Housing markets

Newly constructed home purchase application volume continued its upward momentum during January, with unexpectedly low mortgage rates encouraging consumers to start shopping now, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Baton Rouge, La.-area home sales were up 18% in January compared to the year before when numbers likely were affected by a federal government shutdown.

For the first time since the start of the housing crisis, mortgage origination volume could top $2 trillion for three consecutive years, according to Fannie Mae.

U.S. homebuilder sentiment in February remained near the highest level since 1999 as lower borrowing costs kept construction firms upbeat about sales prospects.

The resale side of the Colorado Springs-area housing market has picked up in 2020 where it left off last year: record high prices and strong sales that are great for sellers, but a sharp drop in the supply of homes that continues to torment buyers.

North Texas home sales started 2020 with a bang, surging 21% in January from a year earlier.

Last May, Redfin elevated Tacoma, Wash., on the nation's real estate map with a report saying the city was the nation's hottest market.

It's been slim pickings inside the Cape Cod housing market for quite a while, the past year at least.

After a record year for home sales in 2019, Chattanooga Realtors are starting 2020 with even stronger residential sales.

U.K. real estate agents reported that house prices increased for the first time in more than a year last month.

Thurston County, Wash., home sellers are in total control.

Real estate in the Magic Valley region of Idaho keeps getting more valuable.

While boosting origination volume for lenders and providing financial benefits for borrowers, the refinance boom could have adverse effects down the road, according to TransUnion.

Buyers are rushing into the housing market to take advantage of falling borrowing costs. Now, they're facing rising prices.

Boulder and Estes Park saw median home prices fall in January as compared to the same month in 2019, but elsewhere in the region prices ticked up modestly.

Forget about Edina, Arden Hills and other coveted communities. A flight to affordability is upending the housing market in the Twin Cities.

From the heartland to the desert, here's a look at 10 housing markets where buyers are looking to move — and the high-cost markets they're leaving, according to Redfin.

Oahu's housing market started a new year on all major positive notes, according to new data that showed median prices and sale volumes rose in January after some weakness last year.

February has become the new spring, according to panelists at the Fredericksburg (Va.) Area Association of Realtors' 2020 Vision: FAAR Housing Outlook round-table meeting.

Consumer sentiment about purchasing a home nears its record high as almost half of those surveyed said mortgage rates will stay at the current low levels, according to Fannie Mae.