Housing markets

There's a reason why people are seriously considering having Miami teachers live at school.

Every month it seems the Charlotte home market can't get much tighter, then every month, it does.

As the American population migrates to the suburbs and midsize cities, mortgage lenders and real estate professionals must re-examine their customer relationship management and lead generation strategies to better serve potential borrowers.

California is set to become the first state to require solar panels on all newly built single-family houses.

Real estate brokers said it could easily be a year or two before property values in the immediate and surrounding areas of lava breakouts recover after the eruption ceases.

Bank of Montreal is wooing homebuyers with a variable mortgage rate with the biggest discount ever by a large Canadian bank, according to one market watcher.

Home prices, jobs and evolving consumer behaviors are restoring prerecession migration patterns.

Dallas-area home prices grew slightly faster than the nationwide rate in the latest comparison by CoreLogic.

Spokane, Wash.-area housing prices took another big leap in April, with the median sales price topping $231,000.

In a bid to cut time and costs from the mortgage process, Fannie Mae is testing whether appraisers can accurately determine a home's value without actually visiting the property.

Housing confidence hit an all-time high as more consumers report it's a good time to sell, while also anticipating a rise in home prices but a drop in mortgage rates, according to Fannie Mae.

The number of mortgage borrowers for whom it made sense to refinance declined by nearly half since the end of last year and is at its lowest since November 2008.

The Colorado Springs homebuilding industry has had a good year — and it's only four months old.

An economic revival in Canada's second-biggest city is fueling a real estate renaissance, speeding up sales, shrinking inventories and luring foreign buyers.

Four out of five Franklin County, Ohio, homes that changed hands this year sold above the county auditor's estimated value, in some cases for two or three times as much.

Los Angeles County and Inland Empire home prices grew at the fastest pace in three years in March, yet another sign that the local housing market is maintaining its punch for a seventh consecutive year.

The median sale prices for single-family homes and condominiums in Connecticut rose significantly in March, even as the number of sales in both categories decreased.

Canada's mortgage growth has fallen to the lowest in nearly two decades as interest rates rise and after new mortgage rules took effect at the start of the year.

Connecticut homes sales turned in a lackluster performance in March, but those that did sell commanded some of the highest prices in nearly four years, a new report Tuesday showed.

Tight housing inventory continues to be an enemy to homebuyers as supply constraints keep putting upward pressure on home prices, which are now above where they were 12 years ago.