Housing markets

Walker & Dunlop has been approved as a seller and servicer under Freddie Mac's Affordable Single-Family Rental pilot program, allowing the company to focus on middle markets.

House listings in the Twin Cities posted a rare increase last month, a slight shift in the long-running sellers' market.

The Buffalo Niagara, N.Y., housing market is getting even tighter.

Resale inventory is at its lowest level in 18 years and new construction supply continues being outpaced by high demand, according to CoreLogic.

Despite the long, stratospheric rise of home prices in the U.S., the inflation-adjusted monthly payment on the median single-family home in 2017 was less than in 1987, when home prices were lower but interest rates were higher.

New-home construction rose more than projected in May to the fastest pace in more than a decade while permits cooled for a second month, indicating mixed progress in the supply-constrained housing market.

Familiar themes continued to play out in the Albuquerque housing market in May.

The New Orleans housing market is strengthening, with home prices climbing in most neighborhoods and the number of vacant or blighted properties shrinking, according to a new analysis.

While rising mortgage rates are top of mind for the industry after last week's increase in the federal funds rate, the housing market should be more concerned about limited home inventory, according to First American Financial Corp.

The cost of buying a home in Massachusetts is on the rise.

Home prices rose to new highs in Sonoma County, Calif., in May, when the median hit a record $692,250, but there are indications the unrelenting price increases may be starting to test buyers' limits.

Canada's home sales were little changed in May, suggesting the residential real estate market is stabilizing after seeing large declines earlier this year.

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Regulation imposed by all levels of government accounts for 32% of multifamily development costs, according to the National Association of Home Builders and the National Multifamily Housing Council.

At least there were more homes for sale last month in Pierce County, Wash.

Maintenance and renovations aren't keeping up with the nation's aging housing stock, creating an influx of obsolete properties that's adding further strain to an already tight inventory of homes for sale.

Though mortgage originations were down overall in the first quarter, home equity lines of credit spiked on higher home prices, according to Attom Data Solutions.

Houston's luxury home sales remain sluggish even as oil prices are rebounding from the downturn, a new housing report shows.

The San Antonio-area housing market continued on its hot streak in May, with sales rising at a steady clip and the median sales price reaching its highest level ever.

The Fed’s rate hike and its signal of two more increases to come this year will only add to investors’ worry that the U.S. housing market is getting too expensive.