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Mortgage rates increased slightly this week as indicators point to an economic revival, including increased home sales activity, according to Freddie Mac.

Metro Denver's housing market bounced back in May, with new listings and pending sales rebounding after stay-at-home orders lifted, according to the Denver Metro Association of Realtors.

Nine years of annual home price gains are expected to come to an end by next April, according to CoreLogic, although prices in Southern California are projected to continue rising.

Millennial refinance activity hit a new high-water mark behind historically low mortgage rates, up 40 percentage points from the year before, according to Ellie Mae.

Canada's residential real estate market is bouncing back from coronavirus shutdowns.

Purchase mortgage application volume continued its upswing as consumers acted on record low rates, but high unemployment and low inventory could hold home buying activity back in the future, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

Record lows in housing inventory plummeted even further as the global pandemic spread across Cape Cod over the last two months.

Housing sales across Ohio took a hit during April as the coronavirus pandemic swept the state.

With would-be sellers too spooked to list their homes and would-be buyers held up due to social distancing orders, home price appreciation accelerated in April. And it could continue into the summer.

The Spokane, Wash., housing market has shown little signs of slowing during the pandemic.

Mortgage investors have yet to enjoy robust returns this year despite the Federal Reserve providing $688 billion of support to the sector since mid-March.

Home sales in April stayed healthy despite the Ohio stay-at-home order, but dropped by double digits compared to a year before at the same time.

The Federal Reserve's actions should keep interest rates down and bring home sales back in June, according to NerdWallet.

After a blockbuster early spring, the COVID-19 pandemic is hitting home for Twin Cities builders.

Stuck day and night in their homes, a surprising number of Americans are deciding the pandemic is a great time to upgrade.

Homes sales in Oklahoma didn't hit the skids in April, just a patch of black ice, but everyone managed to keep it between the ditches.

The Austin, Texas, area housing market had been on a 10-year roll before the coronavirus pandemic. Several market indicators nosedived as the effects began to be felt in the market in late March and continuing into April.

An index of contract signings for purchases of previously owned homes slumped to a record low in April as coronavirus lockdowns thwarted prospective buyers.

Mortgage rates fell this week to the lowest level ever recorded by Freddie Mac, even as it appears the relationship to the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield has stabilized.

Home sales dipped in April due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the decline in Virginia wasn't as severe as many had anticipated, according to Virginia Realtors.