Real estate

The Rockford housing market continues to outpace the rest of Illinois in sales gains and year-over-year price increases, the Rockford Area Realtors said.

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities climbed more than forecast in July, reflecting solid demand against a backdrop of modest listings of properties, figures from S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller showed.

A second straight decline in purchases of new homes, combined with downward revisions for prior months, show a tepid market as results begin to be clouded by the fallout from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

The rate of growth in year-over-year home price appreciation stabilized in July, after accelerating throughout every month this year, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

Here's a look at the 12 cities where homeowners who bought low during the housing crisis profited the most when they sold in 2016.

Homeownership paid big dividends for Southern Californians who have owned their residences since the housing recovery began five years ago.

Statewide home sales rose during August, despite a nationwide pullback in purchases of previously owned properties.

Wall Street analysts are keeping Dallas-Fort Worth on their watch list of markets where housing prices are out of whack.

Homeowners gained an average of $12,987 in equity from last year, with Western states leading the increase.

A lackluster supply of available homes is slowing sales across South Florida — but the shortage of listings also keeps pushing prices higher as buyers have little choice but to pay more for what they want.