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September home sales typically tail off as the summer winds down and the kids head back to school. But September 2016 may have broken the mold.
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U.S. sales of distressed homes totaled nearly 8% of all homes sold in June of 2016, according to CoreLogic. That was down year over year and month over month.
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The National Association of Realtors (NAR) Thursday morning released its data on pending sales of existing homes for August. The pending home sales index fell 2.7 points (down 2.4%) to 108.5 from a...
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The latest Mortgage Bankers Association weekly report on mortgage applications noted a week-over-week decrease of less than 1% in the group's seasonally adjusted composite index for the week ending...
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In June of 2016, cash sales comprised more than 29% of all home sales. For all of 2015, more than a third of all home sales were cash transactions, the lowest total since 2008.
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CoreLogic keeps data on cash sales as a percentage of all home sales. In June, the number was an extraordinary 29.3% nationwide. Some states have numbers much higher than that.
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In all 20 U.S. cities included in the S&P/Case-Shiller home price index, July house prices increased year over year, and all 20 also posted month-over-month increases.
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The increase in sales of lower-priced homes is the primary factor in the sharp drop in median and average prices in August.
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If you are shopping for a new home, you are very likely also shopping for a mortgage. The lowest home mortgage rates are available only to the most qualified home buyers.
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Selling your house can be stressful, especially if you want to sell it quickly. But failing to disclose even a minor problem with the property may lead to nasty confrontation in front of a judge.
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Houston defensive end J.J. Watt has been described as one of the better NFL players at his position, and his home is on the market for $465,000.
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The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reports that the seasonally adjusted annual rate of existing home sales in August fell 0.9% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.33 million from a...
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The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) reported Thursday morning that U.S. home prices rose 0.5% year over year in July. Compared with July 2015, the inflation-adjusted home price has gained 5.8%....
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Shares of WCI Communities saw a handy gain after it was announced that Lennar would be acquiring the company.
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Based on the latest data from CoreLogic's mortgage fraud risk index, mortgage lenders in the Miami metropolitan area face the highest risk for attempts to commit fraud.
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