Real estate

Western Bancorp, a wholesale mortgage originator, was acquired by Eli Global, a privately held investment company. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Maui's housing market in July had fewer sales but at higher prices, according to the Realtors Association of Maui.

Housing starts faltered in July on an abrupt slowdown in apartment construction and a modest decline in single-family homebuilding that shows the industry will do little to spur the economy.

Sentiment among American homebuilders unexpectedly increased to a three-month high as builders saw greater prospects for industry demand despite elevated material costs and shortages of labor and lots.

Home prices and sales in the core Orlando market were down in July from the month before during what is usually the peak summer buying season.

Housing affordability dipped as rising home prices offset a quarter-point drop in mortgage interest rates.

Normally among the hottest times of the year to buy or sell a house, July came up tepid in metropolitan Milwaukee.

Home prices rose to all-time high levels in each of the last two months in the Buffalo Niagara, N.Y., region.

Zillow Group and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will attempt to negotiate a settlement to resolve an investigation into whether its co-marketing advertising for real estate and mortgage companies violates the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act.

Newly constructed home purchase mortgage applications were down by 12% compared with June, but the data indicates housing starts won't drop as much as expected.