Housing markets

Housing prices in Toronto continued their summer slump in August as government regulations and fears about a market softening curbed demand in Canada’s biggest city.

Modestly higher prices and fewer sales largely summed up the performance of Hawaii island and Kauai housing markets in August.

Rising prices are starting to keep potential purchasers from looking for homes and making an offer although interest remains near record levels, according to the Redfin Housing Demand Index.

As housing demand continues to challenge low levels of supply, home prices are overvalued in 34% of the largest U.S. metropolitan areas, according to CoreLogic.

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Nondepository mortgage bankers and brokers employment dipped slightly in July, ending a four-month run of hiring pickups.

The Bay Area housing shortage showed no signs of abating in July, as the number of homes sold fell by 17.3% from June and by 2.6% from July of last year.

Home and condominium sales in Connecticut jumped significantly in July, while the sale prices of homes saw a modest gain.

Sacramento County home prices kept pushing higher in July, CoreLogic reported.

An unexpected decline in July contract signings for the purchase of previously owned homes shows the continuing impact of limited supply on the real estate market.

Home sales in Ventura County and throughout Southern California fell sharply from June to July, according to a report released by CoreLogic.

The Seattle-area home market keeps picking up steam, with prices rising faster than anywhere else in the country for the 10th straight month.

As Downtown Boise's popularity as a residential neighborhood grows, housing prices are climbing beyond the affordable range for many people who want to live there.

Steady growth in home prices in 20 U.S. cities in June reflects a limited number of available houses for sale, according to S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller data.

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If mortgage rates rise slowly as the economy continues to grow, the impact from the Fed’s unwind on housing likely will result in a decline in refinancing activity.

U.S. home prices reached a new record high in June, with values increasing 5.5% since the beginning of the year, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

Homeowners are eager to hold onto the ultra-low mortgage interest rates they were able to get after the crash, and they are leery about taking a chance on a move.

Signs are mounting that rising home values are starting to close the door for more Americans, threatening to temper the momentum in residential real estate.

July home sales in the Chicago area fell 4.9% from the previous year, continuing a trend of weaker sales that began in the spring.