November 23, 2011 (Chris Moore) Distressed properties accounted for nearly half of the homes sold in October as investors increased their presence in the housing market while distressed property purchases by first-time homebuyers declined according to the Campbell/Inside Mortgage Finance HousingPulse Tracking Survey. […]
October 4, 2011 (Jeff Alan) Long wait times and a litany of obstacles has taken the luster off the purchase of short sale properties for first-time homebuyers according to the latest Campbell/Inside Mortgage Finance HousingPulse Tracking Survey. […]
August 30, 2011 (Jeff Alan) The struggling housing market is forcing investors to change their business model from buying homes and flipping them for profit to buying homes and renting them out according to the latest Campbell/Inside Mortgage Finance HousingPulse Market Survey. […]
June 21, 2011 (Chris Moore) The Spring/Summer selling season, which has already gotten off to a sputtering start, may take a downward turn in the coming months according to the latest Campbell/Inside Finance HousingPulse Tracking Survey as homebuyer traffic tumbled in May. […]
June 14, 2011 (Shirley Allen) Freddie Mac and the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) have renewed their alliance to provide a package of services for credit unions including tools designed to reach first-time homebuyers and low and moderate income homebuyers. […]
May 11, 2011 (Chris Moore) The spring selling season seems to have finally begun as existing home sales increased by 8.3% in the first quarter of 2011 according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Sales gains were experienced in 49 states and the District of Columbia, while median home prices of existing single-family homes [...]
February 15, 2011 (Shirley Allen) The California Association of Realtors (CAR) reports that first time home buyer affordability matched or set new record levels in all regions of the state in the fourth quarter. CAR claims that historic low rates and declining home prices pushed housing affordability to surpass or maintain current levels in quarter [...]
January 27, 2011 (Shirley Allen) According to the latest Campbell/Inside Mortgage Finance survey, nearly half of the homes sold in December were distressed properties. The firm's HousingPulse survey reveals distressed property sales surged to 47.2% of the market in December, up from 44.5% in November and nearly matching the 47.5% peak reached in September. Read [...]
December 29, 2010 (Chris Moore) According to the latest Campbell/Inside Mortgage Finance HousingPulse Tracking Survey, rising mortgage rates helped push first-time homebuyer share of home purchases from 34.4% in October to 37.2% last month as long-term mortgage rates started to climb from record lows in early November. Read more...
