Real estate

Freddie Mac's Multi-Indicator Market Index in October signaled ever-stabilizing circumstances across a growing number of regions.

Contracts to purchase previously owned homes unexpectedly fell in November, confirming that the industry lost momentum toward the end of the year.

Technology hubs overlapped with the nation's hottest housing markets in 2015, according to a ranking by online brokerage Redfin.

Surging prices have almost closed off the new-home market to young buyers like Brandon and Quincey Lindemann. But the Denver-area couple has found a way in.

Home values in 20 U.S. cities rose at a faster pace in the year ended October as lean inventories of available properties combined with steadily improving demand.

Manhattan's luxury-home market is losing its luster.

Changes to the tax code approved by Congress may set the stage for increased privatization of real estate investment trusts, according to a new report from Fitch Ratings.

Bill de Blasio's plan to create apartments for New York's poor and middle class has come under fire from community leaders who say that what developers and the mayor call "affordable" remains out of reach for those in need.

Senior citizens' equity in their homes rose by about $147 billion to $5.76 trillion, from the second quarter to the third quarter, according to the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association.

The rising number of Chinese buying U.S. homes could be a boon for investors with a stake in residential mortgages.

New homes sold at a slower pace than projected in November, a sign momentum in housing is cooling as the year draws to a close.

Vestin Realty Mortgage I Inc. in Las Vegas said it will seek to remove its common stock from trading on Nasdaq.

Sales of previously owned homes slumped in November to the lowest level since April of last year as a change in industry rules lengthened the amount of time it took buyers to close on a deal.

Home prices are likely to decline because of the increase in short-term interest rates, but observers are split on whether it will hurt or help sales.

Home prices rose in October as the improving job market stirred competition for a dwindling inventory of listings.

The recovery in the housing market will slow dramatically over the next 10 months, according to Weiss Analytics.

National Cooperative Bank has formed a partnership to invest $40 million in an effort to provide loans for resident-owned manufactured home communities.

CoreLogic has agreed to buy FNC, a provider of real estate software, for $475 million in cash.

Real estate finance services provider Chronos Solutions in Frisco, Texas, has acquired San Diego-based mortgage technology company Cogent Road.

Credit scores on closed loans have declined for six consecutive months, according to the latest Ellie Mae Origination Insight report.