by Susanne Dwyer | Mar 1, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Consumer, Latest News, Lead Story, News, Trending |
Generational shifts are set to give rise to more investment in remodeling, as baby boomer homeowners adopt accessible living, Gen Xer homeowners complete put-off projects and millennials become homeowners, according to a recently released report by the Harvard...
by Susanne Dwyer | Mar 1, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
Mortgage interest rates for conventional purchase loans rose from December 2016 to January 2017, with the National Average Contract Mortgage Rates for the Purchase of Previously Occupied Homes by Combined Lenders Index at 4.22 percent—a 22-point increase, the Federal...
by Suzanne De Vita | Feb 28, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Trending |
Home prices in the U.S. hiked to their highest level in more than two years in December, posting a 5.8 percent annual gain, according to the recently released S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index. Their pace, though substantial, is not...
by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 28, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
The cards are stacked against millennial homebuyers—and the deck is high in the country’s most coveted markets. A new report by Bankrate.com identifies the states where affordability, credit accessibility, employment, the homeownership rate and supply pose...
by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 27, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, Lead Story, News, Trending |
Homebuyers are concerned about the effect rising interest rates have on their ability to afford a home, but not enough to spoil their plans, according to a recent survey issued by Zillow Group Mortgages. Eighty-three percent of homebuyers who plan to purchase a home...
by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 27, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News, Trending |
Pending home sales faltered in January to a 12-month low, despite a simultaneous shoot-up in existing-home sales, according to the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR). NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) declined 2.8 percent to 106.4, with the PHSI sinking...