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03/25/2013

Some of the markets seeing the largest increases in asking prices are also the markets seeing some of the largest declines in inventories. 

03/25/2013

Some home owners who are waiting around for prices to increase may be doing themselves a disservice. 

03/25/2013

There’s no question that the housing market is well along the road to recovery. Sales are going up, prices are increasing, and that’s good news for all of us. But for some folks, the nightmare is not even close to over yet. Instead, an estimat

03/22/2013

Mortgage rates moved lower this week, just in time for the spring home buying season, Freddie Mac reports. 

03/22/2013

An index reflecting improving housing markets now contains more than 75 percent of the 361 metros it covers. 

03/22/2013

Home values maintained their upward trajectory in February after climbing for the 16th straight month, according to Zillow’s Home Value Index. The index registered a national value of $158,100 last month, which represents a slight 0.1 percent incre

03/22/2013

Existing-home sales rose 0.8 percent in February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.98 million, the National Association of Realtors reported Thursday. Economists had expected the sales pace to climb to 5.01 million from January’s originally

03/22/2013

The Federal Reserve announced it will continue to hold down short-term interest rates for now, despite recent improvements with job growth. 

03/22/2013

“With the spring home-buying season upon us, the recent highs in the stock market are a welcome signal of better times ahead,” says Freddie Mac’s chief economist. 

03/22/2013

03/22/2013

February existing-home sales and prices affirm a healthy recovery is underway in the housing sector, according to NAR.

03/21/2013

The time properties stay in distress before going to sale has increased nearly five fold since 2003 in non-judicial states, according to CoreLogic’s March MarketPulse report. The data provider tracked months in distress from 2003 to 2012 and found t