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Economic News
New home sales improve in September, inventory levels remain low
New home sales up
Sales of new single family homes improved in September, rising 5.7 percent after falling slightly in August, according to the U.S....
Mortgage
Mortgage applications drop despite lowest interest rates since WWII ended
Low rates aren't enough
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association's Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey, mortgage applications dropped 4.3 percent from the week prior and is...
Residential
Recycling the concept of home equity insurance in a down market
Revamping an old concept
The concept of equity insurance has been around longer than TNT & USA have been showing daylong marathons of Law &...
Economic News
NAR reacts to detrimental Congressional proposal requiring 20% down
Qualified Residential Mortgage proposal
The above video is of Realtor Magazine Senior Editor, Robert Freedman and Ken Fears, Manager of National Association of Realtors (NAR)...
Housing News
Homeownership – do Realtors rent or own their own homes?
National Homeownership Month
As the nation kicks off National Homeownership Month, some wonder what the Realtor population practices rather than preaches and who owns homes...
Economic News
Pending home sales nosedive 27% from April 2010
Lowering expectations
Pending home sales (contracts signed) dipped far below what was forecast in April, hitting a seven month low, according to the National Association...
Economic News
Home sales down 12.9% from April 2010, one in three homes sold were distressed
Existing home sales data
The National Association of Realtors is reporting a 0.8% drop in existing home sales in April, a 12.9% drop from April...
Economic News
Is the residential real estate double dip official?
The home price double dip is here
Analysts have been talking about the impending double dip for some time, and it is now officially here....