Mortgage applications for home purchases last week were 16 percent higher than the same week a year ago.

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Today is Earth Day, and for these counties, there’s a lot to brag about: good air quality, walkability, and affordability.

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Hispanics, already the fastest-growing segment of first-time and luxury home buyers, are expected to account for 7 million of the 17 million new households formed between 2010 and 2015.

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Researchers point to natural-gas drilling as the cause of a cluster of seismic events that struck the Dallas-Forth Worth area in recent months.

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Secondary real estate markets are becoming the primary focus of international buyers as they branch out from large urban areas in search of homebuying opportunities elsewhere in the country.

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The National Association of REALTORS® hosts a forum with the country’s most acclaimed economists, who point to economic traumas curbing home-buyer demand.
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