Housing markets

The pace of Colorado Springs-area homebuilding is off to a slow start in 2019.

If you live in a three-bedroom apartment that rents for $1,400 per month or less in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, consider yourself lucky. That's affordable housing, whether it's subsidized or not, and it's running out.

Mortgage growth has shrunk to a 17-year low in Canada, increasing pressure on the country's big banks to find business elsewhere.

Inventory deficiency and affordability issues kept sales down and hampered home price growth, according to CoreLogic.

Nearly a quarter of Denver-area residents looking for a home on Redfin.com are conducting their searches outside the metro area, and Seattle continues to provoke the most yearning.

Popular TV shows about house fixers and flippers have sparked consumer interest in remodeling, creating an opportunity for lenders to build a specialty in renovation loans while traditional mortgage lending is weak.

After years of frenzied price increases, sales of new homes in Canada's biggest city sunk to the lowest in almost two decades in 2018 and the supply of unsold condos piled up.

In Baltimore, single women own about 24% of all owner-occupied homes in the city, outnumbering single male homeowners, who account for about 11%, according to a LendingTree report.

The seven-year fever driving up Bay Area home prices may finally be breaking.

Homebuilders are growing confident in 55+ communities, which could suggest more movement in the housing market at a time when homeowners continue aging in place.

Nonbank mortgage companies cut payrolls by 3,100 full-time employees in December, bringing the level of the hiring in the industry to its lowest point in more than two years.

Without the clashing fervor of potential homebuyers competing, fewer sellers are fetching above-listing prices on their houses, according to Zillow.

The Spokane, Wash., housing market is bucking national trends, with home prices continuing to rise here.

The housing market's chill grew colder in December, as sales plunged across Southern California and home prices barely rose.

Affordability remains a challenge for homebuyers, but barely any mortgage lenders attribute last year's sluggish home sales to insufficient consumer income or lack of loan products for new buyers, according to Fannie Mae.

While home sellers gained the most money on their houses since 2006, the fading impact of tax cuts and slow rise of mortgage rates could shorten upcoming margins, according to Attom Data Solutions.

Sales of new homes rebounded in November to the strongest pace in eight months as lower prices helped to attract more buyers.

Mortgage and real estate professionals are navigating new technology to support a better consumer experience and grow their customer base, but those who lose sight of the end goal are in danger, according to Remax CEO Adam Contos.

Sales of single-family houses in Rhode Island dropped 15.6% in December from the same month a year ago, the Rhode Island Association of Realtors said.

The Houston region registered increases in new-home sales and prices in December, bucking the trends in other large Texas cities, a new report showed.