Housing markets

Houston real estate agent Tim Surratt decided late last week to hold his first open house since the coronavirus pandemic broke out.

This scenario has been seen before. A sudden shock to the economy. Jobs lost. Lenders in trouble.

Less competition in the marketplace meant customers were less apt to fudge the truth on a loan application.

The Palm Beach, Fla., real estate market entered the season last fall with a strong wind at its back.

As the coronavirus takes a major toll on housing inventory and credit availability, pent-up buyer demand could lead to market recovery, according to Redfin.

Homebuilders in the Twin Cities ramped up production last month, despite a barrage of challenges including growing economic uncertainties and a mandate to practice social distancing rules on job sites.

Net income grew by nearly 1,990% year-over-year as its core mortgage services businesses gained scale.

Housing prices in Missoula, Mont., saw their largest one-year increase of the last decade, an 8.6% jump, due mainly to a lack of inventory.

Wells Fargo will temporarily stop accepting applications for home equity lines of credit, following a similar move by rival JPMorgan Chase.

The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller home price index hasn't yet reflected the impact of the coronavirus, but an independent market maker has some thoughts on how it might.

Dallas-Fort Worth home prices have slightly declined in each of the last three quarters.

The first-quarter loss ended a two-quarter profitability streak the company hoped to maintain.

The coronavirus disruption caused March's pending home sales to fall and the losses will reverberate through the rest of 2020, according to the National Association of Realtors.

It's now definitive: Before coronavirus hit, the Seattle area's home market was hotter than almost anywhere else in the country.

Contracts to buy existing homes plunged in March by the most since 2010 as the coronavirus forced people to stay home and the economy spiraled down.

The Southern California housing market was on track for record-setting prices and increased sales before the coronavirus outbreak hit, new numbers show.

Manhattan homebuyers were already calling the shots in deals before the coronavirus hit. Now they're more in control than ever.

Mass layoffs and furloughs due to COVID-19 disproportionately affected Asian, black and Latino workers, and, in turn, will impact their housing security the most, according to Zillow.

Dallas-area home prices were up just 2.5% in the latest national comparison, but the small year-over-year increase came in February before the COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted the market.

The Greater Capital Association of Realtors released market numbers, showing pending sales in March were down 21% from March of last year, and closed sales dropped by 10% compared to March 2019 as the impact of COVID-19 spreads through the local real estate market.