WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of existing homes up 0.7% in December, pushing 2020 sales pace to a level not seen in 14 years.

BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts residential real estate market is flourishing as single-family and condo sale prices soar amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report by The Warren Group....

BALTIMORE (AP) — US home sales jump 20.7% in rebound from 3-month slump, but shortage of properties for sale could hinder further gains.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of existing homes plunge 17.8% in April to 4.33 million rate, slowest since 2011.

WASHINGTON (AP) — US home sales jumped in February to 13-year high, before viral outbreak began to slow purchases.

WASHINGTON (AP) — US sales of newly built homes fell 0.4% in December, but 2019 was strongest year for sales since 2006.

WASHINGTON (AP) — US home sales soared 3.8% in December, but fast-rising prices are creating affordability risks.

WASHINGTON (AP) — US home building fell 9.4% in September as apartment construction plummeted.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Justice Department is looking into a Missouri class-action lawsuit accusing national real estate brokers of conspiring to charge excessive fees.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The real estate firm owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate is now the nation's largest.

HomeServices of America said Wednesday that it ranked first...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A Maine realtors' group says the state set records for sales of existing single-family homes last year.

The Maine Association of Realtors says more than 17,800 homes changed hands in 2018, representing an increase of more than 1.3 percent from the previous year. Prices also increased 7.5 percent to a statewide median sales price of $215,000.

HONOLULU (AP) — Oahu's residential real estate sales softened last month amid increased inventory and rising interest rates, according to recent figures.

The median price for a single-family home rose more than 6 percent from October 2017 with half of the homes selling for above $800,000 and half for below, according to a report released Tuesday by the Honolulu Board of Realtors.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A consultant has admitted taking part in a scheme to rig a New York election to get approval for lucrative residential real estate projects.

U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman announced Tuesday that Volvy Smilowitz has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to corrupt the electoral process in Bloomingburg, New York.

The prosecution stemmed from a March 2014 election for the office of mayor and other positions in the Sullivan County village of about 420 residents.

DALLAS (AP) — The Ebby Halliday (HAL'-uh-day) Companies, touted as the largest independently owned residential real estate company in Texas , has been sold to HomeServices of America.

Minneapolis-based HomeServices announced the agreement Monday. Terms were not released.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho officials are extending the contract of a financial adviser assisting with reinvesting millions from the sale of commercial and residential real estate.

The Idaho Land Board retained Callan LLC through June 2019 for $150,000 annually.

"They've got a lot of institutional knowledge on what we're doing and so to change contractors now I think would be a mistake," said Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter.

ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — New York investors have plans to renovate student housing properties near Eastern New Mexico University's campuses in Roswell and Portales as part of an effort to increase occupancy rates and boost residential real estate markets in the two communities.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Two real estate developers will be calling prison their home after a scheme to pay bribes to falsely register voters and install development-friendly officials in a New York village.

Authorities say Shalom Lamm and Kenneth Nakdimen worked to corrupt the electoral process in Bloomingburg, New York.

Acting U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim says Lamm got a 10-month sentence on Thursday. He says Nakdimen was sentenced in September to six months in prison.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A new report says two Florida housing markets are in the top 10 for where future homebuyers are likely to make purchases.

The report released last week by real estate data firm Attom Data Solutions said that Tampa-St. Petersburg and the Jacksonville were two of the top 10 housing markets where future homebuyers are likely to move into during the third-quarter of this year.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A new report says two Florida housing markets are in the top 10 for where future homebuyers are likely to make purchases.

The report released last week by real estate data firm Attom Data Solutions said that Tampa-St. Petersburg and the Jacksonville were two of the top 10 housing markets where future homebuyers are likely to move into during the third-quarter of this year.

Shares in Redfin Corp. soared in their stock market debut Friday as investors bet on the residential real estate brokerage's growth prospects despite a U.S. housing market that's been hampered by a worsening shortage of properties for sale.

The stock climbed $6.70, or 44.7 percent, to close at $21.70. The gain came against a backdrop of mostly sluggish trading on Wall Street. The major U.S. stock indexes ended mostly lower.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho officials have decided to continue buying timberland and farmland to generate revenue for public schools following a financial consultant's review of the state's reinvestment plan for money coming from the sale of commercial and residential real estate.

The Idaho Land Board voted 4-0 Tuesday to approve the plan with a few modifications as it seeks to generate money from the state's 2.4 million acres of endowment lands.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A financial stability watchdog in the European Union has warned eight countries about risks in their residential real estate markets, including rising levels of mortgage debt or overheated house prices.

The European Systemic Risk Board issued the warnings to Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — The man who turned Reebok into an international athletic footwear and apparel giant is selling his Massachusetts home for $90 million.

Real estate experts say the asking price for Paul Fireman's nearly 14-acre estate in the Boston suburb of Brookline could make it the most expensive residential real estate transaction in state history.