Existing-home sales rose in May to their highest pace in nearly six years, largely attributed to a big rise in the number of first-time home buyers.
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New-home construction may finally be on the mend: Housing permits, a gauge of future homebuilding activity, are at a post-crisis high.
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“Foot traffic continues to signal a positive summer trend for home sales,” according to NAR researchers.
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Every state has at least one town with a median household income thousands of dollars higher than the state’s median income. Find out your state’s wealthiest.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is investigating Bankrate.com’s mortgage rate comparison tool, an investigation that could prove alarming to other websites who also offer mortgage rate trackers.
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The Ben Kinney family of companies will soon become owners of ActiveRain, promising big things to come for the large blogging platform for the real estate industry.
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