Mortgage rates hit record low again
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Buying a home just got even cheaper as interest rates on both 30-year and 15-year-fixed-rate mortgages set record lows for the third week in a row. ...
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 ...
Another record low for mortgage rates
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Mortgage interest rates hit new lows this week as both the 30-year and the 15-year fixed-rates fell, according to a weekly survey by Freddie Mac. It ...
Mortgage rates hit record lows
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Average rates for both 15-year and 30-year fixed mortgages fell to new all-time record lows this week, according to a report released by Freddie Mac Thursday. ...
UK property market has had strong start, analysis of indices reveals
The residential property market in the UK has had a strong begin to the year despite continued economic gloom, according to an analysis of data from the leading house price ...
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 ...
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. ...
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, ...
What To Do in the Garden in April A Regional Gardening Guide
If April is the cruelest month, it’s either because there is so much to do all at once or because the weather will not cooperate and let you do it. ...
US Home Prices Fall In Jan But At Slower Rate: S&P/Case-Shiller
The 20-city composite index fell 3.8 percent compared to the prior year, matching a median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg. The 10-city composite index fell 3.9 percent. Prices are ...
US Home Prices Fall In Jan But At Slower Rate: S&P/Case-Shiller
The 20-city composite index fell 3.8 percent compared to the prior year, matching a median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg. The 10-city composite index fell 3.9 percent. Prices are ...
Home prices fall for fifth consecutive month
Home prices fell in January for a fifth straight month in most major U.S. cities, as modest sales increases have yet to boost prices. The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller home-price index ...
Home sales up from last year, despite monthly dip
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The housing market slipped slightly in February compared with a month earlier, but improved substantially compared with the prior year, according to a report issued Wednesday. ...
Home sales slip in uneven market rebound
The pace of home sales dipped a bit last month but the housing market is heading into spring in better shape that it was last year. Sales of existing-home sales ...
Higher taxes to cut deficit? No, thanks
The federal deficit may be a problem, but most taxpayers do not seem to think it’s their problem. A new Rasmussen Reports poll finds that only about a quarterof Americans ...
US Housing Starts Unexpectedly Fall 1.1% in Feb, Permits Up
U.S. home construction unexpectedly fell 1.1 percent in February from a three-year high even with the help of warmer-than-normal weather in the month, but new building permits jumped to their ...
Wells Fargo to charge $7 a month for checking
By msnbc.com staff and news reports Wells Fargo isending free checking in six more states, expanding a $7-per-month account charge that went into effect in other parts of the country ...
Average property prices in London and the South East doing best
In January UK house prices increased by 0.2% over the year and decreased by 0.7% over the month, according to the latest UK house price index statistics produced this day ...
Mortgage rates flirt with record lows
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Mortgage rates dipped into record territory again, with the 15-year fixed-rate falling to its lowest level in 60 years and the 30-year fixed-rate just a tick ...
US Home Prices Fall 1% in Dec: LPS
U.S. home prices fell 1 percent in December, a sharper decline compared to the previous month, Lender Processing Services Inc. (NYSE: LPS) stated Wednesday. The average national home price was ...
Property sales increase in New Zealand, prices up marginally
The number of homes sold in Auckland in February leapt to their highest number for a February in five years, but price rises for the month were modest, according to ...
Beyoncé swam here: Home rents for $100K a month
In New York City, 214 Lafayette St. is a five-story mansion that can be rented by the rich. When 214 Lafayette Street in New York City’s SoHo district recently went ...
Hedging My Bet on Peas
Peas seem to be popular in magazines this month and this may be the 1st year when I really can plant my peas on St. Patrick’s Day. (Oh dear, I ...
New home sales exceed expectations
New home sales showed improvement in the latest government report. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — New home sales exceeded forecasts in the latest government readings Friday, another sign of a long-awaited ...
Housing starts rise modestly to begin new year
The Commerce Department states builders broke ground on a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 699,000 homes in January. Construction began on 508,000 single-family homes last month, a 1 percent drop ...
London Rents ‘Hit by Employment Market’
Fewer employment vacancies in London’s financial sector and tenants seeking lower living costs have combined to push rents down in January. According to data published by Knight Frank, the average ...
Not tonight honey, the cable bill is due
What would you give up in exchange for not worrying about those monthly bills? In the real world, the weak economy has left far too many Americans fretting about getting ...