Housing markets

The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo index of housing market conditions fell by 6 points to 45 in May, the lowest level since the start of the year.

Refinance activity jumped for a second week, as interest rates trended downwards, the Mortgage Bankers Association found.

Coming off of what was considered a weak start to the spring season, mortgage applications for newly built homes rose 22% over the prior year, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

The agreements at the heart of the hearing did not cover the one reached with the National Association of Realtors or those people that only bought homes.

A loan that combines features of buy-before-you-sell offerings and home equity solutions might be the type of financing needed for buyers to compete in current and future housing markets, Calque's founder says.

A group of plaintiffs in another action against the National Association of Realtors and three franchisors claimed harm if the May 9 final settlement hearing took place.

Out of the 221 metro areas tracked, 205 had existing home price increases and just 15 reported year-over-year declines, the National Association of Realtors said.

The rates of single parent homeownership by gender differ by 14 percentage points, even though more single women own homes than men.

Purchases and refinances both contributed to weekly growth, with notable increases in certain government-lending segments, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

Of about 1,400 resale agents nationwide surveyed by John Burns Research & Consulting, two-thirds said listings showed deficiencies in at least four different areas, including outdated kitchens and bathrooms.

Price growth is decelerating but still driving historic home equity gains for owners and widening the gap between the haves and have-nots in housing, ICE finds.

Almost half of parents said their grown children returned to live with them after graduation, placing greater challenges on their own long-term housing and retirement goals, according to a recent survey.

Zillow Group Inc. shares fell after the real estate company published a second-quarter outlook that called for lower revenue in its core business and predicted stalling growth in the broader U.S. housing market.

The April 26 update came two days after the group received preliminary approval for the Sitzer/Burnett agreement.

Both purchase and refinance activity slowed, with inflation likely to keep interest rates at challenging levels for future borrowers, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Prices nationally climbed 6.4% from a year earlier, an S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller index shows. That's larger than the 6% annual gain in January. 

A pair of bills, one with bipartisan support, look to address the issues around heirs' property so these families can have clear title on their homes.

The agreement, in which the real estate giant admits no wrongdoing, will cover around 70,000 agents.

Real estate brokerage stocks tumbled Thursday on waning expectations for Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts, and as a disappointing earnings release raised concern about the sector's outlook.

Members of the LGBTQ community were most likely to have experienced housing bias, according to a Zillow survey, which also found many people don't recognize how fair lending laws could help.