Housing markets

Nondepository mortgage bankers and brokers increased their headcounts in August, but hurricane recovery efforts and other macro factors may stymie additional growth.

Here's a look at 12 cities where the median home sales price is below $215,000, but the combination of housing costs, local wages and other market forces is making home purchasing power disappear in these once-cheapest places to live.

Home affordability improved in most markets in the third quarter compared to the previous, but was still worse off from a year ago, according to Attom Data Solutions.

Home sales in Santa Fe, N.M., are on track for a breakthrough, trending toward only the third double-digit sales increase since 2001.

Toronto housing prices fell for a fourth month in September as sales remained sluggish, particularly in the detached-home segment that has borne the brunt of the correction in Canada's biggest city.

In housing markets dominated by young borrowers, millennials took an even bigger share of overall mortgage activity in August.

Baltimore homeowners who sold their property last year didn't get much of a return on their investment — just $5,000 more than they paid, according to a new report from Zillow.

The National Association of Home Builders is backing off long-held support for the mortgage interest deduction in hopes that the Trump administration can deliver on its promise of lower taxes.

Home prices increased strongly both year-over-year and month-over-month in August, and are expected to continue rising.

Home sales in greater Hartford perked up in August, but prices paid dipped the most for any month so far this year, a new report shows, as potential buyers remained cautious about making purchases.

Alarmed by a steadily worsening housing crisis, San Jose’s mayor has proposed construction of 25,000 residential units over the next five years in the Bay Area’s largest city.

The majority of borrowers impacted by Hurricane Harvey have a significant amount of equity, while many in Hurricane Irma disaster areas have limited or negative equity, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

Seattle has been leading the country in home price increases for a while. Now, no other region is even close.

A new wholesale loan channel at CoreVest will work with mortgage brokers who are starting to source loans to house flippers for the first time.

Consumer views on the economy and finances are not to blame for the retreat in existing-home sales in four of the past five months, according to the National Association of Realtors.

California appears unlikely to be able to build enough homes in the coming years to put a meaningful dent in skyrocketing housing prices triggered by a shortage of affordable dwellings.

Fewer new homes will be finished and added to the housing stock as construction crews go to Texas and Florida to help repair or replace damaged properties.

The Rockford housing market continues to outpace the rest of Illinois in sales gains and year-over-year price increases, the Rockford Area Realtors said.

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities climbed more than forecast in July, reflecting solid demand against a backdrop of modest listings of properties, figures from S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller showed.

A second straight decline in purchases of new homes, combined with downward revisions for prior months, show a tepid market as results begin to be clouded by the fallout from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.