Purchase

It might make better financial sense to rent compared to buying a house in Washington's Whatcom County if you plan on living here fewer than seven years, according to a new report.

Nondepository mortgage bankers and brokers employment dipped slightly in July, ending a four-month run of hiring pickups.

Home and condominium sales in Connecticut jumped significantly in July, while the sale prices of homes saw a modest gain.

Loan application defects were unchanged for July compared with June, the first time in eight months there has not been an increase, according to First American Financial Corp.

Sacramento County home prices kept pushing higher in July, CoreLogic reported.

An unexpected decline in July contract signings for the purchase of previously owned homes shows the continuing impact of limited supply on the real estate market.

The volume of homes sold to first-time buyers during the second quarter reached a high not seen since 1999 and accounted for more than half of purchase mortgage originations.

Home sales in Ventura County and throughout Southern California fell sharply from June to July, according to a report released by CoreLogic.

Mortgage applications decreased 2.3% from one week ago, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The Seattle-area home market keeps picking up steam, with prices rising faster than anywhere else in the country for the 10th straight month.

Toledo is near the bottom of a list of the 300 best and worst real estate markets for 2017, but it is in the top 10 markets where people can buy the most home for the buck, two conflicting reports show.

Steady growth in home prices in 20 U.S. cities in June reflects a limited number of available houses for sale, according to S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller data.

From San Francisco to Jackson, Miss., here's a look at the 12 cities where home sales are expected to be the weakest during the third quarter of 2017.

U.S. home prices reached a new record high in June, with values increasing 5.5% since the beginning of the year, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

Homeowners are eager to hold onto the ultra-low mortgage interest rates they were able to get after the crash, and they are leery about taking a chance on a move.

Signs are mounting that rising home values are starting to close the door for more Americans, threatening to temper the momentum in residential real estate.

Sales of existing luxury condos (priced over $1 million) in Miami-Dade jumped 51.1% year-over-year in July.

July home sales in the Chicago area fell 4.9% from the previous year, continuing a trend of weaker sales that began in the spring.

My Home is Realtor.com's attempt to compete with Zillow's Zestimate home valuation product, as it seeks to help homeowners manage their property as an investment.

After months of increasing sales and declining inventory, Rhode Island's housing market experienced a 4% sales dip in July, but strong demand pushed the median house price up by nearly 3%, to $270,000.