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The coming year may bring an intensely activist and somewhat partisan Federal Housing Finance Agency, a general slowing of the housing market’s growth compared to 2013, and a full-court press election-year push on key issues influencing the housing and investments markets. None of these are exact...
12/31/2013
Real estate had a big year in 2013 as the housing recovery strengthened, and the public showed an increasing appetite for real estate-related news. Realtor.com® created a “2013 Real Estate Review” Web page that highlights some of the site’s top trends, data, and stories of the year. One article ...
12/31/2013
As prices continue rising in the new year—albeit at a slower pace—investors will begin to ease back from the purchase market, but repeat homebuyers will be there to pick up the slack, according to Trulia’s predictions for the housing market in 2014. “2013 was the year of the investor, but 2014 w...
12/31/2013
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Options after Foreclosure If you recently lost your home to foreclosure, one of the first things you’ll need to do is find an affordable place to live – then you can focus on rebuilding your credit. Rest assured: there are many options for finding a place to rent, you can regain control of your...
12/31/2013
Both the 10-city and 20-city composite home price indices posted year-over-year gains of 13.6%, soaring to their highest gain since February 2006 and hitting the seventeenth consecutive month of annual increases. According to the latest S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the two composites sho...
12/31/2013
What can we make of the seeming incongruity of indicators in the housing market as 2013 comes to a close? Mortgage applications recently hit a 13-year low. Existing home sales fell for the third consecutive month – and for the first time on a year-over-year basis in quite some time. Pending home ...
12/31/2013
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