Housing markets

Although the number of sales slowed, Rhode Island's median house price for the second quarter, $280,000, was the highest quarterly price in 11 years.

Tight home supply remains a top challenge for house shoppers, but the slowing pace in which inventory is declining could signal more favorable conditions for homebuyers.

Mortgage rates rose to their highest level since late June, going up for the third time in the past nine weeks, according to Freddie Mac.

Bay Area home buying slowed in June, as the busy summer home shopping season was chilled by scarce inventory and yet another month of near record-setting prices.

Home prices slipped across Manhattan and Brooklyn last quarter, but rose in Queens, according to a new report.

Purchases of new homes fell in June to the slowest pace in eight months, while the median selling price declined to the lowest in more than a year.

Both home price increases and the reduction in the houses for sale inventory slowed in June, a good sign for purchase activity picking up in the second half of the year, according to Redfin.

The Southern California median home price reached a new all-time high in June, jumping 7.3% from a year earlier.

June home sales in Greater Hartford lost the upward momentum of earlier this year, as purchases and prices paid slipped for the second month in a row.

Halfway through the year, Tampa Bay's real estate market remains stuck on the same song: too many buyers for too few houses.

Home sales plunged in June, the second straight month that a shortage of homes has pushed down sales.

Income inequality is a significant challenge facing America. But when it comes to real estate values in local markets, significant price inequality may actually help homebuyers.

There is an opportunity for home sales to break out of the doldrums if price appreciation slows, mortgage rates remain flat and supply increases, Freddie Mac said.

Sales of previously owned homes unexpectedly fell in June, indicating a shortage of affordable listings and rising prices continue to limit demand, a National Association of Realtors report showed.

Fairfield County dominates the state's residential real estate market — but experts still see room for improvement.

The metro Atlanta housing market broke records in opposite direction last month, hitting a high in the price of homes that were sold and a low in the supply of homes listed for sale.

Rising demand and declining housing inventory are pushing home sales faster and at higher median prices than ever before, according to Remax.

Prices have been surging for years on the West Coast as house hunters fight for the few available listings. Now the tide could be shifting.

There was little doubt, but new figures from the Toledo Regional Association of Realtors confirm that any lingering effects from the Great Recession on the northwest Ohio market are pretty much gone.

The summer of 2018 is stacking up to be the most competitive on record for Twin Cities homebuyers.