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The red-hot market for existing single-family homes in the Bradenton, Fla., area got even hotter in August with median prices jumping by 13.6%, compared to the same month a year ago, to a record $360,000.

Sales of U.K. homes costing over 1 million pounds ($1.3 million) doubled last month, outperforming the rest of the market as wealthier buyers sought more space following the COVID-19 lockdown.

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact every aspect of life in Napa County, Calif., including housing prices, with many buyers wanting to flee the big city.

Despite a roller-coaster stock market, lingering pandemic and uncertainty caused by natural and made disasters, the real estate market continues to connect buyers to sellers.

Wall Street won big buying up homes during the foreclosure crisis and renting them out. Now, it's headed back to the suburbs in hopes of scoring again.

Home sales hit a 15-year high in Duluth, Minn., this summer even as inventory hit a 15-year low.

After an annual gain in July, newly constructed home listings tumbled in August as coronavirus complications caused the largest inventory drops on record, according to Redfin.

Ohio home sales were up 4.2% in August from the same month a year ago, another sign that the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic may be fueling a competitive housing market.

Called it a better all-around process for United Wholesale Mortgage to become a publicly traded company.

More counties have median home prices above their historic averages for typical wage earners, the company found.

Home sales in Greater Hartford continued to surge in August with houses selling faster and at higher prices than the same month a year ago.

Sales of new homes in the unexpectedly advanced for a fourth month in August to the highest level in almost 14 years as record-low mortgage rates continued to entice buyers into a market with ever-shrinking supply.

Mortgage rates experienced a marginal uptick this week, rising three basis points. But they remained near record lows and possibly soon could track down again, according to Freddie Mac.

Wholesale's technological capabilities and its scalability have been increasingly attractive to lenders given the recent surge in volume.

Chattanooga, Tenn., home sales continued last month to rebound from the coronavirus-spurred slump in the spring, boosting the median price of homes sold during August to an all-time high.

Mortgage applications increased 6.8% from one week earlier as this summer's surprise purchase demand has carried over to the fall, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Sales of new homes climbed in Houston and other large Texas markets in August, with September shaping up to be another strong month for sales for the homebuilding industry.

But the group is more conservative than Fannie Mae when it comes to interest rate movements over the next six quarters.

Outside the densely populated coastal hubs, annual home sales grew by leaps and bounds, as buying patterns shifted toward more space with less emphasis on proximity to urban centers, according to Redfin.

Sales of previously owned homes remained brisk in August as low mortgage rates and demand for space in the suburbs sustained strength in a housing market that’s a bright spot for the economy.