by Beth McGuire | Feb 12, 2017 | Consumer, Home Spun Wisdom, Latest News, News |
(TNS)—Have you done your taxes yet? Your W-2s or 1099s probably have started to trickle in with the mail over the past few weeks. You might also be in the process of gathering the right receipts and pertinent statements. Before you sign an IRS tax return and send it...
by Beth McGuire | Feb 12, 2017 | Industry News |
Quicken Loans has promoted president and CMO Jay Farner to the position of CEO, the company recently announced. Bill Emerson, CEO prior to Farner’s appointment, has been promoted to vice chairman of Quicken Loans parent company Rock Holdings. Chief Economist Bob...
by Beth McGuire | Feb 12, 2017 | Industry News |
Fifty-nine million Americans are “considering” buying a home in 2017, especially Generation X and minority homebuyers, according to a recent report by Bankrate.com. Sixteen million Americans are “very likely” to buy. Roughly 40 percent of...
by Beth McGuire | Feb 12, 2017 | Industry News |
Single millennial homebuyers are utilizing FHA financing more so than their married counterparts, with 41 percent of single millennial females and 38 percent of single millennial males obtaining an FHA loan in December 2016, according to Ellie Mae’s latest...
by Beth McGuire | Feb 10, 2017 | Latest News, Lead Story, Luxury, News |
Eight years after the housing bubble, homebuyers are still exercising caution. This is particularly seen in the luxury real estate market, which ended 2016 on a slow note. A combination of oversupply and rising housing costs in cities like San Francisco and New York...