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The U.S. Census Bureau has just released its data on the growth in the population of America’s cities and counties. Only one city has grown over 30% over the period measured. It is a city known...
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Applications for new mortgage loans dropped again last week as interest rates moved slightly higher. The decline was driven by fewer refinancings.
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Mortgage rates rose last week but the increase amounted only to about a tenth of a point. The squelched the uptick in refinancings reported in the prior week.
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Mortgage delinquency and foreclosure rates have reached 20-year lows, according to research firm CoreLogic.
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People often wait months, or even years to sell their homes. Rapper 50 Cent likely did not set a record for the time it took his 52,000 square foot mansion to sell, but the period seemed to stretch...
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Applications for new mortgage loans soared last week as loan rates hit a 15-month low. Refinancings accounted for nearly half of new loans.
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Home prices continued to rise slowly in February. Lower mortgage interest rates are expected to help boost home buying as the spring season kicks off.
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The spring home buying season is shaping up to be a good one for buyers. Interest rates are lower, prices are rising more slowly, and inventory is up. Here are some things to keep in mind when you...
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New home sales in the U.S. rose by 4.9% month over month in February, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The year-over-year increase was a much more modest 0.6%.
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Hovnanian Enterprises is doing everything it can to stay listed on the New York Stock Exchange. It has executed the dreaded reverse stock split to keep its shares afloat on the index.
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Any efforts to reform and modernize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac likely will take quite some time to come to fruition. Nothing happens quickly in Washington, D.C.
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Pending home sales fell by 1% month over month in February, slightly worse than expectations. This marks the 14th straight month that sales have declined year over year.
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U.S. home prices are still rising, but at the slowest pace since April of 2015, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index for January released Tuesday. The...
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One of the downsides of owning a house is that mortgage payments and property taxes are not the only checks homeowners have to write.
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