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Tips To Close Your Home Loan Faster, With Fewer Hassles
Mortgage volume is expected to remain high through the end of 2012 and into 2013. Follow these steps to help close your loan on time, and with few headaches.
read more103 Metro Areas On The "Improving" U.S. Markets List
The number of U.S. metropolitan area showing “measurable and sustained growth” climbed to 103 this month.
read moreWhat's Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : October 9, 2012
Mortgage markets worsened last week for the first time in a month last week.
read moreFed Minutes Detail QE3 Discussion; Mortgage Rates Down
The minutes from the Federal Reserve’s September Federal Open Market Committee meeting were released Thursday.
read moreWith Tomorrow's Job Report Due, Mortgage Rates May Finally Rise
Friday morning, at 8:30 AM ET, the government releases its Non-Farm Payrolls report for September. Mortgage rates may rise if job growth was strong.
read moreHow To Help Your Home Appraise At Its Fair Market Value
Home appraisals thwart 33 percent of home purchase contracts nationwide. Here are steps you can take to help your home appraise at value.
read moreCase-Shiller index Shows Home Values Rising Nationwide, Too
Nearly five-and-one-half years after April 2007 — the housing market’s national peak — prices are finally beginning to rebound.
read moreWhat's Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : October 1, 2012
For the third straight week, mortgage rates improved. This week’s jobs report threatens those gains, however.
read morePending Home Sales Index Continues To Show Strength
According to the real estate trade association, the Pending Home Sales Index read 99.2 for August — the fourth straight month in which the index hovered near its benchmark value of 100.
read moreNew Home Supply Remains Firmly In "Seller's Market" Territory
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of new homes sold slipped 0.3 percent in August 2012 to a seasonally-adjusted, annualized 373,000 units sold.
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