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CoreLogic: Foreclosure Rates Continue to Fall

CoreLogic report outlines the country’s foreclosure progress, and it looks promising. The national foreclosure inventory continues to dwindle. However, we’re more than five years removed and rates remain well above normal, pre-crisis levels, according CoreLogic’s most recent foreclosure report.

4 Reasons Builders are Building Bigger

Americans everywhere are tightening their belts, but still our houses are getting bigger. Why? Considering the realities of today’s housing market – that the empty nester population is growing and environmental sustainability is more and more dictating the direction

414,000 Home Sales Lost in 2014 to Student Debt

In the last 11 years, student debt in the U.S. has skyrocketed from $241 billion to $1.1 trillion, making it the second-highest form of debt in the country; only mortgage debt has a greater volume. Analysts have debated just

Number of Mortgages at a Six-Year High

A few weeks ago, the Federal Reserve released a bevy of mortgage data from 2013, and it came with a screaming good headline – the number of mortgages made to purchase homes in 2013 was 2.68 million, a six-year high

Boston’s Rental Market Continues Strong Performance in 2014

Our city’s rental markets have performed quite well in recent years, and 2014 seems to be no exception. The average rent in Boston in 2014’s third quarter was $1,870, a 1.4 percent increase from the second quarter and a 3.9

Average Down Payment in Boston Tops $50,000

How does the down payment in Boston compare with other metro areas? According to analysis from LendingTree, the average down payment in the Boston area is 16.93 percent of the mortgage, which comes out to $50,146. How does this

Residential Construction in Boston Down Markedly in 2014

Construction is the residential sphere is lagging in Boston in 2014 According to the latest numbers from the Census Bureau, residential construction spending in August was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $351.7 billion, down 0.1 percent from

Housing Debt Hurting Older Americans

Older Americans are carrying their housing debt later into life, and as a result, they’re struggling financially. A lot of attention has been given to student loan debt lately, particularly in regards to the impact it’s having on young

Boston Home Prices Nowhere Near Bubble Territory

The term “bubble” gets thrown around often nowadays, but the data does not support such statements. The great housing bubble of 2001 to 2008 was a mammoth economic event, one that pulled the housing market through a verifiable roller

5 Important Details Concerning Millennials and Homeownership

Though things are tough right now for Millennials, agents should definitely keep them on their immediate housing radar. It’s not easy being a Millennial. As we’re reported recently, the Millennial generation is still the home-bound generation, with many a

News Corp to Purchase Move, Inc. in Blockbuster $950 Million Deal

First it was Zillow’s acquisition of Trulia, and now News Corp has thrown its hat in the ring in acquiring Move, Inc. In a fairly volcanic move into the real estate syndication business, News Corp – the massive media

Police Find Missing Realtor’s Body in Shallow Grave

Beverly Carter had been missing since Thursday evening. After an extensive search, Arkansas police discovered the body of Beverly Carter, a Crye-Leike Realtor, in a shallow roadside grave earlier today. Aaron Lewis, who was apprehended by authorities on Monday,

Boston Home Prices Remain Positive in New Case-Shiller

Home prices remained positive in the latest Case-Shiller, though they exhibited definite signs of easing. Home prices in the Boston area were up 0.2 percent monthly and 5.7 percent year-over-year in Standard & Poor’s latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, with data

Pending Home Sales Slow a Tad in August

The decline was not substantial, but pending contracts definitely slowed down in August. Pending home sales fell 1.0 percent in from July to August, and are down 2.2 percent from where they were in 2013. Those were the main

Suspect Apprehended in Disappearance of Arkansas Realtor

Beverly Carter has been missing since Thursday evening, though police have now apprehended a suspect. The police have taken into custody a suspect in the disappearance of Beverly Carter, a Crye-Leike Realtor in the town of Scott, Arkansas who has been

4 Essential Facts About Today’s Mortgage Markets

There has been undeniable progress in the mortgage markets, but the effects of the recession still linger. Earlier this week, the Federal Reserve released a bevy of mortgage data from 2013, and it came with a screaming good headline

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