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Home prices closed out 2017 with a year-over-year December increase of 6.3% on the Case-Shiller house price index. Whether the pace will continue into 2018 is not yet clear.
New home sales fell by 7.8% month over month in January and 1% year over year according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Getting a mortgage can be more stressful than finding the right house and once you're in the market for both, you need to avoid doing some things that could lose your mortgage loan.
Existing-home sales dipped more than 3% year over year in January and were well below estimates for a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.65 million.
Mortgage rates continued their rise last week, with some now near seven-year highs. Refinancing applications have fallen to a multi-month low as well.
Here is a Realtor.com list of the 10 metro areas with the largest number of homes for sale with more than 3,000 square feet of space.
U.S. new residential construction rose by nearly 10% month over month in January to more than 1.3 million on a seasonally adjusted annual basis.
The National Association of Home Builders reported Thursday that the group's housing market index remained unchanged this month at its highest level in nearly two decades.
Mortgage loan rates continue to rise, anticipating an increase in the U.S. inflation rate and a boost in the Federal Reserve's policy rate. Applications for new mortgages fell last week.
Mortgage delinquency rates ticked down year over year in November but remain high in areas affected by last year's hurricanes.
Owning a home can be far more expensive than renting in some parts of the United States. In other parts of the country, renting is far more economical. Here's a look at the U.S. counties with the...
The American Dream of owning a home is indeed alive and well. These four homebuilder stocks have big upside to their Merrill Lynch price targets.
Mortgage loan rates rose to multiyear highs last week on 30-year and 15-year fixed-rate loans. Applications for new loans rose slightly while applications for refinancing hit a seven-month low.
Home prices rose 6.6% year over year in December, according to the latest report from CoreLogic. Prices rose by double-digits in four Western states.
Recent changes to the U.S. tax law has had a little-understood impact on home equity loans. If you're considering such a loan, you need to know this.