Real estate

Officials with the Realtors Association of New Mexico said 2017 was another record setting year for the state's housing market.

Baton Rouge, La., area home sales jumped 3.7% in 2017, despite tough comparisons with the sales boost caused by the August 2016 floods.

More bad news for people house-hunting in the Bay Area: Of the 10 hottest neighborhoods in the country this year, nine are in the San Jose metro area.

The Seattle area has now led the nation in home price increases for 15 months in a row, the longest streak for any region since 2001.

A measure of contract signings to buy existing homes rose in December for a third month, giving sales some momentum at the start of 2018.

The Palm Beach County, Fla., housing market continued to favor sellers in December, a month when home prices ticked up and inventory remained tight.

Metro Atlanta's housing market showed its fifth consecutive year of solid gains last year, but the shrinking supply in homes for sale has continued to drop into the red zone.

The only thing that might be colder than Toronto in January is the city's housing market.

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities increased in November by the most in more than three years, underscoring a lingering scarcity of housing inventory.

If you see a Bay Area home sale listing, don't blink. You'll miss it.

Home prices were higher and supply tighter last year in the Albany, N.Y., region, but real estate brokers are waiting to see what impact federal tax changes will have in 2018.

After 67 months of consecutive home price appreciation, home prices hit a new peak at $283,000 in November 2017, according to Black Knight's Home Price Index.

Miami is one of the nation's staunchest and most enthusiastic cryptocurrency hubs, and proponents of Bitcoin argue that cryptocurrency is a perfect fit for real estate.

Housing in America's most expensive region is going to get even pricier.

The San Diego County median home price finished the year at one of its highest points.

As a strong economy pushed sales of existing homes in Wisconsin to record levels for the third straight year in 2017, Dane County continued to rank as one of the most expensive places to buy a home in the state.

The housing market has gained back all $9 trillion in value it lost when the market collapsed, but its uneven recovery has left many housing markets falling behind as others plow ahead, according to Zillow.

Maine's stellar home sales activity continued to set records in 2017, but just barely, and in spite of flat or declining sales in the hottest markets of York and Cumberland counties.

Chicago-area home sales rose at a slower pace in 2017 than in each of the preceding two years, in large part because demand outstripped supply.

Sales of previously owned homes fell in December for the first time in four months, as the market struggles with record-low supply and rising prices.