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Income-related mortgage application fraud risk has the potential to increase as competition rises among buyers during the peak spring season, First American said.

A year-long cool down is taking its toll on Southern California home sellers, local agents and economists say.

Sales of new homes rebounded to the best pace in almost a year and exceeded estimates in February, led by the Midwest, as lower mortgage costs helped buyers afford properties.

Runaway Bay Area housing prices — fueled by strong employment and scarce inventory — have started stalling in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, hinting that even well-salaried professionals have had enough.

Starter home inventory is letting up, and the growth in supply seems to be more of a market shift than a temporary change, according to Zillow.

Contract signings to purchase previously owned homes fell more than estimated in February, suggesting that the prior month’s surge resulted from pent-up demand and that a sustainable recovery may take more time.

Average mortgage rates fell by their largest amount in more than 10 years last week as bond yields fell in reaction to the March 20 Federal Open Market Committee meeting.

Home prices in the Portland, Ore., metro continued their upward climb in January but at their slowest rate since 2012.

Single-family home sales fell sharply in Connecticut during February, according to the latest data from The Warren Group, real estate information firm.

Metro Atlanta home prices are up 4.9% in the past year, slightly outpacing the national average but still the lowest increase in four years.

Falling mortgage rates are giving a lift to homebuilders just in time for the key spring selling season.

There was a huge rise in mortgage refinance application activity due to the large drop in interest rates following last week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting.

Central Texas home sales climbed 6% last month, as sales volume reached its highest level on record for any February, the Austin Board of Realtors said.

February housing market numbers indicate that while the 2019 year-to-date number of sales is about 1% behind 2018's record-breaking numbers, this will be another banner year for New Mexico housing, according to the New Mexico Association of Realtors.

Central Ohio home sales rose 3.7% in February from a year ago, the biggest jump in more than a year.

New-home groundbreakings fell in February by the most in eight months on a drop in single-family homes, suggesting buyers and builders remain wary despite higher wages and a drop in mortgage rates.

With the launch of its Medical Professional Mortgage Product, TD Bank is leveraging an opportunity to attract new customers and to address what it says is a knowledge gap among this group of professionals.

Freddie Mac reduced its 2019 origination projection in its latest monthly forecast, but strong coinciding housing numbers could suggest a future upward revision.

Lennar, the region's largest home builder has acquired a huge piece of land alongside Interstate 15 in the San Diego community of Rancho Peñasquitos and is preparing to build 324 single- and multi-family homes for middle-class families.

Rhode Island's housing market cooled a bit in February, as the median sales price remain unchanged from the same month a year ago, but the number of sales fell, and houses lingered on the market a week longer before selling.