Real estate

Here's a look at the cities where house hunters and sellers have been the busiest during this summer's home buying season.

The hope is that more Americans will see the factory units not only as a more-affordable alternative to a traditional single-family house, but also an appealing one, without the old trailer-park stigma.

New-home construction rose less than forecast in July amid a rebound in groundbreaking for single-family and multifamily houses, indicating the industry was trying to regain its footing at the start of the second half.

Increases in Toronto pushed Canadian housing sales higher for a third month, further evidence the country's real estate market is regaining strength after it stumbled at the start of this year.

Prospective buyers of Metro Orlando homes who sat on the sidelines in June might have scored a bit of a bargain in July as prices dropped 1.3% during the month.

For the first time in a year and a half, Washington is no longer the state with the hottest housing market in the country, though not because homes here have suddenly become cheap.

The Bay Area continues to lead the state in shattered homeownership dreams.

The reliance on nonconventional financing to fund new single-family housing is dropping, with the share accounting for less than a third of the market for the second year in a row.

Houston home prices rose to another record high as buyers snapped up more properties in July.

A record for Maui home prices has stood for 13 years, and last month it came close to being brushed aside.