Purchase

From the Carolinas to the Sunshine State, here's a look at the cities offering the biggest job growth over the past five years.

The potential for home resales rose 1.1% month-to-month as mortgage rates fell, but buyers only became more entrenched as their purchase power increased, according to First American.

Housing sales slumped in the Jacksonville area last month, according to a new report from the Northeast Florida Association of Realtors.

Increasingly, it's becoming a tale of two housing markets in the Twin Cities.

Bolstered home equity gains from rising prices put owners in a stronger position should another housing bubble be on the horizon, according to CoreLogic.

After three weeks of holding fairly steady, average mortgage rates ticked up this week, ironically due to investor optimism that the Federal Open Market Committee will cut short-term rates, according to Freddie Mac.

The pace of home sales in metro Atlanta was down dramatically last month compared to the same period last year, according to reports released this week.

An expanding gap between sharp home price appreciation and relatively feeble income growth dating back to 1960 brewed America's affordability crisis, according to Clever Real Estate.

The second quarter continues to shape up as a good one for bank mortgage lenders — and one ancillary service provider — that are benefiting from a spike in volume.

The onset of summer typically comes with the largest volume of home sales, however exorbitant prices kept potential buyers at bay, according to Remax.

Foreign purchases of U.S. residential real estate fell 36% to the lowest annual rate since 2013, as slowing overseas economies, the strong dollar and the White House's anti-immigrant rhetoric put a chill on demand.

After a jump in May home sales, North Texas housing activity retreated in June.

Home sales in metro Baton Rouge, La., were practically unchanged for the first half of 2019, with three more houses being sold than during the same period in 2018.

Higher interest rates led to a 1.1% seasonally adjusted decline in mortgage applications compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Millennials flooded the mortgage market to refinance on lower rates, but the industry couldn't manage activity as quickly, according to Ellie Mae.

Homebuilders' optimism increased as low mortgage rates fueled demand. However, affordability constraints and the continuing scarcity of construction workers and land parcels remain concerns.

Fannie Mae increased its mortgage origination forecast as lower interest rates, driven by economic uncertainty, will lead to more refinance activity, but other factors will continue to hold back home purchases.

The surge in home prices has continued across most of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, this year, with the median sales price through the first half of 2019 up 5.4% countywide and gains being posted in about four out of every five cities.

Home prices just set another record in Ada County, Idaho, with the median sale price rising to $354,405 in June. That's $11,415 higher than May's figure, also a record, and 10% higher than in June 2018.

High demand and low inventory in Spokane County, Wash., continued to push median home prices up in June.