Housing markets

It's happening in larger, pricier housing markets: Buyers are starting to get fatigued, indicated by modest drops in existing home sales, mostly in competitive Western states like California and Washington.

Home prices are rising again in New Orleans after taking a dip last year, giving a boost to property owners but also likely intensifying the city's shortage of affordable housing.

The imbalance between homebuyers and sellers in the Twin Cities last month was a little less out of whack than it's been in years, but sellers still rule when it comes to the entry-level market.

Here's a look at the cities where house hunters and sellers have been the busiest during this summer's home buying season.

The hope is that more Americans will see the factory units not only as a more-affordable alternative to a traditional single-family house, but also an appealing one, without the old trailer-park stigma.

Fannie Mae decreased its 2018 origination forecast for the fourth time this year in anticipation of more upward pressure on rates, and housing weakness that persists despite increased overall economic strength.

Mirroring a national trend of rebounding home prices and rising mortgage rates, Palm Beach County, Fla., saw housing affordability fall to a 10-year low in the second quarter.

New-home construction rose less than forecast in July amid a rebound in groundbreaking for single-family and multifamily houses, indicating the industry was trying to regain its footing at the start of the second half.

San Antonio’s housing market grew even hotter amid July’s sweltering temperatures, demonstrating the strength of the local economy but posing a threat to aspiring middle-class homeowners.

Increases in Toronto pushed Canadian housing sales higher for a third month, further evidence the country's real estate market is regaining strength after it stumbled at the start of this year.

Purchase-loan share held steady month-to-month for the first time this year, even though it is still above year-ago levels in line with a seasonal decline, but growth remains in the forecast.

Prospective buyers of Metro Orlando homes who sat on the sidelines in June might have scored a bit of a bargain in July as prices dropped 1.3% during the month.

Homes in the Toledo, Ohio, area continued to sell quickly as they have done now for two years.

Confidence among homebuilders fell to an 11-month low in August on rising construction costs and shortages of skilled labor, a National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo report showed.

There would be over six million more new homes built in the last decade if new construction remained at the same pace prior to the housing boom, according to Zillow.

As housing affordability continues eroding on growing property values and mortgage rates, nearly a quarter of millennials believe they need to delay having children to afford a home purchase.

For the first time in a year and a half, Washington is no longer the state with the hottest housing market in the country, though not because homes here have suddenly become cheap.

The Bay Area continues to lead the state in shattered homeownership dreams.

The reliance on nonconventional financing to fund new single-family housing is dropping, with the share accounting for less than a third of the market for the second year in a row.

The relative shortage of houses for sale in the Baltimore region continues to push up sales prices, with the median price of a home in July up 2.6% from this same month last year to $277,000.