by Susanne Dwyer | Jun 26, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News, Trending |
Listing inventory is taking a critical hit, with 9 percent fewer for-sale homes on the market now than one year ago, a slump not seen in four years, according to the May Zillow® Real Estate Market Reports. The Columbus, Ohio, San Jose, Calif., and Minneapolis, Minn.,...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jun 25, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
New-home sales reversed course in May, with sales of new, single-family homes up 2.9 percent to 610,000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The average new-home sales price was $406,400, while the median was...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jun 24, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, News |
Sixty percent of consumers recently surveyed by the American Bankers Association (ABA) prefer to apply for a mortgage in person, despite the existence of technology that eliminates the need for human interaction. Just 17 percent prefer to apply for a mortgage online....
by Susanne Dwyer | Jun 22, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
Mortgage rates on average clicked down this week, continuing steady at low levels, according to Freddie Mac’s recently released Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®). The 30-year, fixed mortgage rate was 3.90 percent, on average, while the 15-year, fixed rate...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jun 21, 2017 | Buying/Selling, House Canary, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News |
Existing-home sales bloomed in May after a rainy April, with the median days on market at a new low and the median sales price at a new high, the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) reports. Existing-home sales totaled 5.62 million, a 1.1 percent increase from...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jun 19, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Consumer, House Canary, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News |
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