Housing markets

Houston-area home closings surged last week for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Australia has announced a A$688 million ($476 million) stimulus package aimed at bolstering the housing construction industry, as the coronavirus-hit economy heads for its first recession in 29 years.

Homebuilding in San Diego County nearly doubled from last year in the first quarter of 2020 despite COVID-19 closures.

Mortgage rates increased slightly this week as indicators point to an economic revival, including increased home sales activity, according to Freddie Mac.

Metro Denver's housing market bounced back in May, with new listings and pending sales rebounding after stay-at-home orders lifted, according to the Denver Metro Association of Realtors.

Nine years of annual home price gains are expected to come to an end by next April, according to CoreLogic, although prices in Southern California are projected to continue rising.

Canada's residential real estate market is bouncing back from coronavirus shutdowns.

Record lows in housing inventory plummeted even further as the global pandemic spread across Cape Cod over the last two months.

Housing sales across Ohio took a hit during April as the coronavirus pandemic swept the state.

With would-be sellers too spooked to list their homes and would-be buyers held up due to social distancing orders, home price appreciation accelerated in April. And it could continue into the summer.

For Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, the pandemic is a good time to lure New Yorkers feeling anxious and cramped.

Dallas-area home prices are expected to decline for the first time since the Great Recession.

U.K. house prices fell the most in more than a decade and consumer borrowing plunged as the coronavirus lockdown shuttered the economy.

The Spokane, Wash., housing market has shown little signs of slowing during the pandemic.

Mortgage investors have yet to enjoy robust returns this year despite the Federal Reserve providing $688 billion of support to the sector since mid-March.

Home sales in April stayed healthy despite the Ohio stay-at-home order, but dropped by double digits compared to a year before at the same time.

The Federal Reserve's actions should keep interest rates down and bring home sales back in June, according to NerdWallet.

After a blockbuster early spring, the COVID-19 pandemic is hitting home for Twin Cities builders.

Stuck day and night in their homes, a surprising number of Americans are deciding the pandemic is a great time to upgrade.

Homes sales in Oklahoma didn't hit the skids in April, just a patch of black ice, but everyone managed to keep it between the ditches.