Housing markets

Sacramento's once hot housing market continued its cooling trend in July, with median prices dipping slightly in five of the six local counties.

After home prices soared due to a lack of inventory and a recovering economy, three-quarters of experts believe the shift to a buyer's housing market should come in two years.

The median Bay Area home price fell from June to July but was still up double digits over last year, according to CoreLogic.

The pace of home construction in the San Antonio market has surged to its highest level since 2007, but it likely won't be enough to correct a woeful shortage of affordable homes.

The average new home in the U.S. went for $324,467 in June, 28% more than the $254,200 price for existing homes.

Growth in home prices remained churning at a steady pace, with sellers holding out for better returns and suppressing the supply of available housing.

How affordable is Tampa Bay? One test is whether someone earning the median income can afford the median priced home.

The local real estate market had a summer as hot and record-breaking as Savannah's temperatures with more than 1,500 homes selling across Bryan, Chatham and Effingham counties during June and July.

Tax foreclosure filings in Philadelphia have skyrocketed 1,200% since 2010, so the city is promoting its homestead exemption to keep people in their homes.

Southern California’s red-hot housing market continued to cool in July as rising home prices and higher interest rates discouraged homebuyers, new housing figures show.

Home buyers in the Twin Cities and beyond will have to wait until at least 2020 for key indicators in the housing market tilting toward buyers, according to a new survey.

U.S. construction companies are grappling with a widespread labor shortage that is exacerbating the cost of housing and other buildings, according to a new survey.

Experts don't see a way for Bloomington's current infrastructure to provide the kind of housing middle-income residents need.

Private mortgage insurance was the largest source of credit enhancement for new homeowners in the second quarter making a low down payment for the first time ever, according to Genworth Mortgage Insurance.

A decade after a collapse in the housing market triggered the 2008 Great Recession, South Florida still has many homeowners who owe far more money than their property is worth.

Connecticut closed out the spring home buying market on a positive, with both sales and prices rising in July, a new report showed.

Contracts to buy previously owned U.S. homes unexpectedly declined in July, signaling that buyers are balking at higher prices and a lack of choices in some regions, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities rose in June at the slowest monthly pace in almost two years, as demand cools in the face of affordability constraints including elevated mortgage rates.

Sales of single-family homes in Maine showed strong gains in both their prices and the number sold in July, according to data by Maine Listings.

More Charlotte home listings saw price cuts in June than a year earlier, indicating that Charlotte’s housing market is shifting "ever-so-slightly in favor of buyers," a Zillow report says.