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103 Metro Areas On The “Improving” U.S. Markets List

October 10th, 2012 · Comments Off on 103 Metro Areas On The “Improving” U.S. Markets List

The number of U.S. metropolitan area showing “measurable and sustained growth” climbed to 103 this month.

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Tags: Housing Analysis

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : October 9, 2012

October 9th, 2012 · Comments Off on What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : October 9, 2012

Mortgage markets worsened last week for the first time in a month last week.

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Tags: Mortgage Rates

Fed Minutes Detail QE3 Discussion; Mortgage Rates Down

October 5th, 2012 · Comments Off on Fed Minutes Detail QE3 Discussion; Mortgage Rates Down

The minutes from the Federal Reserve’s September Federal Open Market Committee meeting were released Thursday.

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Tags: Federal Reserve

With Tomorrow’s Job Report Due, Mortgage Rates May Finally Rise

October 4th, 2012 · Comments Off on With Tomorrow’s Job Report Due, Mortgage Rates May Finally Rise

Friday morning, at 8:30 AM ET, the government releases its Non-Farm Payrolls report for September. Mortgage rates may rise if job growth was strong.

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Tags: The Economy

How To Help Your Home Appraise At Its Fair Market Value

October 3rd, 2012 · Comments Off on How To Help Your Home Appraise At Its Fair Market Value

Home appraisals thwart 33 percent of home purchase contracts nationwide. Here are steps you can take to help your home appraise at value.

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Tags: Personal Finance

Case-Shiller index Shows Home Values Rising Nationwide, Too

October 2nd, 2012 · Comments Off on Case-Shiller index Shows Home Values Rising Nationwide, Too

Nearly five-and-one-half years after April 2007 — the housing market’s national peak — prices are finally beginning to rebound.

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What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : October 1, 2012

October 1st, 2012 · Comments Off on What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : October 1, 2012

For the third straight week, mortgage rates improved. This week’s jobs report threatens those gains, however.

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Tags: Mortgage Rates

Pending Home Sales Index Continues To Show Strength

September 28th, 2012 · Comments Off on Pending Home Sales Index Continues To Show Strength

According to the real estate trade association, the Pending Home Sales Index read 99.2 for August — the fourth straight month in which the index hovered near its benchmark value of 100.

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Tags: Housing Analysis

New Home Supply Remains Firmly In “Seller’s Market” Territory

September 27th, 2012 · Comments Off on New Home Supply Remains Firmly In “Seller’s Market” Territory

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of new homes sold slipped 0.3 percent in August 2012 to a seasonally-adjusted, annualized 373,000 units sold.

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Tags: Housing Analysis

Home Price Index Shows Values Rising 3.7% From One Year Ago

September 26th, 2012 · Comments Off on Home Price Index Shows Values Rising 3.7% From One Year Ago

Home values have not dropped month-to-month since January of this year — a span of 6 months.

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Tags: Housing Analysis