Home values in the United States rose 0.5 percent from February to March, which may not sound like much but represents the largest monthly increase since May 2006, according to Zillow’s first quarter market ...

Despite the lowest contract interest rates recorded by the Mortgage Bankers Association, applications for home loans decreased last week compared to the previous week. The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage ...

Sales of new U.S. single-family homes fell in March to the lowest level in fourth months, but the figure managed to beat housing market projections. The prior month’s sales number was revised higher. The Commerce ...

Home prices in nine U.S. cities  – and a closely-watched 20-city national index on home prices – posted new post-crisis lows in February, according to the latest update from S&P/Case-Shiller. The nine cities ...

Sales of existing homes were down in March, but outpaced year-ago levels as inventory tightened and home prices stabilized, according to the National Association of Realtors. Meanwhile, the portion of sales that ...

Average fixed mortgage rates edged higher this week as signs indicate inflation remains stable, according to Freddie Mac. Meanwhile, the average 5-year ARM hit a new all-time low of 2.78 percent, from its previously ...

A refinancing surge spurred an increase of 6.9 percent in overall mortgage applications compared to a week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association for the week ending April 13, 2012. A revisiting ...

U.S. Bancorp’s first-quarter profit surged 28 percent as growth in commercial and residential real estate lending combined with reduced credit costs. The Minneapolis-based lender, the 9th largest bank in the ...

Tight credit, competition from foreclosures and an ongoing problem with getting accurate appraisals continue to depress the outlook of new home builders. Builders’ confidence in the market for new, single-family ...

JPMorgan Chase, the nation’s largest bank by assets, reported that mortgage loan volumes were $59.9 billion during the first quarter, up a significant 33 percent from the prior year and 14 percent from the prior ...