Housing markets

In a sign that the Bay Area's housing shortage has reached new heights, even having a boatload of cash now may not be enough to land your dream home.

For decades, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac helped working-class Americans get mortgages. That essential and powerful role in the national economy is fading.

The government-sponsored enterprises are at the heart of our housing finance problems, not the solutions.

Sales of previously owned homes rose in November to an almost 11-year high, indicating demand picked up momentum heading into the end of the year.

As it rolls toward another potential record year, the Central Texas housing market remained on solid footing in November, with sales volume and the median home sale price both higher than a year ago.

Here's a look at the 11 housing markets where the share of entry-level homes for sale is greater than the share of first time home buyer shoppers.

New Jersey's home values in some markets could take a 10% hit under the tax overhaul nearing a vote in Congress, according to a new report.

New-home prices reached record levels in 2017, fueling homebuilder confidence to open several new communities next year.

Sonoma County's fire-ravaged housing market last month posted the most sales for November in 13 years, even as the median price rose slightly to a new record high.

The median down payment for single-family homes purchased with financing has reached a new high in the third quarter, according to Attom Data Solutions.

The tech boom that Mayor Ed Lee embraced ensured that the man who began his career fighting for poor tenants ended up presiding over a city known for some of the nation's most unaffordable housing and pervasive homelessness.

It was like a scene from the pre-oil-bust housing boom: A steady stream of prospective buyers trekked through an open house last Saturday in a family neighborhood in northwest Houston. Their cars were parked up and down the block.

The Southern California wildfires are causing additional inventory shortages in what is already a tight housing market, Redfin said.

Supply constraints tempered real estate and title professionals' outlook for the home purchase market over the next year, according to First American Financial Corp.'s fourth quarter Real Estate Sentiment Index.

November sales of existing homes rose more than 5% in metro Milwaukee, even amid a continuing shortage of houses on the market.

Home sales in metro Toledo, Ohio, in November rose 2% over the same month a year ago, but home sale prices fell, according to a report released by the Toledo Regional Association of Realtors.

Baltimore-area home sales and prices continued to climb in November as the inventory of available homes sunk to a 10-year low.

Spokane, Wash., home sales continued at a strong pace in November, with the market benefiting from mild temperatures and the lack of significant snowfall.

Regulatory changes that would put an end to state and local tax deductions could prompt many homeowners in high-tax states to consider relocating, a Redfin survey shows.

Baton Rouge, La., area home sales plunged by 20% in October from the year before, the result of tough comparisons with the sales gains stoked by the August 2016 flood.