News & Commentary: Daily News Articles
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06/01/2012
For the fifth week in a row, fixed-rate mortgages reached new all-time lows.
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06/01/2012
Realtor.com releases its rankings from April on the top-searched housing markets. See if your market made the top 10.
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06/01/2012
Forty-seven percent of Generation Yers say they plan to purchase a home within five years or less, a much higher percentage when compared to the overall population.
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06/01/2012
With lending standards extra stringent nowadays, some borrowers applying for a mortgage may be tempted to bend the truth slightly so that they can qualify for a mortgage.
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06/01/2012
Thomas Rouse, a design producer at “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” offers staging ideas for enhancing showings.
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06/01/2012
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPR) is delaying publication of its final “qualified mortgage” rule, which will set standards for lenders to ensure borrowers have the ability to repay mortgage loans they’ve been given.
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06/01/2012
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05/31/2012
More potential buyers say they'd buy a foreclosure, according to a new survey by Realtor.com.
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05/31/2012
When a Walmart comes to town, critics have argued that the big-box discount retailer can lower nearby home values. So researchers decided to put that theory to the test.
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05/31/2012
The number of distressed homes continues to make up a bigger portion of home sales as lenders approve more “aggressively priced short sales” to get properties moving, according to a new report by RealtyTrac.
