Housing markets

Northeast Ohio home sales for the year are on track to outpace 2018 levels, and local real estate experts don't foresee any signs of a major slowdown in the coming months.

U.K. house prices increased at their fastest pace in more than a year this month, according to Nationwide Building Society.

Home sales entered the fourth quarter stronger than last year here, up nearly 5%, and the median price was also surging, ending October at $179,000, according to the Oklahoma City Metro Association of Realtors.

Dallas-area home prices were up 3% in the latest nationwide comparison — the greatest gain in six months.

San Diego County's median home price was $573,500 in October, lifted by a big increase in sales.

The median sales price for single-family homes in the Bradenton, Fla., area jumped 9.1% in October, compared to the previous year, to $325,000.

The supply of homes for sale in Atlanta continued to fall, which helped push prices higher last month, according to several reports.

Loan limits for most mortgages Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac buy will exceed $500,000 for the first time ever next year, and the maximum for most high-cost areas will be $765,000.

While affordability remains a challenge with the continued strain on housing supply, purchasing power took a big leap in September thanks to a rise in income and descending interest rates, according to First American Financial Corp.

Mortgage rates resumed their upward movement this week, but it's not putting a damper on real estate sales activity, noted Freddie Mac.

Contract signings for previously sold U.S. homes fell by the most since July while remaining healthy on an annual basis.

From product-specific variations in refinancing rates to pockets of depreciation in an otherwise healthy market, here are some details in housing-related data that highlight important underlying trends in the mortgage business.

The median home price in Santa Fe County dipped 4.2% from $405,000 to $388,000 from September to October, according to the New Mexico Association of Realtors.

The number of October home sales in Maine remained nearly flat compared with last year, but prices continued to climb.

Among the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, home prices hibernate and offer consumers the best time to buy a house, according to Attom Data Solutions.

Private mortgage insurance now has almost matched the government's Federal Housing Administration program in market share, having gained approximately eight percentage points in the past five years, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods found.

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities rose more than forecast in September from a year earlier, indicating property values are stabilizing as housing demand picks up.

Buyers snapped up new homes over the past two months at the fastest pace in more than 12 years, adding to signs of sturdy housing demand amid lower prices and borrowing costs.

The total number of home sales picked up in Miami-Dade County but fell in Broward.

The median price of a home in metro Atlanta dropped slightly last month, to just under $250,000, but was still higher than a year earlier, according to a report from Remax.