New numbers from the National Association of Realtors show sales of previously owned homes were slightly above year-before levels in June, though they fell from the month before. The month-over-month drop was primarily blamed on there being too few homes for sale, as buyer demand has been relativ
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07/26/2017
Sales of existing homes fell in April but bounced back in May, according to new numbers from the National Association of Realtors. May sales of previously owned homes rose 1.1 percent and are now 2.7 percent higher than they were at the same time last year. Lawrence Yun, NAR's chief economist,
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06/27/2017
First-time home buyers have always been an important demographic when tracking the housing market's health. Whether or not younger Americans were buying homes, where they were buying, and in what numbers has been used to gauge trends and patterns that affect, not only first-time buyers, but every
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06/16/2017
If you're like most home buyers, affordability is among your top concerns. After all, the first question you ask when deciding to buy a house is typically going to be whether or not you can afford it. So recent news reports showing mortgage rates and home prices on the rise may have you feeling l
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03/30/2017
Though it's commonly said that spring is the most popular time for home buyers to begin looking at houses, a new analysis has narrowed it down even further. In fact, the Zillow Group Report on Consumer Housing Trends pinpointed the best two weeks of the year to list a house. The study found that
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03/06/2017
The dictionary definition of inflation is a “substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency.” In other words, inflation means you get less bang for your buck. And, according to a new outlook from Freddie
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03/03/2017
Though this year's real estate market may not look as buyer friendly as it has in recent years, demand is at its highest level since the Great Recession, according to the National Association of Realtors' chief economist, Lawrence Yun. Yun says Americans are feeling more confident about their fin
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03/02/2017
In January, sales of newly built single-family homes increased 3.7 percent over the previous month and are now 5.5 percent higher than last year at the same time, according to new numbers released by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. But though the impro
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02/28/2017
There are a lot of things to focus on when you're shopping for a house. Just for starters, you have to find the right house at the right price. That isn't necessarily going to be easy. But you also need to figure out how much of a down payment you're going to have, how much you'll need for closi
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02/27/2017
There has been a lot of discussion lately about what the housing market will look like this year. Will higher mortgage rates and rising prices hold off buyer demand or will consumer confidence and a better job market fuel a spike in sales regardless of what rates and prices do? One early answer c
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02/25/2017