Housing markets

As mortgage rates jump and housing inventory rises, over a quarter of all home listings dropped their price in the past month, according to Redfin.

New York City’s home sellers, tired of waiting for buyers, slashed prices on almost 800 listings in a single week this month, the most in at least 12 years.

There is a sharp increase in the number of Denver-area residents searching for homes in other metros compared to the number of people in other cities looking for properties in the area, according to Redfin.

Sales of previously owned homes were unchanged in August, indicating buyers are balking at higher prices and leaving more inventory on the market for the first time in three years, a National Association of Realtors report showed.

The Bay Area's soaring housing costs are pushing poor people into neighborhoods where poverty and racial segregation are on the rise, a UC Berkeley study found.

Buyers and sellers seem to think Sonoma County, Calif., home prices finally have peaked, after doubling the past seven years.

As mortgage rates remained mostly tepid throughout the summer, closed refinances had their first month of growth in August, according to Ellie Mae.

New-home construction rose more than forecast to a three-month high in August, while permits unexpectedly saw the biggest drop since February 2017, adding to signs that homebuilding is struggling to stabilize.

House prices maintained their momentum in August, climbing 6.4% across Northeast Ohio.

More buyers could be in the market for new homes as housing authorizations and maintenance volume increased while remodels fell, according to BuildFax.

Confidence among homebuilders stabilized in September as demand held up and lumber prices fell, a National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo report showed.

The slowdown in home sales activity during August is more than just the normal seasonal lull and could mark the start of the housing market rebalancing, according to Remax.

The Dallas-Fort Worth home market retreated in August, with preowned home purchases down from a year ago and prices growing at a slower rate.

Southern California house sales slipped below year-ago levels in August for a fourth straight month, even though prices continued to climb.

Canada's housing market showed continued signs of stabilizing in August, with sales rising for a fourth straight month and prices easing.

Houston-area home sales in August were up an eye-popping 37% over the same month last year, but there's good reason for the astonishing increase: Hurricane Harvey.

Metro Toledo's August home sales rose 4.3% from a year ago, according to new figures from the Toledo Regional Association of Realtors.

The federal conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was never supposed to be permanent. Leaving the situation unresolved keeps the agencies undercapitalized and taxpayers exposed to their risk.

The housing market's long-running trend of fewer sales and higher prices has intensified, adding to worries about affordability in the region.

If you bought a Bay Area home in 2012, pat yourself on the back.