September 10, 2012 (Chris Moore) Existing home sales increased slightly but still remained at similar levels seen over the previous eight weeks according to the weekly National Home Sales Snapshot released by DataQuick while home prices haven’t budged for the last five weeks. […]
September 7, 2012 (Shirley Allen) The effects of a sluggish economy resulted in further declines in Treasury Bond yields this week, pushing mortgage interest rates back to near record lows according to Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS) for the week ending September 6th. […]
September 7, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Monthly home prices in the United States improved for the seventh time in the last eight months, increasing 0.7 percent from May to June according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) monthly House Price Index (HPI), […]
September 7, 2012 (Jeff Alan) Making Home Affordable is holding another Help for Homeowners Community Event, this time in the Detroit area of Michigan, on Tuesday, September 11th, 2012. The event is being held at the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center and will be open from 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm. […]
September 6, 2012 (Shirley Allen) The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced they will provide disaster relief, including mortgage assistance, to homeowners and low-income renters in Louisiana and Mississippi. forced from their homes due to recent natural disasters. […]
September 6, 2012 (Chris Moore) Mortgage interest rates continued to slide last week but so did mortgage applications, falling for the fifth consecutive week according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending August 31st, 2012. […]
September 6, 2012 (Jeff Alan) Monthly sales of existing single-family homes and condominiums in the San Francisco Bay area slipped for the second consecutive month in July according to real estate information provider DataQuick while home prices remained above last year’s levels. […]
September 6, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Spending on private residential construction fell for the first time in four months in July as builders increased the amount they spent on building homes but homeowners tightened their wallets on home improvements according to the U.S. Census Bureau. […]
September 5, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Mortgage delinquencies declined for the first time in four months in July, falling 1.6 percent from June, and are now eleven percent lower than last year according to the latest “First Look” Mortgage Report released by Lender Processing Services (LPS). […]
