Housing markets

Home sales statewide in September kept New Mexico on track for its second-best year — behind 2018 — since the New Mexico Association of Realtors started keeping sales records in 2008.

Sales of previously owned homes declined in September to the slowest pace in three months as higher prices limited the recent progress in residential real estate that has been aided by low mortgage rates and consistent wage gains.

Charlotte's housing market saw a welcome spike in sales in September, but the lack of supply of homes continues to worsen.

New homes are on the upswing across Bakersfield as a shortage of resale properties, combined with financial incentives and creative amenity packages, persuades shoppers to take a second look at some of the city's newest neighborhoods.

Asking prices for London homes rebounded in October amid a scarcity of new properties, with areas closest to the center of the U.K. capital seeing the biggest gains.

As lawmakers tackle Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, any revamp must lessen risk to the mortgage system and U.S. taxpayers.

Many home sellers in the Twin Cities are feeling a fall chill.

Renovation spending is decelerating faster than expected this year, but could slow with more deliberation than previously anticipated next year, according to Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies.

Home sales continued to perform in line with their potential in September and indicators suggest housing will keep flourishing through the fourth quarter, according to First American.

Million-dollar homes in the U.S. are shrinking fast. Nowhere is that more stark than in Nashville, a superstar economy brimming with high-paying jobs, hip bars and new luxury downtown condos.

The biggest drop in mortgage rates in history has Southern California house hunters making an autumnal rush to buy, with freshly opened escrows up 14% in a year.

Portland-area home sales jumped in September compared with a year ago, bringing a jolt to the housing market during the waning months of a slow year.

Home sales and the median sales price in Central Texas hit all-time highs for any September on record, the Austin Board of Realtors said.

Single-family mortgage production this year is expected to be 3% higher than anticipated last month, according to Fannie Mae, which revised its estimates based partly on a stronger housing outlook.

Mortgage applications to purchase new homes dropped 8% in September from August, as ongoing uncertainty over interest rate movements and economy likely kept buyers out of the market, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

New-home construction in September pulled back from a 12-year high though the key single-family category was stable, signaling the housing market is firming amid low mortgage rates and steady demand.

Gentrification and rapid home price growth have intensified the loss of wealth the African-American community experienced post-crisis, widening the chasm between what white and black borrowers can afford, Redfin found.

Spooked that the newly renovated house you're about to buy in Charlotte may be haunted?

Redwood Trust is adding to its single-family rental lending business by purchasing CoreVest American Finance Lender from its management team and affiliates of Fortress Investment Group.

Homebuilder sentiment climbed to the highest level since February of last year as cheaper borrowing costs and a still-sturdy job market lifted measures of prospective buyer traffic, sales and the demand outlook.