Housing markets

The company also saw a slight impact from changes to real estate commissions.

Residential construction companies facing their own construction cost burdens are continuing sales incentives that have cut into some of the largest players' profit margins.

Origination volumes grew across nearly all sectors of commercial real estate on both a quarterly and yearly basis, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The share of respondents who say they'd rent if they were going to move rose to a record 36% in a new survey by Fannie Mae, the government-backed mortgage finance giant.

The National Association of Homebuilder's chief economist lays out a timeline for the market, and describes how new construction today compares to existing home sales.

The amount of income needed to make monthly mortgage payments are declining and approaching a key affordability benchmark, the National Association of Realtors found.

Over the next decade, the housing market will have excess demand of 25 million units even as the baby boomer generation ages and dies, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

Remax, the real estate brokerage and mortgage broker franchisor of Motto Mortgage, rebounded from a year ago loss in a tough news cycle for both its businesses.

The five most expensive ZIP codes in the U.S. have an average median home price of more than $6 million.

Consumers are meanwhile filing objections to the near $1 billion in settlements from the nation's largest brokerages ahead of a November court approval.