Housing markets

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.

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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.

Mortgage applications increased 0.5% from one week earlier, although interest rate instability affected consumers' ability to get the best price for their loan, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Single-family homes sold briskly last month in the Colorado Springs area, while prices rose again — good news for sellers, but an increasingly tough time for entry-level buyers trying to find an affordable house.

Hawaii island's housing market turned in mixed results in September but the results were worse on Kauai where sales and prices fell for both single-family homes and condominiums.

Canada's Realtors produced another strong month of sales and prices in September, with gains in most major markets in a sign of strength for the nation's housing market.

Colorado has five counties where more than half of the homes are vacation properties, and the state's vacation homes, those near ski resorts, are among the most expensive in the country, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Home sales registered their first year-over-year increase in September for the first time since 2018, as sales picked up toward the end of the prime buying season.