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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 9:01 PM

The Cost of Getting a Loan is on the Rise

Closing costs for a mortgage averaged $4,143 last year, which is 12.4 percent higher than in 2010, Bankrate.com reports. Despite record low mortgage rates, borrowers are finding the cost of getting a loan is on the rise. Origination fees have posted some
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 8:57 PM

Home Ownership Key to Elections, National Strategists Say

Protecting home ownership will be front and center in this year’s national elections, said top political strategists speaking with hundreds of REALTORS® Tuesday morning at the 2012 NAR Midyear Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo in Washington,
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 8:56 PM

Housing Affordability Reaches Records

Housing affordability conditions for all buyers reached a milestone in the first quarter, according to the National Association of REALTORS®. NAR’s composite quarterly Housing Affordability Index rose to a record high of 205.9 in first quarter,
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Saturday, May 05, 2012 7:26 PM

5 New 'Rules' to Home Buying

With signs of a housing turnaround getting stronger, housing experts say buyers are finding several recent changes when they go to put in an offer on a home. A recent article at U.S. News & World Report highlights some of these changing “rules”
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Saturday, May 05, 2012 7:20 PM

What Buyers Often Overlook in Home Purchases

While many buyers may be swayed by the home’s appearance, financing, and location when choosing a home, housing experts say they often overlook other important factors that may keep them happy for years to come with their home purchase. A recent
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Saturday, May 05, 2012 7:18 PM

Largest Mortgage Lender Takes Bigger Bite of Market Share

Wells Fargo, the nation’s largest lender for home loans, is continuing to grow its mortgage business, issuing a record 33.9 percent of mortgages in the first quarter. Other lenders now remain even further from reaching Wells Fargo’s mortgage
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Saturday, April 21, 2012 8:04 PM

Mortgage Rates Inch Up for the Week

After reaching or hovering near all-time lows last week, fixed-rate mortgages edged up slightly during the week, Freddie Mac reports in its weekly mortgage market survey. The 5-year adjustable-rate mortgage, however, hit a new all-time low of 2.78 percent
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Saturday, April 21, 2012 7:59 PM

Short Sales to Reach Record Numbers This Year?

Short sales are surging this year, and if the trend continues, they could reach record levels in 2012, RealtyTrac reports. Short-sale transactions are starting to outpace foreclosure sales, as more banks see it as a better option to curb high losses from
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Sunday, April 15, 2012 11:02 AM

Buyer Urgency Improves, More See Now Good Time to Buy

More home buyers may jump off the sidelines this spring as they get more urgent about purchasing a home, fearing that home price and mortgage rate increases are on the horizon. Housing surveys in recent weeks have shown that more Americans are seeing
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Sunday, April 01, 2012 3:31 PM

National Foreclosures Drop in February

According to CoreLogic, an estimated 65,000 completed foreclosures were reported in the United States last month versus 71,000 in January and 66,000 in February 2011. The number of completed foreclosures for the 12 months ended Feb. 29 was 862,000. The
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Sunday, April 01, 2012 3:28 PM

30-Year Mortgage Rates Slide Back Below 4%

Mortgage rates were down across the board this week compared to last week, according to Freddie Mac’s weekly mortgage market survey. After posting a big jump last week, 30-year mortgage rates were back below the 4 percent mark this week, offering
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Thursday, March 29, 2012 3:33 PM

Housing Is ‘Awakening From Hibernation,’ Freddie Says

An improving economy is contributing to a gradual rebound in home prices across the country, according to mortgage giant Freddie Mac’s 2012 Economic Outlook report, released Wednesday. But there is still a way to go in the road to recovery for the
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Monday, March 26, 2012 3:20 PM

New-Home Sales Dip in February

New-home sales fell in February, declining 1.6 percent compared to the previous month, the Census Bureau reported Friday. Still, new-home sales were 11.4 percent above February 2011 numbers, reaching an annualized pace of 313,000 in February 2012 compared
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Saturday, March 24, 2012 4:09 PM

30-Year Mortgage Rates Edge Above 4%

Mortgage rates moved up quite a bit this week, following higher bond yields and improving economic data, Freddie Mac reports in its weekly mortgage market survey. "Mortgage rates are catching up with increases in U.S. Treasury bond yields, placing
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Saturday, March 24, 2012 4:06 PM

Have Home Prices Finally Reached Bottom?

--> “Prices are bottoming now,” according to a Bank of America Merrill Lynch forecast, released this week. In the fall, the analysts had predicted home prices would drop by 8 percent from the second quarter of 2011 through the first quarter
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