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Savannah, Ga., area homes sales continue to heat up moving into the summer month's breaking records in both April and May.

Metro Atlanta home prices are up 9.9% from a year ago, even as the number of sales has slipped.

Mortgage rates slid over the past week and have now declined in three of the past four weeks, according to Freddie Mac.

Sales of previously owned homes unexpectedly fell in May for a second month as a lack of inventory and elevated asking prices weighed on demand, National Association of Realtors data showed.

House listings in the Twin Cities posted a rare increase last month, a slight shift in the long-running sellers' market.

The Buffalo Niagara, N.Y., housing market is getting even tighter.

Mortgage application activity increased 5.1%, rising for the second time in the past three weeks, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Higher interest rates on home mortgages drove the share of loans used to purchase houses rather than refinance to new heights in May.

Resale inventory is at its lowest level in 18 years and new construction supply continues being outpaced by high demand, according to CoreLogic.

Familiar themes continued to play out in the Albuquerque housing market in May.

The cost of buying a home in Massachusetts is on the rise.

Home prices rose to new highs in Sonoma County, Calif., in May, when the median hit a record $692,250, but there are indications the unrelenting price increases may be starting to test buyers' limits.

Sentiment among homebuilders fell in June to match the lowest level this year, reflecting sharply elevated lumber costs, according to a report from the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo.

A declining share of cash home sales will drive purchase home originations higher than previously expected through 2019, according to Fannie Mae.

Canada's home sales were little changed in May, suggesting the residential real estate market is stabilizing after seeing large declines earlier this year.

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At least there were more homes for sale last month in Pierce County, Wash.

Mortgage applications for newly constructed homes declined in May as sales and supply are not keeping up with demand, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

The high number of home sales both above and below the list price in May, combined with rising mortgage rates and prices, was a sign buyers are near affordability limits, Redfin said.

Though mortgage originations were down overall in the first quarter, home equity lines of credit spiked on higher home prices, according to Attom Data Solutions.