News & Commentary: Daily News Articles
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04/26/2013
More Americans are once again on the hunt to snag a home at bargain prices, fix it up, and then try to resell it for a quick profit, new data shows.
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04/26/2013
"The housing market is getting a boost with mortgage rates hovering at or near record lows,” says Freddie Mac’s chief economist.
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04/26/2013
The majority of home owners report know about flood insurance, yet only a small percentage actually add the extra coverage to their standard homeowner’s insurance policy.
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04/26/2013
CoreLogic announced that it has acquired Case-Shiller, which will come with rights to publish the nationally known home price index.
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04/26/2013
Congress should focus on doing no harm to housing and America’s 75 million homeowners by maintaining current tax laws for homeownership and real estate investment, NAR says.
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04/25/2013
Home sales are mostly “stuck” this spring, due to the limited number of homes available to buy, says NAR’s chief economist.
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04/25/2013
A new report finds that borrowers who had their mortgage payments reduced as part of the Home Affordable Modification Program are still failing at an “alarming rate” to stay current on their mortgage.
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04/25/2013
As housing values rise, home-equity loans and lines of credit are staging a comeback, MSN Money reports.
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04/25/2013
Single-family and multi-family housing starts are predicted to post double-digit gains this year over last year, but plenty of obstacles still stand in the way.
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04/25/2013
"[A]fter stabilizing in 2012, both new- and existing-home prices are now accelerating much more rapidly than in the 1990s cycle,” an analyst with Barclays notes.
