Daily Real Estate News 8.26.2014

Unexpected Drop in New-Home Sales Sales of newly built single-family homes dipped 2.4 percent in July, catching many housing analysts off guard. ___________________________________________________________________________________ HARP Is ‘Not a Scam,’ FHFA Director...

Daily Real Estate News 8.25.2014

3 Reasons Mortgage Demand Is Dropping Fixed-rate mortgages sank to the lowest average of the year last week. Why aren’t more home buyers taking advantage of the cheaper borrowing costs?...

Daily Real Estate News 8.22.2014

Strengthening Job Market, Rising Inventories Lift Home Sales Will the building momentum in existing-home sales stick for the rest of the year? NAR’s chief economist weighs in. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Mortgage...

Daily Real Estate News 8.21.2014

Singles: Why We’re Buying Now As single home buyers are expected to be a greater force in the market, a new Century 21 survey of single home owners reveals the top three reasons why they decided to buy....

Daily Real Estate News 8.20.2014

Homebuilders Pick Up Pace to Meet Shortages, Demand Construction of single-family and multifamily homes surged to the highest level since November, with housing permits showing a healthy gain that will lift homebuilding activity in the future too....