Purchase

Mortgage rates declined over the past week as worried investors increased their purchases of 10-year Treasuries, according to Freddie Mac.

While purchase mortgages account for a growing share of overall volume, industrywide investments in more automated and efficient underwriting processes have helped lower instances of fraud.

The good news for Miami homeowners: If you're thinking of selling your house, you're set to make a nice profit over your purchase price.

The Dallas housing market gets top marks in a new consumer study by JPMorgan Chase.

At a new luxury-condo building in Brooklyn, one buyer told broker Ryan Serhant that she'd like three apartments — one for herself to live in, and two as investments to rent out.

An index of contract signings to purchase previously owned homes unexpectedly declined for a second month in May, reflecting a persistent shortage of available homes.

Mortgage applications fell by nearly 5% last week as concerns over foreign trade and tariffs outweighed other positive economic news, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Total home sales are down in Rockford, Ill., but the average sale price has increased, Rockford Area Realtors reported.

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities continued to advance at a solid, albeit a touch slower, pace in April, reflecting lingering inventory shortages, according to S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller data.

Americans selling homes in the nation's hottest market last year made enough to turn around and buy a place for cash — and still have spare change for a Tesla.

Home sales dipped in Ohio and across the nation last month, as prices climbed, mortgage rates inched up and would-be buyers were stymied by a persistent shortage of available properties.

Home sales in greater Hartford slowed in May — in the thick of the spring home buying season — and prices paid slipped, after three straight months of encouraging gains, a new report shows.

Purchases of new homes advanced in May to a six-month high as sales in the South increased to the fastest pace since 2007, according to government data.

Since the bottom of the housing market in 2012, home prices have increased 75% but wages have only increased 13%.

The Southern California median home price surged 8.2% in May from a year earlier, hitting a new all-time high of $530,000, according to a report from CoreLogic.

House sales posted big gains in New Mexico from May 2017 to May 2018, showing a 28% increase.

The share of consumers confident that it wouldn't be difficult to obtain a mortgage in the current market shot up 10% from a quarter ago, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Sales of existing single-family homes in Maine decreased slightly in May from a year earlier as a result of limited housing inventory, but prices continued to rise.

Sales of new and existing homes in the Albany, N.Y., region fell 7% in May from year-earlier levels as real estate brokers blamed a lack of available homes for the decline.

With affordability down to its lowest level in nearly 10 years, average wages aren't enough to afford a home in 75% of local housing markets, according to Attom Data Solutions.