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U.K. home sales collapsed last month as the government effectively shut down the market to help slow the coronavirus outbreak.

Home sales in Chattanooga, Tenn., fell nearly 18% last month and the inventory of houses on the market fell by more than 26% as home-bound Chattanoogans were less likely to want to either buy or sell their homes during the worst of the coronavirus shutdowns in April.

Mortgage applications increased 2.7% from one week earlier, as purchase volume is now outpacing the prior year's activity, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Some cities saw drops in annual housing supply nearing 40% in early May, according to Zillow.

The ripple effect of buying, spending can drive small businesses back to success.

New-home sales in the U.S. unexpectedly increased in April after swooning a month earlier, suggesting the housing market is starting to stabilize.

Home sales in South Florida plummeted in April. Realtors blame the health and economic fears wrought by the pandemic caused.

Homebuilders were a rare, bright spot in an otherwise dreary April for Southern California's housing market.

Potential purchasers are looking to take advantage of low rates, despite worries about job security.

Central Ohio home sales fell sharply in April and dropped to their lowest level in a decade nationally, as the coronavirus pandemic took full hold of the real estate market.

Signed purchase agreements dropped 20%, but the sales that closed in April showed buyers still paying top dollar.

With mortgage rates reaching all-time lows in the opening quarter, refinance originations were up in 97% of housing markets during 1Q, according to Attom Data Solutions.

Home sales in Volusia and Flagler counties in Florida declined in April, but prices continued to rise, area Realtors' associations reported.

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Mortgage rates declined this past week, further continuing to help attract previously reluctant buyers back into the purchase market, according to Freddie Mac.

Sales of previously owned homes fell in April by the most since mid-2010 as the coronavirus hollowed out demand across the country at the start of the key spring selling season.

It's the surprise of a spring selling season that's been anything but normal: Buyers returning to the housing market have been battling over the few available properties.

Sales of new homes in the Houston area flattened in April as the coronavirus caused a pause in activity, according to a new homes sales report from HomesUSA.com.

From the Midwest to mid-Atlantic, here's a look at 12 housing markets where first-time homebuyers find the most affordability, according to NerdWallet.

Austin-area home sales declined sharply in April as the fuller impacts of the coronavirus pandemic and local shelter-in-place orders left their mark on the housing market, new figures from the Austin Board of Realtors show.