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Mortgage Mess Still Mires Housing Recovery

Mortgage applications to purchase a home dropped more dramatically than did refinances, down 10 percent from the previous week. While one week does not a trend make, rising mortgage rates, coupled with severe inventory shortages, are not the mix needed … Continue reading →

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Pending Home Sales Fall Due to Dwindling Supply

The Realtors’ monthly index fell 5.4 percent in the Northeast month-to-month, rose 0.9 percent in the Midwest, fell 4.5 percent in the South and fell 8.2 percent in the West. The West, and its severely distressed markets like Phoenix and … Continue reading →

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New Housing Fears: Home Prices Are Rising Too Fast

As a result, home prices are now rising more and faster than most analysts predicted due to this short supply, up 7.4 percent year-over-year in November, according to CoreLogic. They are especially surging in some of the hardest hit markets … Continue reading →

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Rentals Chip Away at Home Builder Gains

“Single family starts did ‘improve’ suddenly early in 2012 on the Twist gap down in mortgage rates, but it quit ‘improving’ several months ago. Once 2013 data start to come in, the segment could quickly go from year-over-year positive to … Continue reading →

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If You’re in the Market For a Home in the Bay Area, Yes You Missed the Boat …

If you’re in the market for a house or condo, first the bad news: real estate prices in the Bay Area are climbing,  as much as 16 percent over last year in some areas. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images “We … Continue reading →

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