Foreclosures rates are falling, but some states are still battling high levels. According to nationwide averages, the foreclosure inventory as of March represented 2.8 percent of all homes with a mortgage — that’s down from 3.5 percent in February. In CoreLogic’s latest report reflecting March data, the following five states posted the highest foreclosure inventories (as a percentage of all mortgaged homes): Florida: 9.7 percent New Jersey: 7.3 percent New York: 5 percent Maine: 4.4 percent Illinois: 4.4 percent Meanwhile, […]

Individual home buyers comprised a quarter of all house purchases last year, according to National Association of REALTORS® data. Single women purchase homes at double the rate of single men, according to the data. However, solo buyers can face particular challenges in qualifying for a mortgage. During and following the recession, banks tightened their underwriting standards, which also made it more difficult for single home buyers without dual incomes to qualify for a loan. Between 2010 and 2012, home purchases […]

Metropolitan area median home prices continued to rise in the first quarter, with the national gain showing the best year-over-year performance in more than seven years, according to the latest quarterly report by the National Association of REALTORS®. A companion breakout of income requirements to purchase a median-priced home on a metro basis shows the typical buyer earns roughly double the income needed to buy a home in his or her area. The median existing single-family home price rose in […]

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The number of homes for sale is at the lowest point in more than 10 years, but with buyer demand still high, many markets are seeing bidding wars. A TIME magazine article recently asked: “Are buyers being manipulated into overbidding for the relatively few attractive homes on the market?” Some real estate professionals say that homes are being underpriced in order to ignite a bidding war. “Most people are not pricing at market value,” a real estate professional told the […]

Home values are in the rise, increasing by the largest year-over-year amount since March 2006, according to the latest data from CoreLogic’s housing report. Home prices, including distressed sales, rose 10.5 percent in March year-over-year. It marked the 13th consecutive month for home-price increases, CoreLogic reported. When excluding distressed sales, home prices rose 10.7 percent in March year-over-year in CoreLogic’s index.  By comparison, the National Association of REALTORS®’ median price for all housing types in its March existing-home sales index […]

More than half of Americans — 51 percent — now say they expect home prices to increase within the next year, according to a survey by mortgage giant Fannie Mae of about 1,000 Americans’ attitudes toward housing. “For the first time in the survey’s three-year history, the majority of Americans surveyed now expect home prices to increase,” says Doug Duncan, senior vice president and chief economist at Fannie Mae. “Crossing the 50 percent threshold marks a significant milestone as most […]

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