by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 21, 2018 | Buying/Selling, House Canary, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News |
Existing-home sales came up short in January, at their lowest in more than three years, the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) reports. Sales decreased 3.2 percent to 5.38 million, a 4.8 percent decrease from one year prior. Inventory, however, increased 4.1...
by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 21, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is affecting the housing outlook, according to new research. Approximately two-fifths (41 percent) of experts in Zillow’s 2018 Q1 Home Price Expectations Survey have a less optimistic outlook as a result of the reform; 31 percent,...
by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 21, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Consumer, Home Spun Wisdom, Latest News, News |
(TNS)—World events are conspiring to make it more expensive for you to borrow money to buy a house. Mortgage rates have increased for five consecutive weeks, according to Bankrate data, bringing interest on a 30-year fixed rate loan to 4.44 percent—the highest level...
by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 20, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News |
Buyer demand is highest for starter supply—and entry-level homes are appreciating faster than others as a result, according to an analysis by Zillow. “When the housing market crashed, owners of the least valuable homes were especially hard hit and lost more home...
by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 18, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News |
Home-building activity blew by expectations in January, with housing starts up 9.7 percent to a rate of 1,326,000, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Single-family housing starts...
by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 17, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
The average 30-year, fixed mortgage rate is rising swiftly, at 4.38 percent this week, according to Freddie Mac’s recently released Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®). The average 30-year, fixed mortgage rate was 4.32 percent last week. Concurrently, the...