by Beth McGuire | Jul 29, 2011 | Best Practices, For Your Clients, Marketing, News |
RISMEDIA, August 1, 2011—The remodeling market slipped under pressure from a sluggish economy according to the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) Remodeling Market Index (RMI), which dipped during the second quarter to 43.9 from the first quarter...
by Beth McGuire | Jul 29, 2011 | For Your Clients, Marketing, News |
RISMEDIA, August 1, 2011—Foreclosure activity decreased in 85 percent of the nation’s metropolitan areas in the first half of the year and all top 10 metro areas with the highest foreclosure rates posted decreasing foreclosure activity. RealtyTrac’s Midyear...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jul 28, 2011 | Best Practices, Marketing, News |
RISMEDIA, July 29, 2011—(MCT)—Home prices in major U.S. cities increased in May for the second consecutive month, according to a closely watched index, although experts dismissed the uptick as seasonal while separate reports provided fresh evidence of a weak housing...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jul 28, 2011 | Best Practices, Marketing, News |
RISMEDIA, July 29, 2011— The Federal Housing Finance Agency recently reported that the National Average Contract Mortgage Rate for the Purchase of Previously Occupied Homes by Combined Lenders, used as an index in some ARM contracts, was 4.62 percent based on loans...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jul 28, 2011 | Best Practices, For Your Clients, Marketing, News |
RISMEDIA, July 29, 2011—Prices of “normal” homes—those that aren’t foreclosures or short sales—are stabilizing and the numbers of future foreclosures are falling. That “sliver of good news for consumer spending” was included in CoreLogic’s July report on housing and...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jul 27, 2011 | Best Practices, Marketing, News |
RISMEDIA, July 28, 2011—Data through May 2011, released recently by S&P Indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, showed a second consecutive month of increase in prices for the 10- and 20-City Composites....