Real estate

A mix of escalating construction costs and changes to the federal tax code is hampering San Francisco's ability to finance and build affordable housing.

Purchases of new homes fell in April, reflecting a setback in the Western part of the country and indicating rising borrowing costs and property prices may limit the market's progress.

Texas home sales and prices experienced strong growth during the first quarter of 2018, while housing inventory and active listings declined, according to the 2018-Q1 Texas Quarterly Housing Report.

The Santa Fe, N.M., luxury second-home market is the world's "hottest" — at least according to an annual report from Christie's International Real Estate.

Rising mortgage rates, higher real estate prices and a scarcity of listings have some Orlando homebuyers rethinking their search for a new house.

The spring home buying market in Greater Hartford got a healthy boost in April, with home sales and prices both showing gains compared with the same month a year ago.

Institutional investors bought more single-family rental homes in 2017 than in previous years, the first increase since 2013.

Even the first step into the real estate market for many buyers — condominiums — is getting harder to reach in the Bay Area.

Central Texas home sales and median home prices both climbed last month to the highest level of any April on record.

Newbies to Chicago's suburbs are increasingly stowing cars and slipping into walking shoes.

The Buffalo Niagara, N.Y., housing market stayed smoking hot in April as the spring home-buying season began.

New-home construction declined in April as fewer starts of apartment projects outweighed a modest improvement in single-family structures, government figures showed Wednesday.

Dallas-Fort Worth home prices rose by only 6% in the first quarter.

Many Florida communities are experiencing a renewed clamor for affordable housing options as rising home prices and rents squeeze budgets.

Houston's housing market strengthened in April as buyers hunted for a limited number of moderately priced homes and, to a lesser extent, properties with seven-figure price tags.

A residential complex of affordable homes may sprout on the site of a municipal parking lot in downtown San Jose near the bustle of hotels, the city convention center and office towers.

Sonoma County supervisors have signed off on a wide-ranging suite of policy changes intended to encourage construction of more new homes seven months after nearly 5,300 residences were lost here in last year's devastating wildfires.

Home sale prices in the Baltimore region continued their upward march in April, with the median price hitting $267,900, as the inventory of homes listed for sale remained tight.

The home buying season is already shaping up to be especially competitive this year, as rising prices and mortgage rates are putting a damper on purchasing power in many once-affordable housing markets.

There's a reason why people are seriously considering having Miami teachers live at school.