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Albuquerque, N.M., home prices continue to outpace last year's figures, but there's reason to think the summer home-buying season might be quieter than anticipated.

Home sales in the Baltimore area plummeted in May, the steepest drop in a decade amid the pandemic, but record-low mortgage rates are pushing buyers into the housing market.

A lack of inventory and low interest rates helped keep Minnesota home sale prices rising as pending sales dropped in May, according to Minnesota Realtors.

The expected rise in refinance volume overrides pessimism about purchase activity for their businesses.

Home sales in New Hampshire cratered in May thanks to fewer homes on the market and more caution by sellers during the coronavirus pandemic.

Now the shutdown has stretched into mid-June, effectively canceling the long-anticipated Memorial Day listings bonanza.

Mortgage applications increased 9.3% from one week earlier, fueled by low mortgage rates and the release of pent-up demand, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Home sale prices in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, continued their usual spring rise through May, though the number of sales were down amid the coronavirus crisis.

Southern California housing markets are rebounding off what arguably was the worst April in the history books.

Sales of single-family homes and condominiums on Oahu tanked in May as owners and buyers elected to practice social distancing.

After bottoming out at a 10-year low in April, consumer sentiment for home buying rebounded in May, according to Fannie Mae.

A house in Cornwall, N.Y., goes on the market and has eight buyers check it out in one day. Two promptly offer the full price of $305,000, which the winning bidder later upped to $340,000.

Framework Homeownership CEO Danielle Samalin helped support consumer organizations after the housing bubble burst. Now she’s using that experience to help borrowers and homebuyers navigate new challenges.

When the coronavirus pandemic began in earnest in March, the Las Vegas real estate market was able to hold steady, thanks in part to an abundance of sales already in the pipeline.

With the impacts of the coronavirus in full bore, housing market experts predict home prices to fall in 2020.

After months of hiding out from the coronavirus, North Texas homebuyers are heading out to hunt for properties.

Nonbank mortgage hiring inched down when overall employment plunged in April. The subsequent recovery in overall jobs suggests the housing-finance industry is still bearing up well despite coronavirus-related strain.

Eager buyers and reluctant sellers pushed Bay Area homes prices higher again in April, fueling quick sales and a robust market despite coronavirus restrictions.

Virginia's housing market has demonstrated greater resiliency than many housing markets across the country even though home sales have slowed across much of the state as a result of COVID-19.

Houston-area home closings surged last week for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.