Real estate

Squeezed up by a combination of low supply and high demand, home prices broke records in nearly every major Washington county last month, even as the pandemic's onslaught continued to wreak havoc with other parts of the economy.

A Dallas developer has admitted to paying bribes to a former city councilwoman in exchange for her lobbying efforts and votes to provide $650,000 in taxpayer money for his Fair Park apartment project.

Even though revenues beat analysts' estimates, Zillow lost $84 million in the second quarter, with its mortgage business losing $240,000.

In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Southern Nevada home prices continued to inch higher in July, according to a new report.

The combined impact of coronavirus forbearance periods ending while low rates persist means large workloads for title insurers, appraisers and others.

Some real estate agents in the Daytona Beach, Fla., area have been reporting an increase in bidding wars for homes because of the low inventory.

Mortgage rates fell 2 basis points this week, remaining near their historic lows as they have for the past month with the markets roiled by uncertainty, according to Freddie Mac.

Even amid a global pandemic — and by all accounts spurred by it — Palm Beach, Fla., single-family property sales surged during the second quarter, according to a new round of real estate reports.

Born from the burgeoning real estate market that preceded the Great Recession, flipping homes has become a national fascination over the past two decades.

Google has allocated $115 million out of a $250 million investment fund for affordable housing projects in the Bay Area.

The new normal created by the events so far in 2020 could make this the best year ever for lenders.

The median price for detached homes in Marin County, Calif., rose 5.3% in June over the prior year, marking the first solid gain since the coronavirus arrested the market.

The Detroit lender disclosed that the consumer bureau had sent a civil investigative demand to Rocket Homes Real Estate for potential violations of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act.

The Rhode Island Association of Realtors said that the number of single-family houses sold in June was down 14.6% from the same month a year ago.

The company wants to provide financing to those who purchase its homes in Colorado, Georgia and Texas.

The City of Frisco has experienced a major population boom in the past few decades and has earned the title of fastest-growing city several times by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Columbus, Ohio, has nearly triple the number of properties at risk of flooding than are currently reflected on federal flood-plain maps, according to a new modeling tool.

From Southern California to the Great Lakes, here's a look at 12 housing markets with the biggest annual declines in pending sales, according to CoreLogic.

Community associations have continued to take homeowners to court and initiate foreclosures during the economic crisis for delinquent dues

JA wave of new homebuyers from the northeast and other parts of the country flooded the Hilton Head, S.C., real estate market over the past few weeks.