Real estate

Despite a record streak of higher prices, some economists believe homes in certain Bay Area communities should be considered a bargain. And that's even with median price tags easily topping a million bucks.

Massachusetts home sale agreements shot up 9% in July, compared to a year ago, and the median price of a single-family home put under agreement last month rose to almost $440,000.

Builders in Oakland are on course to create more new housing units than San Francisco this year, a notable role reversal for a city that has long produced far less residential development than its wealthier and more bustling neighbor across the bay.

For the first time in years, the San Diego County housing market is starting to cool.

A key measure of the sales prices for homes saw its largest jump this year, as Charlotte's real estate market continues to struggle with a shortage of homes and rising demand.

Foreign buyers have cooled on the U.S. residential home market, dropping investments by more than one-third over the previous year and spending less in expensive California.

Some Ohio homeowners who lost their property to foreclosure unknowingly signed over the rights to the excess sales proceeds for a fraction of the amount.

There was a fairly small chance that homebuyers faced a bidding war in July, compared with the prior year when the odds were almost 50-50, according to Redfin.

Canadian housing starts fell last month, led mostly by a drop in construction of semi-detached, row houses and apartments.

Las Vegas-area home prices continue to hover around a familiar price point, according to a housing market report.