Housing markets

While the average down payment percentage of purchase price stayed mostly flat, the average dollar amount dropped 10% from the previous quarter, according to LendingTree.

Thousands of homeowners in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago are headed out of town.

Average new-home prices increased in four major Texas markets in September, with prices edging up 0.7% to $357,364 in the Houston area, according to a new report by HomesUSA.com.

Sonoma County, Calif., home sales plunged last month to the lowest level for September in 11 years, the clearest sign yet of a housing market slowdown.

Contracts to buy previously owned homes rose for the first time in three months, indicating that the recent market slump may be starting to stabilize, National Association of Realtors data showed.

City National Bank said the foundation will buy houses and hold onto them until the buyer lines up financing.

Home price appreciation is continuing to decelerate due to affordability concerns that are unlikely to let up even though recent market developments have put some downward pressure on mortgage rates.

Housing recoveries usually look like this: sales pick up momentum, price increases follow and there is a good flow of new properties coming on the market to keep up buyer interest.

Despite recriminations about how the crisis and ensuing regulations have tightened loan access, an actual assessment of mortgage credit availability finds the situation is more complicated.

Strong third-quarter home sales in the Houston area put Texas on a path for another record year, according to a Texas Association of Realtors report.

Purchases of new homes fell more than estimated in September to the weakest pace since December 2016, adding to signs that a lack of affordability is crimping demand, according to government data.

A typical homebuyer has already lost over 6% of purchasing power because of rising interest rates since the start of the year, a study by Redfin found.

Southern California home sales fell in September by the biggest rate since the depths of the Great Recession, the latest housing report by the California Association of Realtors shows.

With home values nearly doubling income growth in the last 20 years, it's now taking homebuyers 7.2 years to put together a down payment, according to Zillow.

The number of central Ohio homes for sale in September broke a 91-month streak of year-over-year inventory declines, according to the Columbus Realtors trade group.

Home sales aren't just slumping big in metro Denver, they are dropping across much of Colorado and in what were some of the hottest markets in the country.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Israeli Ministry of Finance are joining forces through a memorandum of cooperation to explore and share approaches on housing and mortgage finance issues plaguing their nations.

High-rise living, once a rarity in Southern California, is gaining new favor as reviving urban centers such as downtown L.A. and Hollywood attract thousands of new residents in search of neighborhoods with a big-city feel.

Declining home sales and high mortgage rates led to a year-over-year increase in housing stock in September, according to Redfin.

Bucking a national trend, sales of single-family homes soared by double digits in Hillsborough, Pinellas and Hernando counties in September.