Purchase

Continued economic growth, a strong jobs market and higher wages will lead to a 7.3% increase in purchase origination volume next year, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Cannabis businesses are legal in 29 states, but compliance questions on the federal level are keeping mortgage lenders from making loans to the industry's workers.

Strong growth in the sale of existing homes in Lake County in September was almost enough to pull the seven counties that make up the Greater Northwest Indiana Association of Realtors into positive territory for the month.

Home sale prices in Western New York hit new peaks over the summer, as the region's housing market continued to churn past historic records.

Five of the top 25 ZIP codes for single-family rental purchases were concentrated in three states, according to Attom Data Solutions.

Originators and real estate agents are considered more trustworthy and credible by home purchasers than online sources about mortgage information, a Fannie Mae study found.

The percentage of refinance loans rose in September as interest rates dipped to a 2017 low, according to Ellie Mae.

Mortgage applications increased 3.6% from one week earlier even though rates remained mostly flat during the period, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

A shortage of entry-level houses is putting a chill on the housing market in the Twin Cities.

Fannie Mae used last year's Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data to increase its origination projections for both 2017 and 2018 even as its overall economic outlook remained unchanged from September.

Maui condominium sales and prices surged in September as home buyers pursued more affordable housing options.

A rebound in homebuilders' confidence to a five-month high indicates concern over fallout from major hurricanes has been alleviated, according to data from the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo.

Rising home prices, wages that haven't kept pace with those increases and high levels of student debt are forcing first-time home buyers on Long Island, N.Y., to find creative ways to afford the biggest purchase of their lives.

Hurricanes Harvey and Irma affected new-home sales in Texas and Florida, resulting in a 7.5% year-over-year decline in mortgage applications to purchase these properties in September.

While the DFW home market is still good or even great compared to a lot of places around the nation, things have definitely cooled a bit from the last few years.

For buyers now house hunting in metro Toledo, Ohio, a word to the wise: Think very carefully about the offer you submit to a seller.

Houston-area home sales bounced back in September after a double-digit decline in storm-battered August, when Hurricane Harvey flooding forced real estate offices to close and open houses to cancel.

The share of mortgage refinance applications dropped below 50% for the first time since the start of September, as interest rates rose to a six-week high.

The gap between what consumers think a home is worth and its appraised value narrowed in September because of rising prices due to the continued inventory shortage.

Overall housing confidence rose in September, with renters becoming particularly optimistic, according to Fannie Mae.