weary of sky-high prices and scant choices.

The. U.S. housing market is splitting along racial lines, with black homeownership dropping to the lowest level since at least 1970 — just two years after the Fair Housing Act was passed.

While strong housing demand continues in Central Texas, new numbers show the area's homebuilding pace slowed in the second quarter as builders grappled with a shortage of lots.

If 2018 was a year of drama — a steep rise in housing prices and scary decline in inventory — 2019 has proven to be a year of steady growth.

Title insurers benefited from the increase in origination volume — especially refinancings — during the second quarter, as open order counts increased compared with one year prior.

From Big Sky Country to the peaks of Colorado, here's a look at the metro areas offering owners the most stability and appreciation in home prices over the past 25 years.

Palm Beach County, Fla., home prices retreated in June after jumping to a post-crash high in May.

The real estate industry may soon find out whether house hunters will look for homes in the place where they already shop for everything else.

Fewer consumers applied for mortgages last week even as interest rates declined by 3 to 4 basis points for all product types, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Sales of new homes rose in June by less than forecast and purchases were revised lower in the three prior months, the latest sign of weakness for the housing sector.

Home sales in central Ohio and elsewhere dropped in June, while competition among buyers escalated.

Southwest Florida apparently escaped the free fall in foreign investment in residential real estate that hit much of the country. And the Sunshine State remains the most appealing to those property buyers, besting California and Texas.

Sales of previously owned homes declined in June, missing estimates in the latest sign of weakness for the housing market.

High demand, low inventory and multiple offers on homes are common in Spokane, Wash., which has become one of the hottest real estate markets in the nation.

With housing supply constrained and mortgage rates on a downslope throughout the year, buyers jumped at purchasing a home when the opportunity arose in June, according to Redfin.

Two key economic forces are responsible for driving single-family housing forward, but their potential is limited, according to the National Association of Home Builders.

Liberty Home Equity, a subsidiary of Ocwen Financial, is offering a new private-market alternative to Federal Housing Administration-insured reverse mortgages.

Through the first half of the year, there have has been 2,000 single-family homes sold countywide, a 6.45% decline from the comparable period last year when 2,138 homes were sold.

With more houses on the market, fewer North Texas home sellers getting their original asking price.

Forecasts for residential remodeling growth are looking dimmer, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing for the mortgage market.