Housing markets

Metro Denver's housing market saw sales slide and prices continue to rise last year, and that pattern dominated across much of the state, according to the Colorado Association of Realtors.

Despite tough housing conditions, slower home price growth and increased inventory could mean a more balanced market is ahead, according to Remax.

Available homes for sale and the amount of time those homes stayed on the market both fell in December, according to the Greater Albuquerque Association of Realtors.

For 51 straight months dating to autumn 2014, the supply of existing homes in Ada County, Idaho, has fallen in comparison with the same month a year earlier.

More than one-third of millennials said saving for a down payment is the biggest hurdle to buying a house, but few seem to realize they don't need to put 20% down to get a mortgage, a recent survey found.

Sentiment among homebuilders rose for the first time in three months amid a decline in borrowing costs, a sign that housing may stabilize in the year ahead even as the industry remains in a broad slowdown.

Spokane, Wash.-area home prices rose in 2018 as a strong seller's market persisted.

Home sales plunged in the Orlando, Fla., area in December as 2018 finished with fewer sales than the year before, and real estate agents warned that 2019 could be slower as well.

Canada's home sales skidded to the lowest level since 2012 last year after dropping for four straight months through December, as higher interest rates and tighter lending rules cast a pall over the real estate market.

With the promise of jobs and fledgling tech scenes, five of the top 10 hottest housing markets for 2019 all reside in the South, according to Zillow.

Being a homeowner may not be the most cost efficient move in some areas.

The Lancaster County, Neb., assessor has reassessed home values a year early to keep up with the rapidly rising home prices.

The Pittsburgh region ranks in the top five among 133 U.S. markets with at least 200,000 people when it comes to the profitability of home flipping, according to Attom Data Solutions.

High home prices and expected interest rate hikes should lead to continued growth in multifamily mortgage origination volume in 2019, according to Freddie Mac.

The median price for a home in Clatsop County, Ore., has surpassed $300,000, breaking a record set before the Great Recession and illustrating an ever-growing gap between the market value of real estate and what many locals can afford.

After six years of tilting toward sellers, the metro Atlanta housing market may be starting to even out.

Anticipated increases in 2019 mortgage rates also come with an expected 1 million households eliminated from affording the median-priced new home with every hike of 25 basis points, according to the National Association of Home Builders.

The housing shortage could end and oversupply may become an issue when a large percentage of baby boomers finally reach the point where they leave their homes, a recent report suggests.

Rising mortgage rates don't have as severe an impact on the first-time homebuyer market as they do for property values, according to a Zillow survey.

Home prices are expected to increase in 2019, but there is little chance for a bust because the typical warning signs a bubble is forming aren't evident, a report from Arch MI said.