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The government-sponsored enterprise reported net earnings of $2.55 billion, up from $461 million in the first quarter.

Mortgage rates fell 2 basis points this week, remaining near their historic lows as they have for the past month with the markets roiled by uncertainty, according to Freddie Mac.

Even amid a global pandemic — and by all accounts spurred by it — Palm Beach, Fla., single-family property sales surged during the second quarter, according to a new round of real estate reports.

Real estate agents say they are seeing more out-of-state homebuyers looking to move to Maine, but so far in 2020, there's been no surge of people from away actually buying homes in the state.

But refis bring overall mortgage application fraud risk back to its record low, First American said.

Having more houses on the market than in June 2019 had the metro area out of step with the nation as a whole, the Oklahoma City Realtors said.

Born from the burgeoning real estate market that preceded the Great Recession, flipping homes has become a national fascination over the past two decades.

An index of pending home sales exceeded forecasts in June as borrowing costs fell, adding to evidence that the housing market is the bright spot in an economy stunted by COVID-19.

Mortgage applications decreased 0.8% from one week earlier as the latest spread of COVID-19 weighed on the minds of consumers looking to buy or refinance, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

With inventory tight and demand compounded by a nonexistent spring home-buying season, a fifth of all buyers waived inspection or appraisal contingencies to win bidding wars, according to Redfin.

The U.S. homeownership rate, led by young buyers, jumped to the highest since 2008, signaling that the housing boom underway before the pandemic has only accelerated.

Miami-Dade and Broward experienced a dip in year-over-year residential transactions in June. But it's not all gloom and doom: Pending sales increased year-over-year, a sign of activity increasing since April.

Is a surge of wealthy out-of-state homebuyers fueling a drastic increase in home prices in Missoula and western Montana?

The Southern California housing market is showing signs of heating up following a coronavirus-induced slump.

After steep year-over-year declines in home sales in April and May, Tampa Bay's housing market showed signs of a strong rebound in June from pandemic-induced sluggishness, according to new figures released by Florida Realtors.

CoreLogic said more refinancings and fewer investor purchase mortgages drove its index down to a level last reached in the third quarter of 2010.

New-home sales in the U.S. increased to an almost 13-year high in June, fueled by record-low borrowing costs and adding to evidence that residential real estate is a bright spot for the economy.

The returns on investment for homes sold in the second quarter of 2020 reached the highest level since the housing bubble collapsed, according to Attom Data Solutions.

After two months of steep drops, home sales leveled off in the Sarasota-Manatee, Fla., region in June.

Mortgage rates rose for the first time in six weeks, going back the above the 3% mark, as spreads to the 10-year Treasury yield widened again, according to Freddie Mac.