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The real estate industry is expecting homebuilders to add more inventory this year, but new-home sales tanked in the closing months of 2018, according to Redfin.

The number of home sales in New Hampshire in 2018 hit a three-year low, echoing a nationwide slump, but local Realtors are confident the housing market remains healthy.

The Austin area's housing market continued its record-breaking pace in 2018 with both the number of homes sold and the median sales price of those homes reaching all-time annual highs.

Adjustable-rate mortgages for the second consecutive month hit a post-crisis high, due to strong demand for housing being constrained by a lack of supply, according to Ellie Mae.

The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage remained unchanged for the third consecutive week, according to Freddie Mac, even with political uncertainty affecting the overall economic outlook.

Home sale prices in Connecticut got a welcome bump up in 2018, but overall prices are still far below the peak prior to the last recession a decade ago.

For many first-time homebuyers, former renters and downsizing baby boomers in the Twin Cities metro, 2018 was one of the most challenging on record.

Mortgage application activity decreased from one week earlier as rising interest rates cooled borrowers' interest in getting a loan, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The Colorado Springs housing market will remain strong in 2019, but should strike a fairer balance between buyers and sellers, one local real estate expert says.

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Flagstar Bancorp's acquisition of 52 Midwest branches of Wells Fargo helped increase its core customer base, but its mortgage results were lower than anticipated in the fourth quarter, according to the Troy, Mich.-based bank.

In a slow mortgage market, construction loans are considered the most likely source of growth for lenders, according to a new study.

The stock market's volatility during December helped to improve the potential for existing-home sales, although housing's performance remains well below its capacity, First American Financial said.

Slower growth to interest rates and home prices will boost housing affordability in 2019, according to Fannie Mae.

Sales of previously owned homes fell to the slowest pace in more than three years, falling short of estimates and indicating that the housing market remained in a slowdown as the year ended.

It may have been a rocky year for the stock market and parts of the economy, but in the Toledo housing market 2018 was surely the best of times.

California's housing market ended 2018 on a down note, with sales for 2018 as a whole down for the first time in four years and home price gains showing signs of leveling off.

Mortgage applications for new homes declined again as worries over the stock market and the global economy outweighed lower interest rates for potential buyers, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

The North Texas housing market has slowed in recent months with fewer home sales and slower price growth.

Metro Denver's housing market saw sales slide and prices continue to rise last year, and that pattern dominated across much of the state, according to the Colorado Association of Realtors.