Tuesday
June 18, 2013

News & Commentary: Daily News Articles

  • 06/11/2012
    The Federal Housing Administration announced it will begin selling off distressed mortgages in bulk, which may help prevent foreclosures for thousands of home owners.
  • 06/11/2012
    A new report identifies housing markets that have the largest share of first-time home buyers with FHA-backed mortgages. 
  • 06/11/2012
    Fixed-rate mortgages have been at all-time lows for nearly six weeks, increasing home buyers’ purchasing power. But new reports show that many home buyers aren’t qualifying for the low rates. 
  • 06/11/2012
    The franchise giant, which operates such real estate brands as Century 21 and Coldwell Banker, hopes that the IPO will help it erase some of its $7.23 billion debt.  
  • 06/11/2012
    LinkedIn Corp. is reassuring its customers that their data is safe, following a security breach that exposed about 6.5 million of its members’ passwords.
  • 06/11/2012
    Various small businesses that drive the country's housing market report signs that the industry may be making a real and sustained comeback. 
  • 06/08/2012
    Most Americans are predicting housing prices to rise in the next year by the highest amount ever recorded in Fannie Mae’s National Housing Survey.
  • 06/08/2012
    For the sixth-consecutive week, average fixed-rate mortgages set new all-time lows. 
  • 06/08/2012
    Americans’ enthusiasm for home ownership hasn’t lessened, according to a new study. Three-quarters of non-home owners say owning a house is a major life goal.
  • 06/08/2012
    Many home buyers continue to be kept on the sidelines, despite record high housing affordability, because of the difficulty in obtaining a mortgage nowadays, the Fed chairman told a Congressional committee Thursday.