Housing markets

With housing projected to grow hand-in-hand with the economy, Fannie Mae boosted its single-family mortgage origination outlook for 2019, 2020 and 2021.

November was another month in the latter part of 2019 where actual existing-home sales outperformed their potential, but that momentum seems unlikely to continue in 2020, First American said.

Canadian home sales picked up in November as a rebound in Toronto and Vancouver offset weakness in Calgary.

The number of homes sold in metro Baton Rouge in November dropped by 2.4% from the year before, while home prices and the number of properties for sale also decreased.

While a visit to the Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society off Caja del Rio Road is a happy occasion for many people who leave with big smiles after adopting a furry or feathered friend, one couple was about to leave behind two terrified dogs — for good.

The National Association of Realtors predicted the Las Vegas housing market would likely overperform over the next several years, contradicting a recent report from a national real estate listing website.

Without the baggage of living through the Great Recession, homeownership rates for Gen Z should exceed that of millennials, a plurality of respondents to a Zillow survey said.

Construction of new homes increased more than forecast in November and permits to build climbed to a 12-year high as the housing market strengthened amid low mortgage rates, solid job growth, and optimistic buyers and builders.

Even with an increase in both new and existing home construction activity during November, the slowdown over the previous 11 months will constrain inventory going into 2020, according to BuildFax.

U.S. homebuilder sentiment advanced in December to the highest level since 1999 amid stronger sales and a surge in prospective buyer foot traffic.

Economists see little break in the feverish Bay Area residential real estate market coming in 2020.

Albuquerque is expected to have more empty houses than most cities, due to the baby boomer generation leaving their single-family homes behind.

As home value appreciation keeps churning, the share of those upside down on their mortgage grows smaller than ever, according to CoreLogic's Home Equity Report.

Houston's feverish housing market is poised for another record year as low mortgage rates, population growth and a relatively healthy economy fuel sales throughout the region.

While the housing market countrywide is expected to cool in 2020, the Chattanooga area is set to sizzle as the fourth best metro area in the country, a new ranking shows.

From the Southeast to the Midwestern plains, here's a look at the 12 cities where first-time homebuyers can afford the largest share of houses for sale, according to First American.

The housing market is likely changing to predominantly repeat purchasers, even as growth in the first-timer buyer segment continued in the third quarter, a study from Genworth found.

With more consumers believing it’s a great time to buy a home, the Home Purchase Sentiment Index had its best November since the index's release in 2011, according to Fannie Mae.

More than half of the third quarter refinance activity was the cash-out variety, with borrowers removing the most total equity from their homes in nearly 12 years, according to Black Knight.

Hundreds of affordable housing units are coming to South Florida, thanks to one development firm.