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Mortgage rates dip from last week

Mortgages rates slipped this week, even as the SP 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial hovered around record highs. The reported decline comes just a day after a Federal Reserve official said that the Fed could begin to wind down its stimulus … Continue reading

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Trulia: Owning Costs 44% Less than Renting

Home price gains may be outpacing increases in rent, but the cost of being a homeowner is still much less than that of a renter, according to Trulia’s Winter 2013 Rent vs. Buy report. After factoring all cost components including transaction costs, … Continue reading

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Trulia’s new ‘Real Estate Lab’ adds ‘color’ to data

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Rent Spikes Begin to Ease

Recent reports have shown home prices rising, especially in the housing markets which were hardest hit in the crash. Investors, buying in bulk, have been swarming these distressed markets, seeking to take advantage of a thriving new single family rental … Continue reading

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Some US metros ‘in the clear’ of housing crisis

David Zalubowski / AP Denver recorded a 7.2 percent asking-price increase year-over-year in June, according to the website’s own pricing metrics. Nearly 30 cities have been designated “in the clear” of the housing downtown, according to a report today by Trulia, … Continue reading

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Home Prices See Gains, But That’s Not the Whole Story

It is not exactly a trend, but for the second-straight month, U.S. home prices saw year-over-year gains. Including distressed sales (foreclosures and short sales), prices rose 1.1 percent in April, according to a new report from analytics firm CoreLogic. Excluding … Continue reading

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Jobs Report Signals More Trouble for Housing

weaker-than expected jobs report for May doesn’t bode well for the overall economy, but for housing it is far more foreboding. From construction, to local economies, even to age segments, the numbers are going in the wrong direction. “The May … Continue reading

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How Housing Plays Politics in 2012

Housing may have been the catalyst for the Great Recession, but it is not number one on America’s fix-it list for our next President. Fixing the economy should come before housing policy, according to a new survey by real estate … Continue reading

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