Purchase

Cities in the South are more affordable for first-time homebuyers because of less competition and lower prices, according to Zillow.

The Ventura County, Calif., housing market is enjoying a strong start to the spring selling season, but a lack of midrange housing inventory remains an issue that is pushing prices higher.

Pending sales of existing detached homes in the Albuquerque metro area during April shot up 23% from a year ago.

The six private mortgage insurers are jockeying to differentiate themselves with value-add services that complement their core product.

The Houston region saw more homes hit the market in April, boosting inventory and providing additional options to eager Houstonians.

Home prices continued to climb in April as Southern Nevada now has less than a two-month supply of homes available for sale.

Mortgage applications increased 2.4% from one week earlier as there was little movement in interest rates, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The gap between what homeowners believe their home is worth and what the actual value widened for the fifth consecutive month in April, according to Quicken Loans.

Here's a look at the 12 markets where rising home prices, along with shifts in wages and interest rates, have combined to put the most downward pressure on consumers' purchasing power.

North Texas home prices hit another all-time high in April.

The median sales price for condominiums on Oahu hit an all-time high in April as more buyers appeared to opt for condos while the supply of single-family homes remained low, the president of the Honolulu Board of Realtors said.

JPMorgan Chase will give its Sapphire credit card customers 100,000 rewards points for closing home-purchase loans with the bank.

While consumers pay for mortgage insurance policies, carriers like Arch MI are forging new relationships with real estate agents and strengthening lender partnerships to reach the growing segment of millennial and low-to-moderate-income homebuyers.

Median prices for homes sold on Hawaii island and Kauai in April were mostly flat or down, as was the volume of sales in the two neighbor island housing markets.

The lack of available homes, which drives up sales prices in Southern Nevada, continues to have an effect on the local rental market as well.

Concerns over rising home prices tempered a 2.2 percentage point increase in Fannie Mae's Home Price Sentiment Index.

Driving the streets of Mitchell, S.D., and seeing for-sale signs throughout the city, Jesse Stroud is confident he'll find his next home soon.

A multimillion-dollar incentive program announced by the state Wednesday will offer financial assistance to recent college graduates looking to buy homes in Oneonta and seven other upstate New York cities.

From housing finance reform to the latest economic projections, here's a look at the biggest stories and best insights from this week's Mortgage Bankers Association National Secondary Market Conference in New York.