As the holidays are approaching, many people are busy decorating their homes, lighting the tree, and marking their calendars to visit friends and family. With all the busyness of the season, you might be wondering if now you should even attempt to sell your home. Any potential home buyers are also busy attending get-togethers or traveling […]
Category Archives: National Real Estate News
Can You Purchase a Home Even With Student Loans?
As more millennials are preparing to buy a home, one issue is making it difficult for many — student loans. The Project on Student Debt calculated that just about 7 in 10 college graduates in the Class of 2014 had student loan debt, and on average each student had about $29,000 in loans. With mortgages often amounting […]
“Know Before You Owe”: How New Rules Could Impact Closings
If you’re a home buyer, changes to the closing process are coming in just a few days. New regulations go into effect on Saturday, October 3rd, providing new loan disclosure forms that are designed to help you better understand the terms of your home mortgage before you close on your new home. That means if you […]
More US Home Buyers Returning to Market Because of Easier Mortgage Rules, Stable Rates
More and more home buyers are returning to the US housing market because they’re noticing favorable market conditions. Specifically, buyers are feeling more comfortable about navigating the market thanks to interest rate stabilization and easier mortgage rules, according to a recent article by Reuters. This is fantastic news for the overall health of the housing […]
US Home Sales See Second Consecutive Month of Increases in May
One month of positive real estate sales is encouraging, but sometimes it can be a fluke. That’s why we’re always so thrilled when positive numbers one month carry over into the next month. And that’s just what we saw with the recent release of May sales numbers. According to a recent USA Today article, existing […]
US Home Prices Rose 11 Percent from Last Year, Report Shows
Frankly, it’s hard not to feel encouraged and optimistic about the real estate market these days. Everywhere you look, positive real estate trends are popping up, further emphasizing that the worst days of the economic recession are in the rear view mirror now. And here’s another recent nugget of good news: Home prices all across […]
Optimism About US Real Estate At Highest Level in 7 Years, Polls Show
The numbers don’t lie: Americans are growing increasingly confident about the overall health of the national real estate market, according to a recent report. Evidently, a recent Gallup poll showed that 56 percent of Americans expect average home prices in their area to increase, which is up 33 percent from just two years ago. And […]
Report: US Housing Market Needs More Available Homes for Sale
The national housing market is dealing with an issue of supply and demand right now and it’s impacting both buyers and sellers. Specifically, the national housing market has too few people selling their homes compared with the number of people who want to buy homes, according to a recent report from Standard & Poor’s/Case Shiller. […]
Expect to See an Exceptionally Busy Spring Home Buying Season in 2014
If you’re currently trying to sell your home on the local housing market, great news: it’s about to get very, very busy for you. That’s because national real estate experts are projecting that this spring will see even more home buying activity than is already expected for this time of year. Why? Because of pent-up […]
Report: US Home Prices Rose In January After December Decline
Corelogic just released some exciting news from the national housing market: Home prices are back on the rise! The real estate data provider reported that home prices increased 0.9 percent in January after falling 0.1 percent in December. And this is indicative of a larger trend, Corelogic reported. After all, over the last 12 months, prices […]