Housing markets

Home-price gains in 20 U.S. cities decelerated in March for a 12th straight month, suggesting sellers have yet to fully adjust to buyers’ demands for affordable properties.

Baton Rouge-area home sales rose 2.8% in April compared to 2018, the second time this year there has been a year-to-year increase in sales.

Home sales in both Manhattan and Arlington, Va., jumped after Amazon.com Inc. selected the two sites for its second headquarters. However, the Manhattan market cooled after Amazon dropped the city from the list.

South Florida's spiraling home prices may be on the verge of calming down a bit.

Sales of new homes cooled in April from an 11-year high amid a surge in prices, adding to signs of softness in housing at the start of the quarter.

Rising prices and a shortage of starter homes hobbled home sales in the Twin Cities last month.

Tampa Bay home sellers take note — the steady price gains of the past few years might be coming to an end.

Central Ohio home prices reached a record high in April, as eager buyers continue to compete for homes the moment a for-sale sign is posted.

While regulation and nonbank competition are spooking some banks, others believe low funding costs and the right relationships can help them succeed.

Sales of previously owned homes unexpectedly cooled in April, the fifth drop in six months, signaling a rocky start for the housing market this quarter amid a still-tight supply of available properties.

The era of plentiful refinance volume is over for the foreseeable future, because mortgage rates remained in a very narrow band for the past decade, said Mortgage Bankers Association Chief Economist Mike Fratantoni.

Single-family home prices in Orange, Los Angeles and San Diego counties changed course, climbing up in April after falling year-over-year in March.

San Jose is slowly chipping away at Mayor Sam Liccardo's goal of building 10,000 affordable homes by 2022.

Home prices in metro New Orleans were up at the start of 2019, according to the latest data from the National Association of Realtors.

The price of a new home in Houston rose slightly in April, while the number of pending new-home sales dropped in Houston and other large Texas metros.

The median price of a home sold in metro Atlanta in April was just 3.7% higher than the same month a year ago, according to a report from the Atlanta Realtors Association.

Mortgage activity plunged before the start of the year, but subprime originations dropped the least, according to TransUnion. Despite dwindling volume, borrower delinquency rates hit historic lows in the first quarter.

The housing slowdown is turning out to be a gift to apartment landlords. After all, those people who aren't buying still need somewhere to live.

Even if the U.S. economy slows during the rest of 2019, the outlook for the housing and mortgage market remains strong, said economists at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

New-home construction rose for a second month and topped estimates in April in a sign of positive momentum for the housing sector at the start of the second quarter.