Housing markets

As home value appreciation slowed, gains in home equity for the third quarter fell to the lowest level in two years, according to CoreLogic's homeowner equity report.

Southern California's housing market weathered the slowest October in seven years, prompting a debate over where the market is headed.

The Colorado Springs single-family housing market is still going strong — just not quite as strong as last year.

Home prices are rising and first-time buyers now account for an increasing share of sales, factors that could lead to a surge in defaults during the next economic downturn.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' report for its 2018 fiscal year reveals that the number of service members utilizing their home loan benefits, as well as the total loan funding offered, have increased significantly throughout Arizona in the last five years.

As ominous as the dark smoke that choked the Bay Area while California's most destructive wildfire raged 200 miles north, a second tragedy now is looming over the state — the loss of thousands of homes in an already housing-starved region.

It's in lenders' best interests to show first-time homebuyers how to avoid overextending themselves, which is easy to do in a housing market short on inventory and long on big down payments, the CEO of Freedom Mortgage says.

Toll Brothers Inc. reported its first drop in orders since 2014, led by a big falloff in California demand, a sign that high-end property markets are cooling. Shares slumped.

Rejected or not, cities selected as finalists for Amazon's second headquarters are topping the charts of housing markets expected to overperform in 2019 as companies see the value in their proposals, according to Zillow.

The lack of housing affordability, caused by rising home prices and mortgage rates, remains a roadblock to homeownership.

The San Diego region has no shortage of homes next to fire-prone hillsides covered in highly flammable chaparral and grasslands. The undulating, arid topography has carried flames at mind-boggling speeds in some of the state's most destructive blazes.

No surprise for potential North Texas homebuyers, but a new report ranks Dallas-Fort Worth as one of the U.S. markets that's seen the most home price growth.

The Democrat, who will likely head the Financial Services Committee, has signaled she'll make expanded housing opportunities for lower-income consumers a top priority.

Here’s a look at 10 housing markets where buyers are looking to move — and the high-cost markets they're fleeing.

Clayton Properties Group, a builder specializing in prefabricated modular and manufactured homes, acquired Mungo Homes in a move to bolster the scale of its site-built housing.

In its annual report that looks at housing markets to watch, online real estate service Trulia ranks Colorado Springs as the No. 1 market poised for growth in 2019.

Bay Area home sales ground down in October, with seasonal slowing and further indications that buyers are taking a wait-and-see approach before plunging into a record-setting market.

A new Freddie Mac pilot program will offer mortgages on manufactured housing with terms that more closely resemble conventional financing for site-built homes.

Housing prices in the Missoula, Mont., area have risen tremendously since January and are on pace to see the largest annual spike in well over a decade.

The nation's largest mortgage lending company for U.S. military veterans did less business in Hawaii during its recent fiscal year compared with the prior year.