Housing markets

A measure of contract signings to buy existing homes rose in December for a third month, giving sales some momentum at the start of 2018.

The Palm Beach County, Fla., housing market continued to favor sellers in December, a month when home prices ticked up and inventory remained tight.

Metro Atlanta's housing market showed its fifth consecutive year of solid gains last year, but the shrinking supply in homes for sale has continued to drop into the red zone.

The only thing that might be colder than Toronto in January is the city's housing market.

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities increased in November by the most in more than three years, underscoring a lingering scarcity of housing inventory.

If you see a Bay Area home sale listing, don't blink. You'll miss it.

Home prices were higher and supply tighter last year in the Albany, N.Y., region, but real estate brokers are waiting to see what impact federal tax changes will have in 2018.

A larger standard deduction could help renters become homeowners faster, and builders' lower taxes could expand inventory that competes with single-family rentals, according to Fannie Mae Chief Economist Doug Duncan.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service is piloting a new construction-to-permanent loan program after a previous venture in 2016 to spur construction lending in rural areas failed to attract many participants.

After 67 months of consecutive home price appreciation, home prices hit a new peak at $283,000 in November 2017, according to Black Knight's Home Price Index.

With compensation accounting for 80% of the cost to originate a mortgage, lenders are developing new strategies to attract and retain top talent, while keeping wage expenses in check.

Housing in America's most expensive region is going to get even pricier.

The San Diego County median home price finished the year at one of its highest points.

As a strong economy pushed sales of existing homes in Wisconsin to record levels for the third straight year in 2017, Dane County continued to rank as one of the most expensive places to buy a home in the state.

Purchases of new homes declined more than projected last month and were revised down in the prior period, showing the market returned to a less exuberant pace as the year drew to a close.

The housing market has gained back all $9 trillion in value it lost when the market collapsed, but its uneven recovery has left many housing markets falling behind as others plow ahead, according to Zillow.

Maine's stellar home sales activity continued to set records in 2017, but just barely, and in spite of flat or declining sales in the hottest markets of York and Cumberland counties.

Chicago-area home sales rose at a slower pace in 2017 than in each of the preceding two years, in large part because demand outstripped supply.

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