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Eighty U.S. metro areas are holding a spot in this month’s Improving Markets Index, a housing index that spotlights housing markets showing gains over at least six consecutive months. The National Association of Home Builders/First American’s August index shows that 75 metro areas kept their spot on this month’s list, with the addition of five new ones. The five metros added to this month’s improving index are: Miami Palm Bay, Fla. Hinesville, Ga. Terre Haute, Ind. Lubbock, Texas The index measures improvements in housing permits, employment, and housing prices over […]

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Closing costs have dropped by 7 percent over the last year, according to an annual survey on closing costs conducted by Bankrate.com. Closing costs average $3,754 nationwide. Title insurance and other third-party fees also saw a drop in the last year, falling 12 percent, and origination fees fell 1 percent, according to Bankrate.com’s survey. “This is the second year in which lenders are required to estimate third-party fees within 10 percent of the final cost. It seems like they’re getting more accurate, which helps explain the sharp decrease in these […]

Depending on how Americans’ experienced the housing crash—whether they were a home owner or a bystander reading about it in the news—as well as their age influenced their perceptions of home ownership today, according to a new study by economists at the Boston Federal Reserve. Two-thirds of Americans who did not personally suffer a loss directly from the housing crisis and who knew of the housing crisis merely from the media have not changed their views toward home ownership. They still place a high value on the American Dream, the […]

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Home buyers who can stomach some misfortune in a home’s past may be able to find big discounts. For example, buyers can expect to pay 10 percent to 25 percent off the regular market home price for a stigmatized home, according to real estate consultant Randall Bell of Bell Anderson & Saunders. And depending on how bad the crime was that occurred at the home, the more a home buyer can expect in discount to the price. “In large, it all comes down to finding the right discount to entice […]

Inventory of for-sale homes on the market has fallen 24 percent from a year ago and many are pointing to the “immobile move-up buyer” as the reason behind the drastic drop. Some analysts say the lack of move-up buyers in the market may also slow the overall housing recovery. Housing affordability—due to fallen home values and ultra-low mortgage rates—is at record highs. But mortgage applications for home purchases are down by 6 percent over the last year, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association. Some point to the still-high […]

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Following a 13-week record-low streak, 30-year fixed-rate mortgages—the most popular choice among home buyers—started moving back up this week, according to Freddie Mac’s weekly mortgage market survey. The average 30-year mortgage had dropped or matched record lows in 13 of the last 14 weeks. But this week, mixed economic news prompted mortgage rates to rise higher. “Recent announcements of additional debt relief for the Eurozone and mixed domestic economic indicators added upward pressure on Treasury yields as well as mortgage rates this week,” says Frank Nothaft, Freddie Mac’s chief economist. […]

Plenty of people say they prefer home ownership over renting, according to a newly released Fannie Mae national housing survey of more than 12,000 interviews from 2011. The study finds that the housing and financial crisis has not been a big factor in people’s decisions to rent or buy. “The nonfinancial benefits that people derive from the consumption of housing mitigate the negative financial experiences that many home owners have had,” says Steve Deggendorf, one of the authors of the study. Instead, “for a large number of people, emotions rule. […]