Purchase

One report found that 95% of homebuyers searched websites before buying a home, and that number jumps to 99% among millennials. In short, almost everyone starts shopping online, and a vast majority are going to Zillow.

While September had a steady yearly rise in home prices, the month-to-month growth is slowing down, according to Quicken Loans.

Home price index swaps, treated as a second lien on a property, will be used to reduce the default risk associated with low down payment mortgages, one of the program's creators said.

Millennials are targeting homeownership within the next few years, but many are buying into certain house-purchasing myths, according to Bank of America.

Mortgage applications fell last week as rates for the 30-year fixed conforming loan topped 5% for the first time since 2011, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported.

Anyone who has shopped for a house in Buffalo, N.Y., knows just how hard it is to find one these days.

Oahu's housing market hit another record in September with the median price of single-family homes climbing to $812,500.

Home prices increased nationally by 5.5% year over year from August 2017, while in the Bradenton-Sarasota-North Port, Fla., region they grew by 3.95%, CoreLogic said.

Rising interest rates, both current and the prospect for future increases, took a toll on consumers' outlook on the housing market during September, according to Fannie Mae.

The average sale price of single-family homes in Southern Nevada was an even $300,000 in September, which marks the highest transaction amount since June 2006 when it peaked at $315,000.

Property values for homes that were foreclosed on during the Great Recession are outpacing the nation's average house price appreciation, according to Zillow.

The better news for homebuyers in King County, Wash., keeps coming: Inventory is way up. Sales are way down. And prices have stopped skyrocketing.

The state's red-hot housing market may be cooling a bit, according to the head of the New Hampshire Housing Authority.

As the housing market enters a new era, shifts in the demand for mortgages will ultimately dictate the direction of technology, staffing and GSE reform.

Movement Mortgage, citing the continuing deterioration of the housing market, is eliminating approximately 180 back office positions on Oct. 5.

The median sale price for single-family homes in Connecticut hit the highest level for August in five years, even as the number of houses sold decreased by 4.2% over the same period a year earlier.

Baton Rouge-area home sales were 7.4% lower in August than the year before as real estate activity dropped across the board.

While digital expansion of the mortgage application process increases convenience, it inherently comes with the downside of heightened fraud risk.

Toronto's housing market continues to settle into a new normal as sales and prices changed little in September.

August's share of conventional mortgages closed by millennials reached a three-year high as lenders added products to meet their lifestyle, Ellie Mae said.