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Growth outside of its residential mortgage business contributed to Flagstar Bank beating first-quarter earnings estimates, company executives said.

Purchases of new homes unexpectedly increased in March to an eight-month high, indicating housing demand remained strong at the start of the spring buying season.

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Housing costs -- both rents and home prices -- in the Metro Orlando area rose faster than in most metropolitan areas within the state and the nation in March from a year earlier, two new reports show.

Chicago home sales and prices rebounded strongly in March from a surprisingly sluggish February, just in time for the all-important spring housing season.

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities accelerated in the year through February for a fifth month, while nationwide property values also picked up.

A consumer's home purchase power only fell by 0.2% in February from January because wage growth has somewhat offset price increases.

Home prices reached their highest level since the recovery started, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

After months in the doldrums, the Miami-Dade real estate market showed signs of renewed life in March. But observers warned it could be short-lived.

Homes sales in Southwest Florida heated up in March, rising 8.6% over the year as the real estate market sailed into the end of the peak-selling season.

Sales of previously owned homes rose more than forecast in March to the fastest pace in a decade.

Home sale prices in the greater Hartford area rose in March, but sales didn't make any gains compared with the same month last year.

Stewart Information Services Corp. posted net income in the first quarter of $4.1 million, a turnaround from the $11.2 million loss one year ago.

MGIC Investment Corp. had net income of $89.8 million for the first quarter, an increase of nearly 30% over the same period last year of $69.2 million.

Real estate agents say 2017 could be a record-setting year for New Mexico's housing market.

Vladimir Putin is taking a page from the U.S. housing market to boost homeownership. Call it Russia's Fannie Mae.

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Mortgage application volume decreased 1.8% from the previous week driven by lower purchase activity, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The average time to close as measured by Ellie Mae's monthly survey was shorter than it's been since 2015, when the implementation of new disclosures lengthened the timelines.

Home sales in the capital region rose by 6.5% in February, as the housing market leveled off after four months of double-digit sales increases following the devastating August flood.