Purchase

Home sale prices across Connecticut jumped for the second month in a row in February, but the sales volume was weak, and some experts said it it still too early in the year to declare the start of a trend.

Lennar Corp.'s home finance subsidiary with the help of Blend rolled out its own digital mortgage platform, as another small lender tries to keep up with Rocket Mortgage.

Housing sentiment remained volatile in March as consumers reporting that now is a good time to buy a home rose from the previous month, according to Fannie Mae.

Home prices in the Tampa Bay area continue to climb, and once again the price jumps were due to the scant supply of moderately priced homes.

The median sales price of a single-family home in Santa Fe, N.M., rose nearly 12% in the first quarter over the same period last year.

Mortgage rates dropped as the stock market downturn at the start of the week drove yields on the 10-year Treasury lower.

Louise Juracek, a broker associate at Coldwell Banker Preferred Realtors in Bakersfield, Calif., sells 130 to 150 houses a year.

Purchase loans made to millennial mortgage borrowers rose month-over-month in February despite interest rates increasing at the start of the year, according to Ellie Mae.

Mortgage application activity decreased 3.3% from one week earlier as purchase and refinance volume fell prior to the start of the home buying season, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Single-family-home prices in metro Denver continued to perform gravity-defying feats of appreciation last month, as sellers as buyers alike raced to join the spring home-selling circus.

Home sales in Manhattan plunged by the most since the recession as buyers at all price levels drove hard bargains and were in no rush to close deals.

Home values grew in all 50 states in February, but their appreciation is expected to slow within the next year, according to CoreLogic.

The housing market in the Dayton, Ohio, area continued to improve in February, with increases in the median sale price and number of homes sold.

There is now less fraud risk associated with adjustable-rate mortgage applications and this will offset some of the higher hazard associated with a purchase market.

The median price of a Marin home rose to $885,750 in February, an 8.7% increase over the $815,000 median a year earlier.

Central Ohio home sales slipped in February as the number of homes for sale again dropped to record lows.

From purchase mortgage potential to challenges for loan officer productivity, reverse mortgages offer traditional lenders a mix of risks and rewards.

A gauge of signed contracts to purchase previously owned homes increased in February for the first time in three months, highlighting uneven progress in the industry.

Mortgage applications increased 4.8% from one week earlier and rose for the fourth time in five weeks as key interest rates held steady, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Single-family home sales in Anchorage have remained relatively stable as people have trickled out of Alaska during the state's current recession.