For today’s home buyers and refinancing households, the value of “good credit” has never been higher.
Simple Tips To Keep Your FICO High
September 11th, 2012 · Comments Off on Simple Tips To Keep Your FICO High
Tags: Personal Finance
What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : September 10, 2012
September 10th, 2012 · Comments Off on What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : September 10, 2012
Mortgage rates rose slightly in last week’s holiday-shortened week.
Tags: Mortgage Rates
Coming Next Week : New, Mandatory Loan Fees For All Conforming Mortgages
September 7th, 2012 · Comments Off on Coming Next Week : New, Mandatory Loan Fees For All Conforming Mortgages
Beginning as soon as next week, new, mandatory mortgage fees will push conforming mortgage rates higher nationwide.
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Case-Shiller Index Shows Huge Home Price Gain
September 6th, 2012 · Comments Off on Case-Shiller Index Shows Huge Home Price Gain
According to the Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller Index, home prices rose 6.9% between the first and second quarter of 2012, the largest quarter-to-quarter gain since the home-value tracker’s 1987 inception.
Tags: Housing Analysis
Making Coupon-Free Savings At The Supermarket
September 5th, 2012 · Comments Off on Making Coupon-Free Savings At The Supermarket
With grocery bills rising, use these money-saving tips to get through the supermarket faster and with less money spent.
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What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : September 4, 2012
September 4th, 2012 · Comments Off on What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : September 4, 2012
Mortgage markets improved last week for the second consecutive week.
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Mortgage Rates Drop For The First Time In 4 Weeks
August 31st, 2012 · Comments Off on Mortgage Rates Drop For The First Time In 4 Weeks
After 4 weeks of increases, mortgage rates finally recede nationwide.
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Pending Home Sales Index Makes New High For 2012
August 30th, 2012 · Comments Off on Pending Home Sales Index Makes New High For 2012
In July, the third time this year, the Pending Home Sales Index crossed its benchmark value of 100, moving to 101.7.
Tags: Housing Analysis
New Home Sales Reach Multi-Year High
August 29th, 2012 · Comments Off on New Home Sales Reach Multi-Year High
As reported by the U.S. Department of Commerce, 372,000 new homes were sold in July on a seasonally-adjusted, annualized basis.
Tags: Housing Analysis
Government : Home Prices Up 3.0% In Last 12 Months Nationwide
August 28th, 2012 · 1 Comment
According to the Federal Home Finance Agency’s Home Price Index, home prices rose by a seasonally-adjusted 0.7 percent between May and June 2012. The index is now up 3.0% over the past 12 months, and made its biggest quarterly gain since 2005 last quarter.
Tags: Housing Analysis