Real estate

Faster apartment building was instrumental in pulling the U.S. housing market out of its slump a decade ago. Now, that engine is starting to throttle back.

The median price of an existing, detached single-family home rose significantly in Southern California in October compared with the same month a year ago.

Toronto-area land prices have gotten so high that developers are struggling to build new homes that people can afford.

Long Island real estate prices climbed last month, as buyers got into bidding wars over a dwindling supply of homes.

New-home construction rebounded in October to the fastest pace in a year, partly reflecting recovery efforts in the hurricane-stricken South.

Housing inventory nationwide has declined for more than two years. But in a small number of markets, the number of homes for sale is growing.

Four Texas markets have had the most home price appreciation in the country during the last decade.

There were 1.4 million fewer properties seriously underwater in the third quarter, marking the largest year-over-year drop since the second quarter of 2015, according to Attom Data Solutions.

Many have speculated that low refinance rates have been preventing homeowners from selling, but this factor is less consequential than expected, according to ValueInsured.

Orlando-area home sales that stalled immediately following Hurricane Irma appeared to have finally closed in October.

Hurricane Irma could do little to slow surging home prices in the Manatee-Sarasota region in September. Or across Florida, for that matter.

Appraiser and homeowner opinions on home values continue to converge, with the gap between the two viewpoints narrowing for the fifth consecutive month.

A real estate agent allegedly duped two home buyers into thinking they had purchased a Boynton Beach, Fla., residence but instead pocketed their down payment and monthly payments, according to an arrest report.

Baltimore-area home sales and prices continued their upward climb in October, as inventory contracted for the 26th consecutive month.

Home prices have returned to the boom levels of 10 years ago, which originally signaled the bursting of the housing bubble and the onset of the Great Recession, but today's market is notably different, according to realtor.com.

As Congress debates tax reform and which deductions to remove, a majority of homeowners from both parties worried that rising property taxes could force them to sell.

After nearly five years of being the nation's least affordable housing market, San Francisco was surpassed by another California city as the national median home price increased, according to the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index.

Two months after Hurricane Harvey, buyers in the Houston area are returning to the housing market in impressive numbers.

A new city program approved by the Chicago City Council will offer vacant lots to affordable housing developers for $1 each.

The supply-demand outlook in commercial real estate markets took a slight dip nationwide for the first time since early 2016 and financing for some CRE property types is getting more difficult to arrange.