National Real Estate Solutions has announced that two senior level managers have joined the company’s Operations team to support current and future growth.
Read More »The Week Ahead: Can New Home Sales Keep it Up?
New home sales in April shot up to their highest level since 2008 despite tight inventory. Can they keep it up in May? HUD and Census Bureau will release the results on Thursday.
Read More »Owning Up: Collaborating to Promote Homeownership
The famous movie line, “There’s no place like home,” has a whole new meaning when one looks at the downward homeownership trend these days. Editor's Note: This select print feature originally appeared in the June 2016 issue of MReport magazine.
Read More »Housing Affordability Outlook Turns Pessimistic
According to a new survey, more Americans are losing faith that the housing crisis is really over.
Read More »Changes Are Ahead for MERSCORP
The majority equity interest of MERSCORP, owner of the MERS System, a national electronic registry that tracks servicing rights changes, was acquired by Intercontinental Exchange.
Read More »Housing Starts are a ‘Bright Spot,’ But Beware. . .
At least one economist saw that the ongoing trend of starts exceeding permits may be trouble for the housing market down the road.
Read More »Builder Confidence Rises to Six-Month High
All three index components—current sales, sales expectations for the next six months, and perspective buyer traffic—experienced gains in June.
Read More »What Happened to Housing Formation Estimates?
There was a lot of optimism surrounding household formation just two years ago. Things did not exactly pan out as hoped, however.
Read More »Housing Hits High Gear in May
The U.S. housing market accelerated to its fastest pace on record in May, as the typical home went under contract a full week faster than a year earlier.
Read More »Fed’s Indecision Causes Another Dip in Mortgage Rates
Mortgage rates and mortgage applications both dropped slightly last week, as jittery investors continued to turn to government-backed bonds in the lead-up to the Federal Reserve’s June meeting and a shaky European market.
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