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ThinkstockRealtyTrac produced more evidence that the housing market is in an impressive recovery. Unfortunately, the trend has left several states…
ThinkstockThe Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly report on mortgage applications Wednesday morning, noting a decline of 13.5% in…
ThinkstockThe number of U.S. homeowners who owe more on their mortgages than their houses are worth fell to 7.1 million…
ThinkstockWhen the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) issued its weekly purchase applications report on Wednesday, the group noted without comment that…
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly report on mortgage applications this morning, noting a rise of 1.3% in…
ThinkstockAs many as 40% of the homes sold in the U.S. in July were purchased in cash, up from 31%…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Census Bureau reported this morning that construction spending in July increased by 0.6%, to an estimated seasonally adjusted…
ThinkstockSince hitting a five-year peak in mid-May of this year, shares of homebuilders’ stocks have dropped between 15% to 33%.…
ThinkstockIn its weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey, home lending giant Freddie Mac reported that mortgage rates for fixed-rate loans have…
ThinkstockIn the month of July, 49,000 U.S. home foreclosures were completed, down from a revised total of 53,000 in June…
ThinkstockFor the month of July, U.S. home sales reached an annualized rate of 5.5 million, up 4% from June and…
ThinkstockExperts call it negative equity. To the general public, the term is underwater mortgages. Regardless of what it is called,…
ThinkstockThe National Association of Realtors (NAR) this morning released its data on pending sales of existing homes in July. The…
ThinkstockThe Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly report on mortgage applications this morning, noting a drop of 2.5% in…
ThinkstockThe S&P/Case-Shiller home price index for June posted another month of solid gains, but not on the same pace as…
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