Low inventories of homes for-sale threatens to dampen the spring selling season this year.
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Despite another uptick this week, fixed-rate mortgage continue to hover near May 2013 lows.
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Lawmakers in several states are moving to try to make construction-defect laws more stringent, which could make litigation more difficult for home owners who want to sue home builders over flaws.
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The median size of a completed new home last year reached a record high, but will the supersize trend stick around?
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A strengthening employment sector and rising income growth should soon translate into higher home sales, predicts Fannie Mae economists.
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REALTORS® made a forceful case yesterday to lawmakers in Congress to curb so-called patent trolls—companies that use the threat of patent litigation to extort licensing fees from unsuspecting end-users.
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