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The national mortgage application fraud risk index dropped from 113 in the second quarter of 2016 to 108 in the third quarter, according to researchers at CoreLogic.
“As Is.” That is part of the listing of a house full of junk on the market in Sanger, Texas. The house is in such bad shape that it is priced at $89,900. 108 Freese Drive in Sanger is small, just...
Shopping for a mortgage is not nearly as interesting (or as much fun) as shopping for a home, but it can be just as important as finding the right house.
Home sellers and buyers are already looking forward to next year, and that's probably a good thing, based on the results of a recent survey of prospective home buyers.
According to Realtor.com, the featured house is in Hingham, Massachusetts, and is the oldest one for sale in the United States.
Homebuilder PulteGroup reported disappointing third-quarter financial results before the markets opened on Thursday.
The National Association of Realtors reports that the seasonally adjusted annual rate of existing home sales in September rose more than expected.
July 2016 marked the second month since late 2007 that cash sales have fallen below 30% of all home sales.
The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development reported Tuesday morning that new housing starts in September dipped to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of just over 1...
The latest Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) report on mortgage applications noted a week-over-week increase of 0.6% in the group's seasonally adjusted composite index for the week ending October 14.
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo housing market index for October slipped from the September reading, which was the highest since last October.
Unlike Vito Corleone, you are unlikely to make an offer to a home seller that can't be refused. There are limits after all.
Home security can be complicated. A lot of devices. A lot of vendors. A lot of price points. A lot of details. Do people want the fire department to come to their homes every time an alarm is...
We've all heard about the benefits of "staging" a home when you want to sell it. The idea is to show the house off in the most attractive way possible.
When you're shopping for a new home, not all questions about the property are treated equally. What's up with that?