Purchase

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.

Both home sales and prices in North Texas were higher in September than a year ago. But the rate of increase is slowing, which analysts say is good for the market.

Where do millennials go when they want the advantages of a big-city economy, job market and lifestyle but they can't afford the higher cost-of-living? Some are choosing Owensboro, Ky.

As a year of record-breaking home-price increases continues across the Seattle area, millennials and other first-time buyers are coming to grips with the reality that they simply can't save up quickly enough to match the rise in home costs.

Nondepository mortgage bankers and brokers increased their headcounts in August, but hurricane recovery efforts and other macro factors may stymie additional growth.

Home affordability improved in most markets in the third quarter compared to the previous, but was still worse off from a year ago, according to Attom Data Solutions.

Home sales in Santa Fe, N.M., are on track for a breakthrough, trending toward only the third double-digit sales increase since 2001.

Building off the success of policy changes in 2016, there are now even more ways for mortgage lenders to help student loan borrowers become homeowners.

In housing markets dominated by young borrowers, millennials took an even bigger share of overall mortgage activity in August.

Baltimore homeowners who sold their property last year didn't get much of a return on their investment — just $5,000 more than they paid, according to a new report from Zillow.

A decline in refinancing applications offset the gain in purchase activity, leading to an overall drop in application activity of 0.4% from one week earlier.