More Americans Say It's A Good Time To Buy
Americans are feeling better about the housing market, according to the most recent results of Fannie Mae's monthly Home Purchase...
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- May 18
Home Showing Increase Means Buyers Are Active
You can tell a lot about how competitive a housing market is by looking at how many showings the typical listing receives. If listings...
- May 17
Finding A Home To Buy A Factor For Sellers
If you're selling your house, you're also looking for a new place to live. In many cases, that means buying another home. Which is why a...
- May 16
Mortgage Points Help Buyers Lower Costs
Mortgage points allow home buyers to pay an upfront fee in exchange for a lower mortgage rate. It's an option for buyers looking to lower...
- May 15
What Homeowners Plan To Do With Their Equity
One way homeowners build up equity is by paying off their mortgage month by month. Over time, paying your monthly mortgage bill will...
- May 5
Homeownership Tenure Falls To 12-Year Low
Buying a home is a big undertaking. So when you purchase a house, you typically plan to stay a while. But for how long? The average...
- May 4
New Home Sales Soar In March
If the pace of new home sales is any indicator, the housing market is about to pick up steam. New numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau and...
- May 3
Buyers Continue To Outpace Homes For Sale
The number of contracts to buy homes signed in March was 5.2 percent lower than the month before, according to new numbers from the...
- May 1
New Home Construction Offers Hope For Housing
The number of new homes under construction can be a good indicator of housing market health. After all, home builders aren't likely to be...
- Apr 26
Bidding Wars Most Likely For Affordable Homes
The type of home you're shopping for may determine how much competition you face from other home buyers this spring, according to one new...
- Apr 25
Majority Of Homes Still Sell In Under A Month
New numbers from the National Association of Realtors show 65 percent of homes sold in March were on the market for less than a month....
- Apr 24
Rates Bump Up After Hitting Two-Month Low
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association's Weekly Applications Survey, average mortgage rates moved higher last week. Rates were up...
- Apr 20
Index Finds First Quarter Home Prices Up 4.7%
The pace of home price increases continues to slow, according to a new quarterly report from Fannie Mae. The report found price increases...
- Apr 19
Is Housing Inflation Beginning To Cool?
Nobody wants to pay more for things they could've gotten for less had they bought them a few months earlier. That's what happens when...
- Apr 18
Fixer-Uppers Gain Popularity With 1st-Time Buyers
The appeal of a turnkey home is obvious. After all, buying a house that doesn't require much, if any, work is a dream come true for most...
- Apr 17
Housing Market Optimism Is Growing
Fannie Mae's Home Purchase Sentiment Index is based on a monthly survey of Americans. The survey asks participants for their view of the...
- Apr 14
Now Is The Housing Market's Busiest Time Of Year
Whether you're a homeowner with a home to sell or a buyer hoping to find a home to buy, spring is a good time to do it. It's the housing...
- Apr 10
Survey Says Home Staging Helps Sellers Sell
Everybody wants their home to look great when they put it up for sale. After all, the better it looks, the more likely it'll sell quickly...
- Apr 7
Latest Measure Finds Mortgage Payments Up
There are a lot of numbers to remember when calculating how much it'll cost to buy a home. There's the price of the house, your mortgage...
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