Housing markets

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.

Earnings reports out this week beat pessimistic expectations, but strained coronavirus relief negotiations in Congress cloud the outlook for what's ahead.

With infections resurging, consumer confidence in the housing market hit a snag in July, but sellers are feeling better about their prospects, according to Fannie Mae.

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.

U.S. home purchases by foreign buyers have dropped to the lowest point in more than a decade.

Rising equity levels lifted borrowers across the spectrum in the second quarter, according to Attom Data Solutions.

With over 4 million millennials entering prime home buying age each year through 2023, purchase activity will be driven much higher, according to Ellie Mae.

Rates are forecasted to remain at the current low levels for the rest of 2020, driving steady refinance volume.

The company is competing with consumers looking for more space aided by record low mortgage rates.

Housing prices continued to grow in June, maintaining a streak in monthly increases that began in February 2012. But the trend could be reversed in 2021 with the resurgent effects of the coronavirus, according to CoreLogic.

After a floundering start to the summer home-buying season, record-low mortgage rates helped make July one of the best in several years for homebuilders in the Twin Cities metro.

Southern California homebuilders slashed construction plans as coronavirus hammered the economy.

Record-low interest rates allowed homebuyers to purchase $32,000 more house for the same monthly payment compared to last July, boosting affordability to the highest level since 2016.

The year-over-year increase came as homebuying picked up and the company's mortgage lending business boomed.

Florida’s favorable tax laws have long been a draw for high-net-worth individuals, but the pandemic’s disruptions — to work, school, public safety and northern states’ budgets — have increased the allure, pushing many of the wealthiest to finally make good on aspirations to relocate.

With low inventory and coronavirus limiting accessibility, nearly half of shoppers made offers sight-unseen in June, according to Redfin.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused home sales to fall this year in more than two-thirds of Dallas-area neighborhoods.

Wyoming's average home price has risen nearly 10% since early last year, marking the fastest rate of increase in the state's real estate valuations since the third quarter of 2007.

Home sales in Alabama surged in June as buyers emerged from the coronavirus lockdown ready to take advantage of low interest rates.