Real estate

Both home price increases and the reduction in the houses for sale inventory slowed in June, a good sign for purchase activity picking up in the second half of the year, according to Redfin.

One of the biggest trade secrets cases in U.S. history took a bizarre turn, with the company that lost a $706 million jury verdict saying it uncovered "bombshell" evidence of fraud thanks to whistle blowers who used to work for the winning side.

Income inequality is a significant challenge facing America. But when it comes to real estate values in local markets, significant price inequality may actually help homebuyers.

Fairfield County dominates the state's residential real estate market — but experts still see room for improvement.

Rising demand and declining housing inventory are pushing home sales faster and at higher median prices than ever before, according to Remax.

There was little doubt, but new figures from the Toledo Regional Association of Realtors confirm that any lingering effects from the Great Recession on the northwest Ohio market are pretty much gone.

Lennar Corp., the Twin Cities' top homebuilder, plans to convert the vacant land commonly referred to as the "Prince Property" into a neighborhood with 200 market-rate and luxury houses.

Despite dipping in June, Central Texas home sales were up in the first half of the year over the first six months of 2017, likely putting the region's housing market on track for another record year.

New-home groundbreaking and permits fell in June to the slowest pace in nine months, as higher mortgage rates and elevated costs for labor and materials pinch the housing market.

June home sales couldn't keep pace with last year's levels.

Fewer sales of existing homes and uncertainty around future fiscal policies will result in fewer mortgage originations than previously expected, according to Fannie Mae.

A 6.8% increase year-over-year pushed the midpoint sale price of a home in Central Florida to $239,180 in June, the 84th straight month of increases.

Dallas-Fort Worth has had some of the biggest home price increases in the country since the Great Recession.

Canadian home sales rose in June at the fastest pace this year, led by a 17% surge in Toronto, a sign the market may be regaining strength.

The median price of a Lehigh Valley, Pa., home hit a record-high $225,000, surpassing the last peak in home prices when the housing bubble burst in 2007

Houston's real estate market had a banner June as buyers closed on more homes than any other month in history and at sales prices never before reached.

It's no secret the San Francisco Bay Area can be a tough place to raise kids, and now a new report sheds light on those families sticking out.

Oahu's housing market in June had a hard time standing up to a year-old record, and thus recorded its first median price decrease in more than 12 months.

Charlotte's red-hot real estate market is squeezing potential homebuyers out and driving down sales, a consequence of fast-rising home prices.

Two pieces of Maui's housing market moved in opposite directions in June, with declines for single-family houses and gains for condominiums.