Real estate

New-home sales in the Houston area rose for the fourth straight month in May, but the market could be tightening as the number of pending sales continued to decline, a new report showed.

It is the largest single commitment from a tech company to fight the housing shortage that threatens to stall the economic engine of Silicon Valley, as even well-paid workers must wrestle with escalating rents or finding a home to buy.

The Rapid City Council will consider whether to approve what officials believe is the largest residential subdivision that the city has seen in decades.

The spring housing market brought some good news for both homebuyers and sellers as conditions eased up on both sides of the fence, according to Remax.

Higher prices but fewer sales led to a roughly $20 million reduction in residential real estate sold on Maui last month, according to the Realtrs Association of Maui.

Canadian home sales activity continued to rebound last month, suggesting the nation's housing market is improving after a sluggish start to the year.

A historically low number of homes were built in San Diego County in the first three months of 2019.

Appraisal Logistics is letting mortgage lenders take the lead by licensing out its in-house technology platform, AIMPort.

The Houston housing market logged another solid month in May as buyers closed on 8,346 homes, up 2.8% from a year ago, new data shows.

A new startup launched in the Bay Area says it can help buyers survive the region's cutthroat housing market by doing away with one of its biggest hurdles — a massive down payment.