Mortgage rates still falling, hit record lows
Mortgage rates have continued to fall over the past week, setting record lows for both 30-year and 15-year contracts, mortgage giant Freddie Mac stated Thursday. The 30-year benchmark now stands ...
Home buying at most inexpensive level in decades
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Buying a home has reached its most inexpensive level in more than two decades. Nearly 78% of homes sold during the first quarter were inexpensive to ...
US Mortgage Rates Hit Record Low For 3rd Straight Week: Freddie Mac
U.S. 30-year fixed-rate mortgages hit a record low for the third straight week as concerns over the euro zone weighed on the economy, mortgage financier Freddie Mac stated Thursday. The ...
US April Housing Starts Rebound, But Permits Fall
U.S. builders began work on more homes than expected in April, government figures showed on Wednesday. But the data suggested that builders might also be slowing their future construction plans. ...
Housing starts rev up, even though permits slip
A contractor works on a new home being built near the ocean in Carlsbad, California in this file pic taken March 20, 2012. By msnbc.com staff and news wires The ...
George Lucas proposes inexpensive housing plan
George Lucas seeks to build low-income housing on Calif. property NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The film emperor may be striking back. For 25 years, filmmaker George Lucas tried to persuade ...
Santander joins the UK govt
UK Housing Minister Grant Shapps this day (Monday 14 May) welcomed Santander’s decision to begin offering mortgages under the government’s NewBuy Guarantee scheme. Just two months after its launch, Santander ...
The Netherlands’ Housing Slump Continues
After four years of housing market slump, in early-2012 house prices in the Netherlands continue to fall. During the year to end-March 2012, the prices of existing homes sold in ...
10 housing markets set for double-digit price gains
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Ten hard-hit housing markets will record double-digit price increases through 2013, according to a report Wednesday. And with mortgage rates low, many house hunters have already ...
Freddie Mac To Name Former E*Trade Chief Donald Layton New CEO: WSJ
Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC), the nation’s second-largest mortgage guarantor, will announce the appointment of Donald Layton, former head of E*Trade Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: EFTC), as its new CEO as early ...
UK property prices down 0.2% in April
Residential property prices in the UK fell 0.2% in April and are unlikely to change much during the rest of 2012 due to weak economic conditions, according to the latest ...
Housing chief blocked mortgage plan, 2 Dems say
An auction sign in front of a home, in Salem, Ore. By John W. Schoen, Senior Producer Updated Tuesday at 5:15 p.m. ET: A top U.S. housing regulator failed to ...
Homeownership falls to lowest rate in 15 years
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Homeownership in the U.S. fell to its lowest rate in 15 years during the first quarter as more delinquent borrowers lost their homes to foreclosure, forcing ...
US property market has turned the corner, according to NAR
Pending home sales in the United States increased in March and are well above a year ago, a signal that the housing market is recovering, according to the National Association ...
Home ownership rate falls to decade low: poll
By John W. Schoen, Senior Producer The aftermath of the worst housing collapse since the 1930s continues to take a toll on the American Dream of owning a home. Echoing ...
Reports show tiny evidence of housing rebound
By John W. Schoen, Senior Producer Hopes may be fading for a long-awaited spring rebound in the U.S. housing market. Two widely watched benchmarks Tuesday signaled that the pace of ...
Home Prices Hit New Lows in Feb: S&P/Case-Shiller
The American market for single-family homes fell to new lows in February, but prices declined at a slower rate compared to the previous month, a private report showed Tuesday, as ...
Home Prices Hit New Lows in Feb: S&P/Case-Shiller
The American market for single-family homes fell to new lows in February, but prices declined at a slower rate compared to the previous month, a private report showed Tuesday, as ...
Home Prices Hit New Lows in Feb: S&P/Case-Shiller
The American market for single-family homes fell to new lows in February, but prices declined at a slower rate compared to the previous month, a private report showed Tuesday, as ...
Home Prices Hit New Lows in Feb: S&P/Case-Shiller
The American market for single-family homes fell to new lows in February, but prices declined at a slower rate compared to the previous month, a private report showed Tuesday, as ...
Housing recovery still sputters
Existing home sales dipped 2.6% on a monthly basis, but rose 5.2% year over year. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The housing market continued to struggle in March, despite low home ...
U.S. Existing Home Sales Drop 2.6% In March
U.S. existing home sales fell 2.6 percent in March to an annual rate of 4.48 million, the National Association of Realtors stated Thursday, missing expectations and highlighting continued weakness in ...
Real estate investors’ ideal kept secret: College towns
Looking to be a landlord? Buying property in college towns typically translates into stable rental returns, no matter how the economy is faring. Not only do colleges provide a steady ...
March US Housing Starts Fall, Permits Surge
U.S. home construction fell 5.8 percent in March even with the help of warmer-than-normal weather in the month, but new building permits jumped to the highest level since September 2008. ...
Home builder sentiment cools in April
CNBC’s Diana Olick explains why buyer interest has yet to translate into expected home sales. Homebuilder sentiment ebbed in April for the first time in seven months as prospective buyers ...
Housing starts slip, but building permits soar
Some less of this now, but maybe more later on. Groundbreaking on homes fell unexpectedly in March, but permits for future construction rose to their highest level in 3 1/2 ...
Flood of foreclosures to hit the housing market
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The golden age for foreclosure squatters may soon be coming to an end now that the $26 billion mortgage settlement has been approved. The settlement, concurred ...
Watchdog blasts housing program for ‘hardest hit’
A TARP program that aims to help the nation’s most struggling home owners is falling short, stated a special inspector general for the bailout program. WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) — A federal-state ...
Reforms to encourage more private investment in UK social housing
Moves to encourage more private investment in social housing through Real Estate Investment Trusts have been announced by ministers in the UK. The current Finance Bill is introducing a series ...
The Month In US Housing: A Disappointing March, But Spring Offers Redemption
Most of March’s housing numbers disappointed, with sales unexpectedly falling across all categories and prices hitting new lows, reversing February’s optimism. But the winter market is usually the year’s quietest, ...