Tag Archives: Mortgages

US Pending Home Sales Tick Upward in March

“Contract activity has been in a narrow range in recent months, not from a pause in demand but because of limited supply,” said Realtors chief economist Lawrence Yun in a release. “Little movement is expected in the near-term sales closings, … Continue reading

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Housing: Picking Up the Pieces

As for home building, which had surged to a peak of just over two million housing starts earlier in the decade, by October 2007 builders were starting about half that at 1.2 million. Today, while coming back, starts are still … Continue reading

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US Homeowners Rise Above Water on Mortgages

The negative equity numbers also don’t say anything about whether or not the loans coming out from underwater are delinquent. While the overall delinquency rate dropped dramatically in the fourth quarter of 2012 to 7.09 percent of all loans, according … Continue reading

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Weird California real estate: Why the distribution of sales is abnormal

David McNew/Getty Images A “for sale” sign stands outside a home in Pasadena. The California real estate market is improving, but its fundamentals remain distorted. This week, real estate analytics firm DataQuick released a report that says cash-only housing sales in … Continue reading

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Americans Are Using Their Houses as ATMs Again

With home prices up 8 percent year-over-year in December, according to the latest reading from CoreLogic, homeowners are regaining home equity at a fast clip—1.4 million borrowers rose above water on their mortgages through the end of September. That number … Continue reading

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Foreclosure Deals: 2013′s Best and Worst

Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Detroit and San Diego all saw a drop in foreclosure activity. But the numbers went the opposite direction in Tampa, Miami, Baltimore, Chicago and New York. “Markets with increasing foreclosure activity in 2012 took the … 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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One Overlooked Fact About the Housing Recovery

As federal regulators and banks argue over whether new lending standards will make mortgage credit too tight or too expensive, one important fact about the housing market goes largely overlooked: More than 20 million American homeowners own their homes outright. … Continue reading

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Homeowners With No Mortgage Offer Clues to Recovery

As federal regulators and banks argue over whether new lending standards will make mortgage credit too tight or too expensive, one important fact about the housing market goes largely overlooked: More than 20 million American homeowners own their homes outright. … Continue reading

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California foreclosures and short sales are a smaller part of October market

Reed Saxon A foreclosure sign in Pasadena. Foreclosures and short sales are a smaller part of the market in October, according to the California Association of Realtors. California’s real estate market has been anything but healthy since the housing bubble … Continue reading

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