Housing markets

Lubbock, Texas, recently ranked in the top 100 cities where owning a home is the most affordable.

The peak spring home-selling season is in full swing in metro Denver, but it is proving to be a much tamer affair this year than last.

Toronto's housing market entered the busy spring property season with a bang, as sales surged 17% in April compared with a year earlier and prices also pushed higher.

Consumers always want more bang for their buck and are moving to places where their dollar goes further. With that as a driver, here's a look at the 10 hottest housing markets homebuyers are flocking to, according to Redfin.

Lending against single-family home construction is an area where depositories have traditionally faced little competition. That's starting to change.

Tight housing inventory and some unexpected behaviors from potential buyers and sellers of homes have prompted Citizens Bank to make changes to its services and mortgage-loan products.

Housing sales in New Mexico slowed in the early months of 2019, but still look strong, according to an official with New Mexico Association of Realtors.

It's been a dreary spring for many homebuilders in the Twin Cities.

Many young working people can't afford to buy their own homes and are looking for help from their parents, who in turn are getting squeezed financially.

Mortgage application fraud risk came in hot at the start of the year, but two housing market conditions worked against each other to bring growth to a halt, according to First American Financial Corp.

Nondepository mortgage companies cut another 1,500 workers in March as the housing market's peak season got underway, suggesting that even with business potentially picking up, lenders remain cautious about hiring.

People don't move like they used to.

Median home sale prices in the Bay Area dipped ever-so-slightly in March, marking the end of a record-breaking seven-year streak as even high salaries and low-interest rates failed to entice buyers into the country's most expensive market.

Freddie Mac is now offering to buy a new form of manufactured housing loan with terms similar to that of conventional mortgages from all eligible lenders, following a test run last year.

Buyers looking for higher-end homes in pricier cities like Seattle and Bellevue aren't paying any more than they did a year ago. Meanwhile, those shopping around for something resembling a deal, perhaps in Tacoma or Everett, are still confronted with the same old hot market from years past.

New Orleans remains well short of hitting its affordable housing creation goals, six months after ending the worst year for affordable housing creation since officials agreed to set goals of creating 1,500 affordable units annually in 2015.

Having a cash-out refinance program is important to greater share of originators in the West than it is in the United States as a whole, the Top Producers 2019 survey found.

Millennials closed mortgage loans at their fastest pace in four years as lower interest rates pushed up purchasing power and incentivized them to pull the trigger, according to Ellie Mae.

U.K. house-price growth stayed subdued in April in a sign the delay to Brexit failed to reinvigorate the market, according to Nationwide Building Society.

About 44% of Savannah, Ga., families cannot afford quality housing, according to city officials.