ThinkstockThe Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly report on mortgage applications Wednesday morning. It noted a decrease of 3.3% in the group’s seasonally adjusted composite index, following a rise of 4.3% for the…
ThinkstockThe National Association of Realtors (NAR) reports that the seasonally adjusted annual rate of existing home sales in March fell 0.2% to 4.58 million from a total of 4.6 million in February. Sales are…
In a city where the government recently decided to sell homes for as little as $1,000, there is only a single house for sale for more than $1 million. Its address is 97 Winder…
ThinkstockIn another sign that the housing crisis has ended and that home sales and home prices have recovered, people view real estate as the best long-term investment they can have. According to a new…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development reported Wednesday morning that new housing starts in March rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 946,000. That was an increase…
ThinkstockThe Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly report on mortgage applications Wednesday morning, noting an increase of 4.3% in the group’s seasonally adjusted composite index. That followed a drop of 1.6% for the…
ThinkstockThe National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo housing market index for April rose one point to 47 from a reading of 46 in March. The reading was below a consensus forecast of 49…
ThinkstockInternational homebuyers are attracted to the United States for a number of reasons. These include favorable housing prices, good weather, the country’s relative economic stability and an attraction to America in general. As the housing market…
ThinkstockThe Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly report on mortgage applications Wednesday morning, noting a decrease of 1.6% in the group’s seasonally adjusted composite index. That followed a drop of 1.2% for the…
ThinkstockIn the month of February, 43,000 U.S. home foreclosures were completed, down 13.1% month over month and down 15% from 51,000 in February 2013, according to research firm CoreLogic. While an improvement, the number…
ThinkstockThe Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly report on mortgage applications Wednesday morning, noting a decrease of 1.2% in the group’s seasonally adjusted composite index. That followed a drop of 3.5% for the…
ThinkstockCompared with 2013, home prices rose 12.2% in February, marking a 24th consecutive month of year-over-year gains, according to research firm CoreLogic. Home prices in four states — Colorado, Nebraska, North Dakota and Texas…
ThinkstockThe National Association of Realtors (NAR) Thursday morning released its data on pending sales of existing homes in February. The pending home sales index fell 0.8% from a downwardly revised index reading of 94.7…
ThinkstockThe Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly report on mortgage applications Wednesday morning, noting a decrease of 3.5% in the group’s seasonally adjusted composite index. That followed a rise of 0.2% for the…
ThinkstockWith the collapse of the housing market, the argument about renting versus buying a home was reset. Home prices suddenly plunged. For people who kept their jobs through the Great Recession, houses in some…