The pace of housing starts in December offered a “solid ending to 2012 and a promising start to 2013,” according to the National Association of Home Builders.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released new guidelines for mortgage servicers on Thursday that set out to help protect home owners who may be facing foreclosure.
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The founder of a Dallas-based nonprofit real estate group is trying to push for a “syndication bill of rights” that aims to establish an industry standard for how listings are displayed on real estate portal Web sites.
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The 30-year mortgage rate, the most popular choice among home buyers, remains close to its all-time low set in November 2012.
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Realtor.com studied the top ZIP code searches at its site to determine which neighborhoods are the most-searched and hottest places to live in America. See which places made the list.
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The number of households increased 1.1 million in 2011 and nearly 1.2 million last year, underpinned by gradual labor market gains and steady economic improvement.
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