by Susanne Dwyer | Jan 11, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Consumer, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News |
Though millennials perceive homeownership as a vital component to the American Dream, they are also accepting of the realities of owning a first home, according to a new survey by Better Homes & Gardens magazine. Eighty-five percent of the first-time millennial...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jan 10, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
Appraisers and homeowners are less eye-to-eye on home value for the first time in six months, with the gap between their opinions widening in December to 1.33 percent, according to Quicken Loans’ National Home Price Perception Index (HPPI). The difference in...
by Susanne Dwyer | Dec 19, 2016 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
A new program offered by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will provide delinquent borrowers relief through a 20 percent mortgage payment reduction, the enterprises recently announced. The program, the Flex Modification, available by or on Oct. 1, 2017, is open to borrowers...
by Susanne Dwyer | Dec 14, 2016 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Trending |
Enthusiasm among homebuyers has slipped in light of lacking affordability and steadily rising mortgage rates, a disposition expected to give way to a modest gain in existing-home sales in 2017, according to the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) fourth quarter...
by Susanne Dwyer | Nov 30, 2016 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Trending |
Pending home sales tiptoed up a scant 0.1 percent in October, according to the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), continuing a two-month streak of gains that now land NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) at 110.0, or 1.8 percent higher than last October. “Most...
by Susanne Dwyer | Nov 15, 2016 | Advice, Buying/Selling, Buying/Selling, Home Spun Wisdom, Latest News, News |
If you are like so many homeowners today, you are not living in your “forever home” right at the moment. Rather, the home you currently reside in is a stepping stone to get you that much closer to your dream house. It is likely you are always keeping one eye on your...