Housing markets

From Syracuse, N.Y., to Lake Havasu City, Ariz., here's a look at the top 12 cities where property taxes are skyrocketing, signaling a potential strain on some homeowners' ability to make mortgage payments.

The Hispanic homeownership rate increased for the fourth consecutive year, despite the fact that the demographic remains more exposed to barriers to buying a house than the general population.

After a powerful winter storm dumped snow on Thurston County, Wash., in February, pending sales of single-family homes fell by a double-digit margin.

Miami-Dade would increase the cap on prices that affordable-housing developers can charge for homes built using county money or land, with administrators saying current price limits are outdated for the market.

Home prices dipped from February — while annual growth remained suppressed — due to affordability and inventory issues, according to Quicken Loans.

Loan applications for newly constructed properties accelerated going into this year's peak home buying season, contrasting with the weakness seen in the market a year ago, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

North Texas home sales rose slightly in March, but the 1% year-over-year gain in sales of houses by real estate agents wasn't enough to erase declines earlier in the year.

Homebuilders eased back on Dallas-Fort Worth construction in the early months of 2019.

Consumers believe softening home prices and mortgage rate declines are on the horizon, according to Fannie Mae. While these suggest positive sentiments on conditions for buyers, they signal rewards for those who wait.

Canada housing starts rebounded in March from a sluggish performance a month earlier, returning to levels more in line with demographics and highlighting the buoyancy of the nation's battered real estate market.

Reversing a recent trend, the median sale price of a home in Southern Nevada ticked up in March, according to the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors.

Sacramento's home real estate market remained cool in the opening months of 2019, but there are hints a springtime buzz may be on the way.

National Mortgage News is pleased to present the full results of our 2019 Top Producers survey.

Nondepositories in the mortgage business cut 2,900 more jobs in February, bringing industry employment to its lowest point in nearly three years.

Lennar, one of Houston's largest homebuilders, has launched a line of communities that aims to offer new houses in an increasingly rare affordable price segment serving first-time buyers.

Sales of existing single-family homes in Maine eased slightly, although prices remained strong, rising 2.85% comparing February 2019 to February 2018.

The 2019 countdown of the National Mortgage News Top Producers list concludes with the 25 loan officers with the highest dollar volume

The stream of newly minted, IPO payouts from Lyft — and soon, other tech unicorns — may have Bay Area home sellers dreaming of bigger payouts and buyers wary of even heftier mortgages.

Home sales are dropping in Vancouver as listings rise, with the local real estate board blaming policy changes for restricting potential buyers.

Houston home shoppers were able to find homes two weeks faster this past winter than they did a year ago at the same time, a new report shows.