Housing markets

Real estate and mortgage industry groups outspent proponents 3-to-1 to defeat Proposition 10, a measure to allow California municipalities to set local rent control laws.

The prospect of growing mortgage rates took a negative hit on consumer perception of home buying and selling during October, according to Fannie Mae.

After hitting severe turbulence and taking a dive in September, metro Denver's housing market stabilized at a lower altitude in October, according to the Denver Metro Association of Realtors.

The average sales price for existing single-family homes for the Las Vegas area in October was down 1.7% from last month to $295,025, according to the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors.

Texas is expected to be the tipping point in online closing adoption, and title companies predict that e-closings will soon be standard operating procedure.

Mortgage industry executives claim sparse affordable housing supply is the most impactful hurdle for first-time homebuyers entering the market in 2019, but the majority don't think regulatory policy will help the cause.

Eighty percent of millennials said they plan on moving within the next five years, while nearly three-quarters claim affordability as their biggest hurdle in the buying a home.

The Southern California housing market has been on a nearly seven-year tear, with prices in many communities reaching all-time highs.

Napa County, Calif., home prices continue to rise while the number of homes sold declined year-over-year, according to Bay Area Real Estate Information Services Inc.

Amazon will choose two locations for its new headquarters, according to the Wall Street Journal, which cited an unidentified person familiar with the matter.

Although forecasts anticipate a continuing drop in overall originations, private-label residential mortgage-backed securitizations backed by newer loans are expected to keep increasing through next year, according to Bank of America.

Signaling a market in transition amid a surge in new listings, the median price paid for a new or existing Bay Area home or condo last month was $815,000, down 1.8% from August but up 9.3% from September 2017, CoreLogic reported.

Hiring by nonbank mortgage lenders and brokers ebbed in September as the housing market prepares to pack it in for the colder months.

Central Ohio home prices climbed 7.1% in the third quarter compared with last year, well above the national average of 4.8%.

Home sale prices across Connecticut rose in September, compared with a year ago, reaching their highest level for the month since 2008.

Having children not only forces people to buy a home, but to find a more affordable home, according to Zillow and Census data.

Amrock is calling for a new trial in its dispute with HouseCanary following a judge's denial of its motion to reverse an earlier decision in HouseCanary's favor.

The number of single-family homes sold during the third quarter declined 6.7% from the same three-month period a year ago, while the median sales price rose 3.8%, according to the Rhode Island Association of Realtors.

A combination of moderate rises in mortgage rates and dipping growth in home prices are projected to boost existing and new housing sales through 2020, according to Freddie Mac.

Mortgage borrower credit scores hit their low points more than five months after making a home purchase, but lender reporting cycles also cause these results to vary, according to LendingTree.