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Mortgage Delinquencies, Foreclosures Fell in March

Posted: May 6, 2013 at 10:00 am

The latest data from Lender Processing Services Inc. (NYSE: LPS) shows that the total U.S. mortgage loan delinquency rate has fallen from 6.8% in February to 6.59% in March, and ...
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Is House Flipping Still a Good Idea? RealtyTrac Shows 10% to 60% Gains

Posted: May 2, 2013 at 3:42 pm

The housing market numbers may have recently softened up a tad, but things in the housing market are still much better for those wanting buy and own a home compared the ...
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Freddie Mac: Mortgage Loan Rates Continue to Fall

Posted: May 2, 2013 at 12:20 pm

In its weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey, home lending giant Freddie Mac reported a record-low lending rate for a 15-year fixed-rate mortgage of 2.56%. The firm also noted drops in ...
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construction

March Construction Spending Cools Off

Posted: May 1, 2013 at 10:25 am

The U.S. Census Bureau reported this morning that construction spending in March dropped 1.7% to an estimated seasonally adjusted annual rate of $856.7 billion from a downwardly revised estimate of ...
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Refinancings Rise as Mortgage Loan Rates Track Lower

Posted: May 1, 2013 at 7:20 am

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly report on mortgage applications this morning, noting an increase of 1.8% in the group’s seasonally adjusted composite index following a rise of ...
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Home Foreclosure Decline Continues in March — CoreLogic

Posted: April 30, 2013 at 10:45 am

In the month of Martch, 55,000 U.S. homes were foreclosed, more than a revised total of 52,000 in February and down from 66,000 in March 2012, according to research firm ...
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House Prices Continue Upward Pace

Posted: April 30, 2013 at 9:30 am

The S&P/Case-Shiller home price index for February was higher for the 11th consecutive month. The 20-city composite rose 9.3% year-over-year, more than the consensus estimate for a gain of 9%, ...
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Pending Home Sales Regain Momentum

Posted: April 29, 2013 at 11:45 am

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) this morning released its data on pending sales of existing homes in March. The pending home sales index rose 1.5% from a downwardly revised ...
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New home

The Hottest Housing Markets of 2013

Posted: April 29, 2013 at 6:49 am

After a long and painful downturn in the housing market, home prices are finally beginning to head north. According to Zillow, a real estate listing website, home values rose 5.1% ...
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Mortgage Loan Rates Track Lower as Applications Remain Flat

Posted: April 24, 2013 at 7:20 am

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly report on mortgage applications this morning, noting an increase of 0.2% in the group’s seasonally adjusted composite index, following a rise of ...
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New home

March New Home Sales on the Rise

Posted: April 23, 2013 at 10:30 am

The U.S. Census Bureau this morning released data on new single-family home sales for March. Sales rose 1.5% month-over-month, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 417,000, from an upwardly ...
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FHFA Reports Higher Home Prices in February

Posted: April 23, 2013 at 9:15 am

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) reported this morning that U.S. home prices rose 0.7% month-over-month in February, following the January housing price index gain of 0.6%. For the 12-month ...
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The Most Popular Home Improvements

Posted: April 23, 2013 at 6:49 am

Before making the decision to buy, people shopping for homes must consider hundreds of factors. This includes the location of the house, the school district, the size of the lot ...
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Low Inventories Plague Housing Market

Posted: April 22, 2013 at 10:25 am

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reports that the seasonally adjusted annual rate of existing home sales in March declined 0.6% to 4.92 million from a downwardly revised total of ...
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Owning a Home Still an American Dream

Posted: April 19, 2013 at 6:40 am

Home ownership remains part of the American dream, even for younger adults. This may help drive a recovery of the housing markets, which many analysts believe cannot be sustained long ...
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