...but surge to 372,000 come 2012, with housing starts expected to arrive at 630,000, up from 583,000 this year. NAR President ""Moe Veissi"":http://www.realtor.org/about_nar/fullbio_veissi said in a statement that housing affordability...
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Mortgage Rates Slam Into New Holiday Lows
...and 3.21 percent, respectively. ""This greater affordability helped push existing home sales higher for the second consecutive month in November to an annualized pace of 4.42 million, the most since...
Read More »Home Values Decline 0.3% in October: Zillow
...housing affordability and historically low mortgage rates,"" Stan Humphries, chief economist with Zillow, said in a statement. Zillow found declines for home values year-over-year by 5.1 percent to $147,900, as...
Read More »Online Mortgage Resource Promises 24-Hour Quotes
...including educational articles on mortgage basics, credit score collection information, and mortgage affordability data. ""We have those helpful articles there for a single reason - to help people to become...
Read More »Mortgage Rates Largely Unchanged This Week. Again
...2.80 percent this week from 2.78 percent last week. ""These low rates and home prices have pushed housing affordability to record highs this year,"" ""Frank Nothaft"":http://www.freddiemac.com/bios/exec/nothaft.html, VP and chief economist...
Read More »Pending-Home Sales Jump 9.2% in October: NAR
All-time highs for housing affordability helped elevate pending-home sales for October 9.2 percent above figures seen over the same month last year, with fewer bad appraisals scuttling deals across the...
Read More »Existing-Home Sales Rise 13.5% Year-Over-Year: NAR
...sales such as job creation, rising rents and high affordability conditions,"" he said. ""Many people who are attempting to buy homes are thwarted in the process."" NAR tracked one trend...
Read More »Starts Decline Only 0.3% in October, Beating Forecasts
...saying, ""We're still at the bottom but greatly beginning to move up in the right direction."" All-time highs for housing affordability keep the market extremely attractive to homebuyers, with rates...
Read More »Homebuilder Confidence Highest Since 2010: NAHB
...addressed so that housing can contribute to economic and job growth the way it has in the past,"" he added. Despite all-time highs for affordability, homeowners remain largely on the...
Read More »Flagging Numbers Show Faltering Market in San Diego
...only 36 percent of the market share in San Diego, showing that buyers' affordability levels are continuing to move downward. Commenting on the results of October's survey, The Berkland Group...
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