Tag Archives: Households

Renter Nation Rages On

The supply of empty homes for rent is falling, and the nation’s homeownership rate is hovering near a fifteen year low. How can that be when the housing market is finally turning around and more homes are selling? The answer … Continue reading

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New Homes.org Real Estate Report Released – Denver Home Sales

Find Homes More at Homes.org (PRWEB) May 21, 2012 The newest real estate report from Homes.org details the current trends and activity in the Denver real estate market during April 2012. Using the most recent sales data, the Homes.org report … Continue reading

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Despite High Affordability, Renter Nation Reigns

More Americans are renting homes, and fewer are owning them; it’s not as if this is news to anyone who follows the U.S. housing market, but a new report from the Census Bureau today really put an historical exclamation point … Continue reading

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Foreclosures on the Rise Again

After a year-long reprieve from rising foreclosures, the numbers are going up again. One in every 624 U.S. households received a foreclosure filing in January, up 3 percent from the previous month, according to a new report from RealtyTrac.  Foreclosure … Continue reading

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The Denver Post

The Denver Post’s reporters and editors offer news, analysis and commentary on the latest business, real estate, tourism, gambling and technology news in Colorado. Colorado mortgage foreclosures dropped 20 percent in November compared with October, and 24 percent when compared … Continue reading

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Colorado adds 8800 jobs in October

The Denver Post’s reporters and editors offer news, analysis and commentary on the latest business, real estate, tourism, gambling and technology news in Colorado. Colorado’s unemployment rate dropped to 8.1 percent in October from 8.3 percent a month earlier, according … Continue reading

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Half of US Mortgages Are Effectively Underwater

still-falling home prices today highlights the fact that the lower those prices go, the more American borrowers fall into an negative equity position; that is, they owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth. Most analysts will tell … Continue reading

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Record Low Mortgage Rates Don’t Matter

Mortgage rates hit yet another record low this week, 4.09 percent on the 30-year fixed, according to Freddie Mac. This will only fuel President Obama’s recent proposal to refinance more Americans into these lower market rates. Government-run Freddie Mac seems … Continue reading

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The Housing Market is Shrinking

The foreclosure headlines today are that one third of all home sales in Q2 were of distressed properties (foreclosures and short sales), according to a new report from online foreclosure sale and data site RealtyTrac. The discount on those homes … Continue reading

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Government Mortgage Bailout Numbers Still Weak

The US Treasury just released its latest “scorecard” on the state of the government’s housing bailout. The numbers are still weak, compared to the overall picture. In May, 32,398 borrowers got permanent modifications, bringing the total to 731,451, but nearly … Continue reading

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