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April U.S. housing starts increased by the largest amount in more than two years, Boston.com reported May 17, 2008. "The Commerce Department reported ... that housing construction rose 8.2 percent in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.03 million units. While apartment construction ro...

Pending U.S. home sales surprisingly increased in April compared to March; however, pending sales were still down about 13 percent from April 2007, the Associated Press (AP) reported June 9, 2008 "The National Association of Realtors' seasonally adjusted index of pending sales for existing homes ...

A government report showed new homes sales in the U.S. fell to their lowest level in 13 years, CNN Money reported March 26, 2008."February sales came in at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 590,000, the Census Bureau report showed, down 1.8% from a revised 601,000 in January and down 29.8% fr...

U.S. mortgage applications surged recently, but whether the rise in applications results in increased home sales is uncertain. I found this comment by Dan Pierce, a portfolio manager at State Street Global Advisors in Boston, in a Reuters article about existing home sales."We saw a nice surge in ...

We all know that maintaining good credit is critical, especially in this lending environment, but even if you do your part a creditor might not be doing its job correctly. A short article in the December Money magazine discusses consumer rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act and provides tip...

It is such a hectic time of year that we all sometimes forget that many people could really use some holiday cheer now and throughout the year. If you've been thinking about contributing to a worthy cause this holiday season, here are some tax-deductible charities to consider. Operation USO Care ...

I received the following from a mortgage professional at Wells Fargo on Wednesday.Tracking the Track RecordWhat the ‘Experts’ Say about Housing Prices “The prices of houses seem to have reached a plateau, and there is reasonable expectancy that prices will decline.”- Time Magazine 1947 “Houses co...

The Boston Herald reported September 14, 2007 that building permits for new homes in Massachusetts have declined more than 35 percent since 2005."A review of U.S. Census statistics by the Herald shows that building permits issued to state contractors for new single-family homes fell by a whopping...

RealtyTrac, Inc., a California-based company that tracks the foreclosure market, released data that showed U.S. foreclosure filings in August jumped 115 percent compared to August 2006 and rose 36 percent compared to July 2007, the Boston Herald reported September 18, 2007. "The filings include d...

U.S. mortgage applications rose 4.6% compared to the previous week, Fox News reported September 19, 2007. The increase marked the third straight week the Mortgage Bankers Association survey revealed a rise in mortgage applications. Some analysts have begun to question the value of the survey as a...