Purchase

Home sales in the San Antonio area rose for the sixth straight month as prices continued increasing and the inventory of available houses kept tightening.

Applications for loans on newly built homes are still up considerably from a year ago, but they were down a little from October in the Mortgage Bankers Association’s latest survey.

The industry is now likely to top 2019's nearly $16 billion in premiums written.

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has done nothing to quell the upward trajectory of home prices in Southern Nevada.

The likelihood of a purchase-focused market in 2021 means it’s time to make time to improve operations, LodeStar Software Solutions CEO Jim Paolino says.

Mortgage application activity decreased 1.2% on a seasonally adjusted basis last week, but refinance volume picked up as interest rates reached a new survey low, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Despite an unpredictable year, one degree of normalcy has returned to Seattle-area home sales: In a dip typical of the winter season, fewer homes were on the market in November and fewer new sellers were listing.

Employment worries and the pandemic's ongoing obstacles for home buying wore down consumer confidence in November, according to Fannie Mae.

Strong demand by buyers bidding above asking price helped push up the median resale price of single-family homes on Oahu to $872,500 in November, the second highest ever.

Set alight by the Fed’s low interest rates and bond purchases, the mortgage industry is on fire.