Real estate

Traditional partnerships with lenders have been eroded by compliance strains and new incentives to control more of the homebuying transaction.

The market for existing-home sales underperformed its potential by 3.8% because of the inventory shortage, according to First American Financial Corp.

More homes went on the market last month than in any since 2008, a sign that the logjam that's characterized the Portland-area market in recent years could be breaking.

Metro Atlanta housing got a healthy dose of same-old, same-old in two new reports.

Comerica Bank will invest up to $5 million in Detroit Home Mortgage, which provides second mortgages to buyers so they can get past the city's appraisal gap problem.

The homeownership rate has been falling for over a decade, but there are now signs that the decline is decelerating and could end soon, according to researchers at Harvard University.

Three straight months of declines in new-home construction show homebuilding may weigh on second-quarter growth.

The number of homes sold in Northeast Florida rose last month, and so did the price they sold for.

New home purchase application activity bounced back in May as sales of these properties increased by 5.6% compared with April.

LendingTree has added property valuation data to its My LendingTree site, showing consumers how much equity in their home they can tap.

The average Chicago property tax bill is going up about 10% this year following City Hall and Chicago Public Schools tax hikes to pay for police, fire and teacher pensions.

Houston-area homebuyers snapped up a record number of houses in May and drove the region's median sales price to unprecedented levels.

The gap between what homeowners believe their home is worth and what the actual value widened for the sixth consecutive month in May, according to Quicken Loans.

Home sales and prices in the Baltimore area continued to climb in May, as buyers vied for properties in a market with historically low inventory.

Following the lead of other California cities, Mayor Eric Garcetti two years ago proposed charging a fee on construction and using those funds to build affordable housing in Los Angeles.

Median prices for single-family houses and condominiums on Maui increased by double-digit percentages in May as low inventory prompted buyers to snap up properties at a rapid pace.

The parent of Howard Hanna Real Estate Services said it had acquired 1st Priority Mortgage Inc. and Nothnagle Home Securities, completing the last stage of its purchases of RealtyUSA and Nothnagle Realtors.

North Texas home prices are still on a hot streak.

Celebrated by cable TV shows and touted by get-rich-quick gurus, home flipping is coming back with a vengeance across the U.S.

Pittsburgh is considering offering bigger tax breaks for developers building affordable housing or creating businesses in depressed neighborhoods, but critics say the revamped abatement programs won't do enough to address a low-income housing shortage.