Real estate

Real estate agents say 2017 could be a record-setting year for New Mexico's housing market.

Home sales in the capital region rose by 6.5% in February, as the housing market leveled off after four months of double-digit sales increases following the devastating August flood.

Rent increases have slowed across the metro area and have even fallen in some areas, according to the apartment industry association Multifamily NW.

New-home construction cooled in March to a four-month low as starts of single-family properties settled back from the strongest pace in almost a decade.

Amid rising rates and home prices, mortgage and real estate professionals are gearing up for a consequential home buying season this year. Here's a look at the 15 markets poised for a stellar spring.

Home sales in Brooklyn jumped the most in seven years while the supply of listings hovered near a record low, pushing buyers toward bidding wars in the New York borough.

For almost four years, Seattle officials neglected to collect a $3.4 million payment for affordable housing from the developer of a high-profile, luxury condominium project.

Two Amherst, N.Y., couples, the Eisens and the Schiffs, were friends for more than 25 years.

Home values are increasing, but just not at the pace property owners believe they are.

New home purchase loan application activity reached its highest point in March as builders looked to fill the growing demand for housing.

A civic-minded judge whose inspiring rags-to-riches story helped her become the first Filipina elected to the Cook County, Ill., bench was indicted Wednesday on mortgage fraud charges.

The energy bust continues to seem ever more distant, especially in the local housing market where home sales and prices have been rising month after month.

When Tom Bauer put his three-bedroom, two-bathroom tri-level house in Oak Creek up for sale late last summer, it drew little interest, so he took it off the market just before Christmas.

After years of sitting on the sidelines of the housing market, a growing population of millennials has begun to embrace the financial benefits of owning a home.

Global Index Group has developed a new product based on the NCREIF Property Index, which measures the performance of some $525 billion of CRE held on behalf of tax-exempt institutions.

Springtime in the Charlotte region is motivating more area homeowners to put their properties on the market, according to the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association.

Residential property values will see appreciation of 3.5% over the next 12 months, but interest rate increases could put a damper on price growth in several markets.

The Cedar Rapids, Iowa, housing market got an early jump this year as pent-up demand mixed with a milder winter and a low inventory of available houses speeded up the time homes are sold.

Spokane, Wash.-area home prices continued to rise in March as the number of homes for sale remained fairly limited.

Home sale prices on Oahu rose 4% in March, according to the Honolulu Board of Realtors.