Purchase

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.

Learn how the some of the industry's most successful loan originators get it done with these tricks of the trade from the 2017 Top Producers rankings' top 20 loan officers of the Midwest.

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.

For Twin Cities home sellers, it was the best March in more than a decade. For many buyers, it was one of the most demoralizing.

Amid rising rates and home prices, mortgage and real estate professionals are gearing up for a consequential home buying season this year. Here's a look at the 15 markets poised for a stellar spring.

Confidence among homebuilders cooled in April after jumping a month earlier to the highest level since mid-2005.

Home sales in Brooklyn jumped the most in seven years while the supply of listings hovered near a record low, pushing buyers toward bidding wars in the New York borough.

Home values are increasing, but just not at the pace property owners believe they are.

New home purchase loan application activity reached its highest point in March as builders looked to fill the growing demand for housing.

The energy bust continues to seem ever more distant, especially in the local housing market where home sales and prices have been rising month after month.

Mortgage applications increased 1.5% from one week earlier even though refinancing activity continues to shrink, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

When Tom Bauer put his three-bedroom, two-bathroom tri-level house in Oak Creek up for sale late last summer, it drew little interest, so he took it off the market just before Christmas.

After years of sitting on the sidelines of the housing market, a growing population of millennials has begun to embrace the financial benefits of owning a home.