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While the vast majority of mortgage applications are eventually approved, more than 10% are rejected. Here are five common mistakes homebuyers make that you can easily avoid to raise the odds that...
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Mortgage loan rates mostly moved slightly lower last week, and the number of applications for new mortgages fell again according to the weekly report from the Mortgage Bankers Association.
U.S. home prices rose 6.8% year over year in June, a slightly slower growth rate than May's 7.1%. Homes are overvalued in more than 40% of the nation's top 100 metro areas.
If you're in the market to buy a property as a vacation rental investment, the beach is the place to look. But you also need to keep in mind the return you can get for your investment. Here are the...
The price of this small house that overlooks Los Angeles is $23 million, perhaps because it was designed by the most famous architect in America history: Frank Lloyd Wright.
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) managed to hammer another group of customers. After earlier charges which ranged from mortgage and auto loan abuse to banker creating fake accounts to boost...
Applications for new mortgages fell last week according to Wednesday's report from the Mortgage Bankers Association. Interest rates on new mortgage loans rose week over week with adjustable rate...
U.S. home prices rose 6.4% in May, the same year-over-year gain posted a month earlier. The national average has increased by at least 5% year over year in each of the last 20 reporting months.
Pending home sales rose nearly a full point in June after two months of declines. The report from the National Association of Realtors is encouraging, but sales have lagged year-ago levels for six...
When U.S. home prices collapsed in 2006, some cities were hit hard.  According to a report earlier this year from CoreLogic, at the market peak in November 2006, 67% of U.S. homes were overvalued,...
New residential sales declined month over month in June, even with a big reduction in the original estimate for May sales. For-sale inventory levels did rise, however.
The Mortgage Bankers Association reported Wednesday morning that applications for new mortgages slipped by less than 1% last week. Mortgage rate movements were mixed.
Sales on existing homes fell slightly in June according to the latest report by the National Association of Realtors. Median prices jumped nearly 6% nationally and more than 10% in the West.
If you're in the market for a new home, you're facing one of the toughest markets ever. But you can give yourself an edge if you do a little detective work.