Purchase

An unexpected decline in sales of previously owned homes last month to the lowest level since August 2016 indicates rising prices and lean inventories are impeding faster growth in the housing market.

Fannie Mae is extending its property inspection waivers to certain purchase mortgages with large down payments.

With inventory still low, home prices continued to rise in the second quarter of 2017.

Reporting requirements for title insurers and agents have been expanded to cover more types of high-end real estate transactions, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network said.

Buying into the American dream of homeownership is getting more costly in Chattanooga.

A decline in purchases of new homes in July may be a sign the industry took a breather following an even stronger run of sales than previously reported.

There was very little change in mortgage application activity for the second consecutive week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Sales slipped but prices rose in July as a short supply of homes for sale put pressure on Wisconsin's housing market.

The median price for a single-family home in Marin County, Calif., is more than $1.3 million and at that price only 17% of Marin households can afford to buy.

Cash deals are by no means dead, but they aren't dominating the South Florida housing market the way they once did.

Though potential homeownership demand declined moderately between 2015 and 2016, the underlying fundamentals for demand remained positive.

Freddie Mac has gotten the green light for its appraisal alternative for purchase loans, and has released information about how similar automated collateral evaluations for refinances have performed.

After a strong sales bump in June, the Sonoma County, Calif., housing market declined in July to the slowest pace of sales in seven years.

Affordability issues along with a lack of knowledge about home buying are holding millennials back from pursuing homeownership, according to a survey from loanDepot.

The share of refinance loans in the market bounced back slightly in July, according to Ellie Mae's latest monthly report.

Mortgage application volume was practically flat when compared with one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Maui's housing market in July had fewer sales but at higher prices, according to the Realtors Association of Maui.

Home prices and sales in the core Orlando market were down in July from the month before during what is usually the peak summer buying season.

Housing affordability dipped as rising home prices offset a quarter-point drop in mortgage interest rates.

Normally among the hottest times of the year to buy or sell a house, July came up tepid in metropolitan Milwaukee.