Housing markets

Total home sales are down in Rockford, Ill., but the average sale price has increased, Rockford Area Realtors reported.

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities continued to advance at a solid, albeit a touch slower, pace in April, reflecting lingering inventory shortages, according to S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller data.

From medical expenses to home improvements, here's a look at some of the most frequently cited reasons homeowners are borrowing against their home equity.

Americans selling homes in the nation's hottest market last year made enough to turn around and buy a place for cash — and still have spare change for a Tesla.

Home sales dipped in Ohio and across the nation last month, as prices climbed, mortgage rates inched up and would-be buyers were stymied by a persistent shortage of available properties.

Home sales in greater Hartford slowed in May — in the thick of the spring home buying season — and prices paid slipped, after three straight months of encouraging gains, a new report shows.

Mortgage debt outstanding remains below pre-crisis levels and home equity is growing, even as overall consumer debt is on pace to surpass its previous 2008 peak by $1 trillion, according to LendingTree.

Purchases of new homes advanced in May to a six-month high as sales in the South increased to the fastest pace since 2007, according to government data.

Since the bottom of the housing market in 2012, home prices have increased 75% but wages have only increased 13%.

The Southern California median home price surged 8.2% in May from a year earlier, hitting a new all-time high of $530,000, according to a report from CoreLogic.

House sales posted big gains in New Mexico from May 2017 to May 2018, showing a 28% increase.

The share of consumers confident that it wouldn't be difficult to obtain a mortgage in the current market shot up 10% from a quarter ago, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Sales of existing single-family homes in Maine decreased slightly in May from a year earlier as a result of limited housing inventory, but prices continued to rise.

Sales of new and existing homes in the Albany, N.Y., region fell 7% in May from year-earlier levels as real estate brokers blamed a lack of available homes for the decline.

With affordability down to its lowest level in nearly 10 years, average wages aren't enough to afford a home in 75% of local housing markets, according to Attom Data Solutions.

Savannah, Ga., area homes sales continue to heat up moving into the summer month's breaking records in both April and May.

Metro Atlanta home prices are up 9.9% from a year ago, even as the number of sales has slipped.

Here's a look at the 12 housing markets where mortgage lenders have to compete the most for borrowers' business.

Mortgage rates slid over the past week and have now declined in three of the past four weeks, according to Freddie Mac.

Sales of previously owned homes unexpectedly fell in May for a second month as a lack of inventory and elevated asking prices weighed on demand, National Association of Realtors data showed.