Housing markets

The housing market across Southern California continued to slow last month as home sales had its weakest January in 11 years, according to CoreLogic.

Toll Brothers Inc.'s new home orders dropped 24% in the fiscal first quarter, the steepest annual decline for the biggest U.S. luxury homebuilder since the depths of the housing crash in 2010.

Contract signings to purchase previously owned homes rose by more than forecast in January, snapping a six-month streak of declines and suggesting lower mortgage rates along with a strong job market are helping stabilize demand.

Home prices in the Portland, Ore., area rose last year at their slowest rate since 2012.

San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer thinks his city has said "no" to housing for too long.

Slower home price growth and cooled mortgage rates could bring buyers out in droves in 2019, according to NerdWallet.

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities rose in December at the slowest pace in four years, continuing to decelerate as buyers balked at purchases amid still-elevated housing costs and a falling stock market.

New-home construction in December fell to the lowest since September 2016, as builders held back during a turbulent month for financial markets.

Home values are on the rise this year for a majority of Pima County, Ariz., homeowners, but it's too early to tell whether that will lead to a similar increase in their property tax bills.

Baton Rouge-area home sales were down 10.9% in January compared to the year before, the sixth month in a row year-to-year activity was down.

Rising household incomes paired with December's drop in mortgage rates gave consumers their largest monthly jump in home buying power since 2013, according to First American Financial Corp.

Palm Beach County, Fla., home sales plummeted in January to their lowest level since the Great Recession, a drop that reflected consumer concern about rising mortgage rates and an overall slowing in the real estate market.

Single-family home sales in Maine dropped almost 13% in January, compared with a year ago, although prices held steady, according to Maine Listings.

While overall housing sales have suffered due to affordability, the trend is even more drastic for typically higher-priced new homes, according to Redfin.

In a shift from the typical upward trend for Central Texas, home sales declined in January and home price appreciation slowed, the Austin Board of Realtors said.

The slowdown in new market-rate, residential development is starting to take its toll on San Francisco's affordable housing pipeline, as rising construction costs and a softening market are resulting in less money flowing to the city programs that support affordable projects.

Home affordability is at a 10-year low across the nation. Here's a look at the 12 cities most in danger of a housing bubble in 2019.

Sales of previously owned homes fell to the weakest pace since November 2015, indicating that the housing market remained in a slowdown despite a drop in mortgage rates.

As expected economic growth remains at 2.2% — down from 2018's 3.1% — 2019 should only be accompanied by a solitary rate hike from the Federal Reserve, according to Fannie Mae.

Mortgage rates declined for the third straight week, adding to a brighter outlook for the spring home buying season, according to Freddie Mac.