Real estate

An index of contract signings to purchase previously owned homes unexpectedly declined for a second month in May, reflecting a persistent shortage of available homes.

Total home sales are down in Rockford, Ill., but the average sale price has increased, Rockford Area Realtors reported.

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities continued to advance at a solid, albeit a touch slower, pace in April, reflecting lingering inventory shortages, according to S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller data.

Americans selling homes in the nation's hottest market last year made enough to turn around and buy a place for cash — and still have spare change for a Tesla.

Home sales dipped in Ohio and across the nation last month, as prices climbed, mortgage rates inched up and would-be buyers were stymied by a persistent shortage of available properties.

Home sales in greater Hartford slowed in May — in the thick of the spring home buying season — and prices paid slipped, after three straight months of encouraging gains, a new report shows.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has dropped its investigation into allegations that Zillow Group Inc. violated Section 8 of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act.

House sales posted big gains in New Mexico from May 2017 to May 2018, showing a 28% increase.

Savannah, Ga., area homes sales continue to heat up moving into the summer month's breaking records in both April and May.

Despite the long, stratospheric rise of home prices in the U.S., the inflation-adjusted monthly payment on the median single-family home in 2017 was less than in 1987, when home prices were lower but interest rates were higher.

New-home construction rose more than projected in May to the fastest pace in more than a decade while permits cooled for a second month, indicating mixed progress in the supply-constrained housing market.

The New Orleans housing market is strengthening, with home prices climbing in most neighborhoods and the number of vacant or blighted properties shrinking, according to a new analysis.

The cost of buying a home in Massachusetts is on the rise.

A declining share of cash home sales will drive purchase home originations higher than previously expected through 2019, according to Fannie Mae.

Canada's home sales were little changed in May, suggesting the residential real estate market is stabilizing after seeing large declines earlier this year.

Atlanta was recently ranked among the top metros in the United States to buy rather than rent. But how much do you need to be earning to afford a home in town?

Maintenance and renovations aren't keeping up with the nation's aging housing stock, creating an influx of obsolete properties that's adding further strain to an already tight inventory of homes for sale.

The high number of home sales both above and below the list price in May, combined with rising mortgage rates and prices, was a sign buyers are near affordability limits, Redfin said.

Houston's luxury home sales remain sluggish even as oil prices are rebounding from the downturn, a new housing report shows.

Opendoor, a startup that uses computer algorithms to buy and sell homes, has closed a new fundraising round in a bid to supercharge growth.