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The uptrend in resale values is nothing compared to the speedy rise in new-home prices, according to research by economists at TD Securities. New homes generally command a 10 to 20 percent premium over existing houses because new construction tends to be of higher quality and have more up-to-date...
04/23/2015
Fannie Mae recently announced a new online home buyer education course, which allows first-time home buyers to receive up to three percent of the purchase price in closing cost assistance toward the purchase of a HomePath property upon successful completion. Fannie Mae also will reimburse the $75...
04/15/2015
Has the market finally gained momentum after a slow recovery and last year’s stall? There are signs that the spring home-selling season is off to a promising start, thereby gathering momentum for the recovery in many markets across the nation. Nationally, finalized sales of previously owned homes...
04/10/2015
Keep Your Home California recently announced changes to the free mortgage-assistance program in order to help more financially strapped low- to moderate-income homeowners.Now, homeowners with a qualifying hardship and an unaffordable mortgage payment –– greater than 38 percent of a family’s house...
04/08/2015
Wealthy Americans bought more than 1.1 million vacation homes last year, according to an annual survey from the National Association of REALTORS®. These purchases are up 57 percent from 2013 and are the highest they’ve been since the survey began in 2003. Vacation home sales represented a record-...
04/03/2015
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a new toolkit that guides consumers through the process of shopping for a mortgage and buying a house. Developed as part of the CFPB’s “Know Before You Owe” mortgage initiative, the toolkit will help consumers take full advantage of the new...
04/01/2015
Home buying confidence and mortgage experiences in the U.S. have improved over the last year, according to TD Bank's third annual Mortgage Service Index. The survey reveals that 30 percent of Americans consider now to be a very good time to purchase a home, compared with just 20 percent in 2014, ...
03/21/2015
Foreclosure inventory declined 33.2 percent and completed foreclosures declined 22.5 percent from January 2014, according to CoreLogic’s January 2015 National Foreclosure Report. The report also shows there were 43,000 completed foreclosures nationwide in January 2015, down from 55,000 in January...
03/12/2015
CoreLogic recently released its January 2015 CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI®) which shows that home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased 5.7 percent in January 2015 compared with January 2014. This change represents 35 months of consecutive year-over-year increases in home pr...
03/04/2015
DESPITE RECOVERY, MANY FIND HOME LOANS STILL HARD TO GETSource: NPR While trouble in the housing market has quieted down seven years after the housing crash, there are still prevalent concerns about the ability of average families to obtain a home loan. Many banks have pulled back on mortgage len...
02/19/2015
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