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Budget proposals reveal evident trends No matter which team you pitch for be it red or blue, national budget proposals are in the spotlight...
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Budget proposals reveal evident trends No matter which team you pitch for be it red or blue, national budget proposals are in the spotlight...
Opinion one: Elizabeth Duke Federal Reserve Governor Elizabeth Duke said that because consumers continue to struggle with weak housing and high gasoline costs, the...
Top ten cities Move, Inc. has outlined the top 10 turnaround cities for real estate market turnarounds over the last year via CNNMoney.com citing...
Housing starts are down This year has experienced mixed results with new home pricing on the rise but once again housing starts hitting historic...
Six months of similar confidence levels According to the National Association of Home Builders, builder confidence in single family home construction is at the...
Swinging the pendulum These past few years have been nothing short of a roller coaster ride and economists still do not agree as to...
Supply and demand are off Based on a comparison of housing preferences, America has too many big-lot housing and not enough small-lot and attached...
Conflicting data points proves… In March, the national median list price of the largest 146 markets was $199,500, almost exactly what it was one...
FHA premiums rose For the week ending April 22, 2011, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) is reporting their Market Composite Index (MCI) which measures...
OCC’s mission – protect the dollar’s value It has been a tumultuous few months at the Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC) headed...
Hitting lower lows The S&P/Case-Shiller data for February is showing the American home price index is back to the low reached in April 2009,...
More homeowners in distress Almost half of the entire American housing market is now distressed properties and economists project this number will rise according...
New home sales U.S. Census Bureau data released this morning shows good news for new home sales, one of the hardest hit sectors in...
Real estate is local What does a home for sale under $100k in the West have in common with a $100-$250k home for sale...
Comparing studies side by side We recently reported that Pew poll results revealed news that 81% of Americans view homeownership as the best investment...
Housing permits’ meteoric rise The U.S. Commerce Department today reports that in March, building permits which are a leading economic indicator predicting future housing...
New home sector down, creative measures taken The new home construction sector has hit a series of speed bumps as new home sales plummeted...
Tax fraud in astounding amounts According to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, individuals applying for first-time homebuyer tax credits have defrauded the...
Keller Williams’ growth Keller Williams Realty, Inc. (KW) has announced at their agent count now places them as the second largest real estate brokerage...
Mortgage layoffs in America Last week, Wells Fargo laid off, which Wells Fargo claims is less than one percent of their workforce and was...
A long, hard battle Homeowners have been wronged. Banks have foreclosed on the wrong homes, accelerated foreclosures, and left people homeless without so much...
Foreclosures plummet According to RealtyTrac, the number of foreclosures hit a three year low as the number of foreclosure notices filed during the first...