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In July of this year, the shadow inventory of U.S. homes declined by 10.2% to 2.3 million units, from 2.6…
House flipping’s status as an aspirational American pastime took some hits during the recession but, like disco or SUVs, it…
Freddie Mac said today that mortgage rates fell to record lows for the second week in a row. The 30-year…
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly report on mortgage applications this morning, noting an increase of 16.6% in…
Real estate web site Zillow Inc. (NASDAQ: Z) revealed today that it received a letter from the SEC asking the…
The U.S. Census Bureau reported this morning that construction spending in August fell by 0.6% to an estimated seasonally adjusted…
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) this morning released its data on pending home sales in August. The index fell…
We recently became worried about the future dividends of the high-yielding mortgage REIT sector due to QE3’s focus being on $40…
The U.S. Census Bureau this morning released data on new single-family home sales for August. Economists had been expecting a…
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly report on mortgage applications this morning, noting an increase of 2.8% in…
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) reported this morning that U.S. home prices rose 0.2% month-over-month in July, following a…
The S&P/Case-Shiller home price index for July rose sharply again compared with the June index, and house prices were higher…
Lennar Corp. (NYSE: LEN) this morning reported fiscal third-quarter 2012 earnings per share (EPS) of $0.40 on revenue of $1.1…
The advantages of small-town living are well known to Americans — and not just because of Norman Rockwellesque clichés about values,…
KB Home (NYSE: KBH) this morning reported fiscal third-quarter 2013 earnings per share (EPS) of $0.04 on revenue of $424.5…
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