Tag Archives: Housing Market

San Francisco Leads Nation in Foreclosure Reduction

<!– Home News San Francisco Leads Nation in Foreclosure Reduction –> By Brandon Cornett | November 1, 2012 © 2012, All rights reserved <!– Trending: Mortgage Rates are Rising On August 16, 2012, the average rate for a 30-year fixed … Continue reading

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Home Prices Rise, but Analysts See Pressure Ahead

While sales of existing homes are still on a bumpy road to recovery, home prices are seeing steady gains.  Nationally, prices rose 2.6 percent in August, according to a repeat sales index from Lender Processing Services. Prices are up an … Continue reading

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Pending Home Sales Barely Budge in September

In a sign of a still struggling housing market, signed contracts to buy existing homes were essentially flat in September from August, edging up just 0.3 percent according to a monthly index from the National Association of Realtors. The index … Continue reading

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Why Today’s Housing Report Spooked Investors So Much

The good housing numbers are all up from a year ago: Sales, starts, building permits, prices, earnings. The bad numbers are down: Mortgage delinquencies, foreclosures, negative equity. So why are investors pulling out of the home builders today? And why … Continue reading

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Home Builders Need Mortgage Bankers to Keep Recovery Alive

A jump in signed contracts to buy newly built homes in September brought volumes to the highest level since April of 2010, when the home buyer tax credit temporarily infused the housing market. The median price of a newly built … Continue reading

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