News & Commentary: Daily News Articles
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05/03/2013
Fixed-rate mortgages pushed lower for the fifth-consecutive week, helping to drive the housing recovery further, Freddie Mac reports.
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05/03/2013
More investors are rehabilitating homes and looking to sell them for profit. They can expect some of the biggest returns in these metro areas.
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05/03/2013
Move Inc., the operators of realtor.com, announced that it has acquired Doorsteps, a Web site aimed at better connecting buyers, agents, lenders, and service providers for a transaction.
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05/03/2013
New research shows that home buyers are willing to pay a premium to live near open, undeveloped tracts.
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05/02/2013
With the housing rebound in full swing, “pocket listings” are growing in many parts of the country, but this development has raised questions over its ethics among some in the industry.
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05/02/2013
Home prices are rising at the fastest rate in years, with some areas even seeing double-digit increases in values. Housing experts say it comes down to a supply issue.
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05/02/2013
Mortgage applications climbed 2 percent last week as several key interest rates dropped, the Mortgage Bankers Association reports.
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05/02/2013
Blackstone Group, the nation’s largest private real estate owner, has bought up 24,000 homes across the country in just one year. And the company has recently turned its attention to the Sunshine State.
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05/02/2013
Nearly 40 percent of smart phone users don’t take basic security measures such as installing a password on their phone, according to a large-scale Consumer Reports study.
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05/02/2013
The vacation housing market is looking bright these days in part because of favorable economic conditions, but second-home sellers attribute the increase to strategic marketing as well.
