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During the second quarter of 2020, 1.69 million refinance mortgages were secured by residential properties in the U.S., a number up nearly 50 percent from the first quarter and up more than 100 percent year over year to its highest level in seven years.

After months of intense speculation, much of it reaching a crescendo in recent days, short-term rental giant Airbnb has now filed the paperwork to hold an initial public offering.

The median price of homes sold during the four weeks ending August 9 hit $314,000, a 10 percent year-over-year increase and the biggest jump in more than six years, according to a report from Redfin.

The iconic architect built the house in 1952 for his son and daughter-in-law, but didn’t complete some finishing touches before he died. The buyer plans to restore it according to Wright’s original designs.

A median luxury home costs $825,000 in the US — a slight increase from the same time period last year and an indication of recovery from the coronavirus-induced recession.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau believes “season QM” mortgages will spur innovation. But not everyone is convinced they’re a good idea.

The real estate companies involved in constructing, financing and marketing a whites-only development in the 1940s — Coldwell Banker, Wells Fargo and The David D. Bohannon Organization — respond to a recent op-ed that calls for reparations by the companies to fund the integration of the neighborhood.

Zillow announced Wednesday that it’s rolling out a new feature that will allow consumers to rate and review the companies that built their new construction homes.

The trade groups allege that it is Pocket Listing Services’ business model that is anticompetitive and harms homebuyers and sellers.

With a pandemic raging in the background, we know you’ve had to make some tough calls this year. But what was the most important (read: most difficult) decision you’ve had to make so far?