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Rising Mortgage Rates, Home Prices a Lethal Brew
Still, rising rates could not come at a worse time for the housing recovery. Home prices rose over ten percent in March, according to the latest surveys from SP/Case-Shiller. Every one percentage point rise in mortgage rates reduces the average … Continue reading
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Tagged 30 Year Fixed Mortgage, Association Of Realtors, Borrowers, Burbank Ca, Cnbc, David Fogg, Diana Olick, Facebook, First Time Home, First Time Home Buyers, Home Buyer, Landlords, Maximum Purchase Price, Mortgage Rates, National Association Of Realtors, Norms, Percentage Point, Real Estate Agent, Time Home Buyers, Year Fixed Mortgage
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Record High New Home Prices Have Room to Grow
Supplies of new and existing homes are at levels not seen since the frenzy of the last housing boom. The phenomenon is national and not just relegated to the former boom markets. April listings were down 41 percent from a … Continue reading
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Tagged Affordability, Cnbc, Diana Olick, Facebook, Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve Chairman, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Frenzy, Home Buyer, Houses For Sale, Housing Boom, Interest Rates, Jane Fairweather, Labor Shortages, Mortgage Rates, Percentage Points, Phenomenon, Purchasing Power, Realtor, Waterstone Mortgage
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Housing Recovery to Face Test as Builders Report
Lack of land, labor and credit are all standing in the way of increasing home buyer demand, and leaving many of the small and mid-sized builders frustrated as their costs soar. They simply don’t have the access to cash that … Continue reading
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Tagged Buyer Demand, Cash Investors, D R Horton, Dramatic Growth, Existing Home, First Time Buyer, First Time Home, First Time Home Buyers, Home Buyer, Material Prices, Mcgrath, Mkm Partners, Nvr, Pulte, Realogy, Richard Smith, Ryland, Stiff Competition, Time Home Buyers, Weather
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Election and Housing: Is Your Home’s Value Better Off?
Are we better off today than we were four years ago? That is the constant question on the eve of yet another tight presidential race. From the perspective of home prices, the answer is, as always, it depends on where … Continue reading
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Tagged 2000s, Bump, Bush, Composites, Digits, Eve, Home Buyer, Home Values, Incumbent President, Inflation, Largest Cities, Lost, Obama, Perspective, Price Indices, S David, Second Term, Tax Credit, Tight Presidential Race
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Home Builders Need Mortgage Bankers to Keep Recovery Alive
A jump in signed contracts to buy newly built homes in September brought volumes to the highest level since April of 2010, when the home buyer tax credit temporarily infused the housing market. The median price of a newly built … Continue reading
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Tagged Consumer Protection, Distressed Properties, Exclamation Point, Federal Reserve, Fine Balance, Home Builders, Home Buyer, Housing Market, Infusion, Lenders, Median Price, Mortgage Applications, Mortgage Backed Securities, Mortgage Bankers Association, Mortgage Market, Mortgage Rates, Murmurs, Refinances, Tax Credit, Uncertainty
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Home Sales on Track to Hit 5-Year High
Sales of existing single family homes and condominiums beat expectations for August, rising to the highest level since May of 2010, when the government’s home buyer tax credit juiced sales temporarily. This time it could be argued that the government … Continue reading
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Tagged 30mm, Association Of Realtors, Borrowers, Chief Economist, Condominiums, Economist Lawrence, Frictions, Home Buyer, Housing Market, Housing Starts, Low Mortgage, Lows, Miller Tabak, Mortgage Applications, Mortgage Bankers Association, Mortgage Rates, National Association Of Realtors, Single Family, Stimulus, Tax Credit
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Home Prices Are Not Rebounding as Fast as You Think
Home prices are rising faster than expected so far this year, or are they? Prices nationwide in July rose 3.8 percent year-over-year, according to the latest reading from CoreLogic. This includes prices of distressed properties and is the biggest annual … Continue reading
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Tagged Association Of Realtors, Bank Owned Reo, Borrowers, Chief Economist, Corelogic, Distressed Properties, Expectation, First Time Home, First Time Home Buyers, Hangover, Home Buyer, Homes For Sale, Housing Market, Mark Fleming, Median Price, National Association Of Realtors, Stimulus, Tax Credit, Time Home Buyers, Trajectory
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Pending Home Sales Beat Expectations in July
Despite expectations of a drop-off in home sales this fall, a forward-looking indicator shows a growing number of buyers are jumping back into the housing market. The National Association of Realtors’ Pending Home Sales Index rose 2.4 percent in July … Continue reading
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Tagged Association Of Realtors, Chief Economist, Contract Activity, Contracts, Diana Olick, Economist Lawrence, Existing Home Sales, Foreclosures, Home Buyer, Home Purchases, Housing Market, Million Dollar Homes, Mortgages, National Association Of Realtors, Pending Home Sales Index, Phoenix Ariz, Single Family, Tax Credit, Vacation Home, Worth Investors
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Why Rise in Home Prices May Not Mean Much—Yet
Average home prices through May increased for the second month in a row, according to the latest SP/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, which measure both the top ten and top twenty housing markets in the US. Prices are still down from … Continue reading
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Tagged Collapse, Composites, Distressed Properties, Foreclosed Properties, Foreclosure, Foreclosures, Havoc, Home Buyer, Housing Prices, Improvements, Investor Demand, Investors, Last Spring, Phoenix, Price Gains, Price Indices, S David, Seasonality, Tax Credit
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Foreclosure Spike Is Positive Sign For Housing
After months of declines, the foreclosure numbers are going up again. Foreclosure starts, the first phase of the process, rose 9 percent in May month-to-month, the first increase in over two years, according to a new report from RealtyTrac. Bad … Continue reading
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Tagged Backdrop, Chief Economist, Corelogic, Declines, Delinquent Loans, Distressed Properties, Downward Pressure, First Three Months, Foreclosure Sales, Home Buyer, House Prices, Housing Market, Hungry Pack, Investor Demand, Mark Fleming, Pack Of Wolves, Pre Foreclosure, Supply Numbers, Waiting In The Wings, Wolves
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