Soaring new home sales: Not what they seem
It was the sharpest jump in more than three decades, but housing watchers are already poking holes in the new home sales numbers. After delays …
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Real Estate
Mortgage applications take a holiday as rates rise
It didn’t take much for the mortgage market to plunge into a deep freeze. As temperatures fell across the country last week, so did mortgage …
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October new home sales strongest in more than 33 years
Sales of new U.S. single-family homes recorded their biggest increase in nearly 33-1/2 years in October, suggesting the housing market recovery remains intact despite higher …
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Time to lock and load? Mortgage rates on the rise again
Flat screens and espresso makers? No, turns out that consumers should have been buying mortgages on Cyber Monday. By the end of the day, the …
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Nobel Prize winner warns of US stock market bubble
A sharp rise in U.S. equity prices could be leading to a dangerous bubble, according to one of the three Americans who won the 2013 …
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Chinese buyers in the U.S.
California real estate is becoming a hot place for the Chinese to settle down leading to a new boom for builders.
Chinese buying up California housing
At a brand new housing development in Irvine, Calif., some of America’s largest home builders are back at work after a crippling housing crash. Lennar, Pulte, K Hovnanian, Ryland to …
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Eminent domain
Even as home prices rise, some areas still have a large number of homeowners who are underwater. Some cities are considering using eminent domain to …
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Robert Shiller on housing: Don’t trust momentum
A striking surge in U.S. home prices this fall was not enough to convince one of the nation’s top housing economists that the recovery is …
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Pending home sales fall again
Signed contracts to buy existing homes fell for the fifth straight month in October, as the government shutdown added to an overall slowdown in the …
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Underwater Insurance
A large number of homeowners owe more on their homes than their homes are worth, but now a new type of insurance may protect consumers from negative equity.
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Underwater
A lot of homeowners still owe more on their loans than their homes are worth, but there may be new way to protect consumers against …
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Underwater insurance, as millions of homeowners emerge for air
Fast-rising home prices brought more borrowers up from underwater in the third quarter of this year than at any time since the housing recovery began. …
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Weak home sales out west
New housing data shows the market in the west is suffering.
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Watch out! Worrisome housing signs appear in West
They say all real estate is local, but the West has more recently been an indicator of what is to come for the rest of …
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