5/23/2012 6:33:00 AM
Home Affordability Rises for Buyers
Affordability Reaches All-Time High Again: NAHB/Wells 05/22/2012 By: Esther Cho With low rates and low prices, homeowner affordability continues to hit record levels, reaching another high during the first quarter of 2012, according to the National Association ...
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5/3/2012 2:08:00 PM
Phoenix leads the Way!
Phoenix Finds Its Way Out of the Downturn: A Model for Recovery 05/02/2012 By: Carrie Bay The Arizona capital of Phoenix was one of the hardest hit markets by the housing crisis, with home values plunging nearly 60 percent from 2006 through mid-2011 and foreclosure ...
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4/26/2012 10:26:00 AM
Pending Home Sales increase for March
Pending Sales of U.S. Existing Homes Increased 4.1% in March By Lorraine Woellert - Apr 26, 2012 11:34 AM ET Signed contracts to buy U.S. homes rose more than forecast in March as low interest rates drew buyers back into the market. The index of pending home ...
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4/20/2012 1:08:00 PM
National Association of Realtors offers opinion of home sales slowdown
Economists Respond to March's Fall in Existing Home Sales 04/19/2012 By: Esther Cho The National Association of Realtors ( NAR ) reported Thursday that existing home sales decreased 2.6 percent, in March, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.48 million ...
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4/10/2012 11:07:00 AM
Short Sale Speedup
BofA Makes Changes to Trim Short Sale Timeline 04/09/2012 By: Carrie Bay Bank of America is making changes to its short sale procedures and introducing an improved task flow within the short sale technology module from Equator , BofA’s short sale management ...
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4/9/2012 2:03:00 PM
Mortgage Loans Increase as Credit Scores Rise
Credit Scores Rising, LTVs Dropping on New Mortgages: Report 04/06/2012 By: Carrie Bay Mortgage lenders remain cautious in terms of credit quality, down payments, and valuations, as evidenced by the findings outlined in the new Origination Insight Report generated ...
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4/3/2012 10:06:00 AM
Were Springing Forward in Outlook
Spring Outlook: Reports From the Field Suggest Better Days Ahead 04/02/2012 By: Carrie Bay Despite the fact that key market indicators released in recent weeks have shown declines in home sales, anecdotal reports from real estate agents in the field suggest ...
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4/2/2012 8:21:00 AM
Consumer Spending on the Rise
Spending Growth Outpaces Income in February, Savings Rate Declines 03/30/2012 By: Mark Lieberman, Five Star Institute Economist Consumer spending grew 0.8 percent in February, the Bureau of Economic Analysis ( BEA ) reported Friday, fueling expectations for ...
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3/29/2012 1:02:00 PM
2013 Home Prices to Increase
Experts Expect to See Broad Improvements, Home Prices to Rise in 2013 03/28/2012 By: Esther Cho The Urban Land Institute released its Real Estate Consensus Forecast Wednesday morning, and overall, the 38 real estate economists and analysts surveyed projected ...
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3/19/2012 9:48:00 AM
Sales in California on the Rise
Sales in California Up in February, Median Prices Down 03/16/2012 By: Esther Cho Home sales in California showed signs of improvement for February compared to the previous month of January and year before in February 2011, according to data from the California ...
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