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Existing-Home Sales Continue to Improve in April Existing-home sales rose again in April with buyers motivated by the tax credit, improving consumer confidence and favorable affordability conditions, according to the National Association of Realtors®. Existing-home sales, which are completed transactions that include single-family, town homes, condominiums and co-ops, increased 7.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted… Read More
Not Enough Homes To Sell Despite the housing bust and high foreclosure rates, in some areas real estate agents are complaining that they don’t have enough homes to sell. There is currently an eight-month supply of homes on the market — meaning that, at the current sales pace, it would take eight months to run… Read More
Below is a report that indicates that the mortgage rates are starting to move up. It is predicted that by the end of the year the rates will be close to 6%. Freddie Mac’s weekly survey put the average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) at 5.01% with a 0.7 origination point for the… Read More
Home prices rebound National housing prices dropped 32% from the peak in Q206 to trough in Q109 and rebounded 6.3% by the end of 2009, according to a Standard & Poor’s (S&P)/Case-Shiller home price index annual report. S&P chief economist David Wyss projects housing sales and starts to drop over the winter, but to remain… Read More
