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When you put your house on the market, you might receive some unexpected last-minute requests to sweeten the deal by including certain furnishings. Plan ahead for dealing with these requests so you...
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The National Association of Realtors pending home sales index was unchanged in September as sales continue to languish due to higher prices and lower inventory.
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Sales of new homes in September rose to a 10-year high for the month. Prices were also up sharply, indicating that more sales were going to repeat rather than first-time buyers.
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Mortgage applications dipped last week as mortgage interest rates moved slightly higher. The coming selection of a chair for the Federal Reserve is beginning to move rates higher as well.
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When you're shopping for a new home, there are some scary things you should be on the lookout for. No, not ghosts, but hidden problems that are health hazards, expensive to fix, or both.
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Following three months of lower sales, the pace of existing home sales rose slightly in September as did the number of homes available for sale.
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New housing starts dropped sharply in September, largely due to the impact of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. The decline exceeded economists' consensus estimates.
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Applications for mortgage loans rose last week while interest rates on new loans changed only slightly.
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The percentage of home mortgages that moved into the 30- to 60-day past due category dropped by 0.9 percentage points year over year in July.
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How long does it take to work to pay the monthly mortgage in Los Angeles? About 112 hours, or about two and a half weeks, the longest period of any metropolitan area.
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Mortgage loan rates ticked slightly higher last week while applications for new mortgages slipped. The decline in applications for refinancing was double the overall decline rate.
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Wildfires in northern California are putting $65 billion worth of homes at some risk of damage. Of those about 11,000 homes face high or extremely high risk of damage from the fires.
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The share of home mortgage loan payments that are 30 days or more past due fell from 5.3% in July 2016 to 4.6% this year.
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House-hunting can be stressful enough without compounding the difficulties. Here are 10 things you can do to make the job less onerous and give yourself a better chance for a successful hunt.
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Johnny Carson's home on the California coast in Malibu has hit the market for $81.5 million.
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