Real estate

The time needed to close a mortgage improved nine days since the start of the year as the market has shifted to doing more purchase loans.

Consumers already apprehensive about affordable housing in South Florida will take little comfort in the latest price increases for existing single-family homes.

A yearlong battle in San Francisco City Hall ended Wednesday night when two factions on the Board of Supervisors reached a compromise on how much affordable housing to require in new market-rate developments.

Want a home loan these days? Increasingly, your credit needs to be almost perfect.

Central Texas home sales rose just over 3% in April and the median price of those sales hit $305,000 — the second-highest level ever.

San Mateo County, Calif., officials opted to spend $43.75 million over the next two years to boost the number of housing units geared at working families.

An El Paso real estate investment trust, run by some of city's most successful business people, faces new allegations of fraud in a failed housing venture just as another lawsuit against the trust has been dismissed by a federal judge.

Only 32% of California households could afford to purchase the $496,620 median-priced Golden State home in the first quarter of 2017, according to a report issued by the California Association of Realtors.

Unexpected declines in new-home construction and building permits in April indicate the market is off to a weak start this quarter.

To address an unintended consequence of the TILA-RESPA integrated disclosures, California regulators are making it easier for lenders to prove compliance with rules limiting interest charges on mortgage closings that take more than one day.

Existing home sales prices increased on an annual basis by the most in eight quarters as new listings failed to keep up with the surge in demand, the National Association of Realtors said.

There were fewer new home purchase loan applications in April, as year-over-year activity declined for the first time in 2017.

Mike and Elaine Morgan never envisioned moving from Butler Tarkington to a home just outside Sheridan, but that's where today's fast-paced housing market took them.

Orlando-area home sales and prices were down in April from March in a real estate market where limited inventory may have thwarted sales, according to a new report.

Cities in the South are more affordable for first-time homebuyers because of less competition and lower prices, according to Zillow.

The Ventura County, Calif., housing market is enjoying a strong start to the spring selling season, but a lack of midrange housing inventory remains an issue that is pushing prices higher.

Pending sales of existing detached homes in the Albuquerque metro area during April shot up 23% from a year ago.

The Houston region saw more homes hit the market in April, boosting inventory and providing additional options to eager Houstonians.

A pair of real estate developers told a Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce audience that they regard New Haven, Conn., as one of the most attractive places in the nation in which to do business.

Home prices continued to climb in April as Southern Nevada now has less than a two-month supply of homes available for sale.