Clayton’s background and passion for real estate began years ago, being from a family in custom homebuilding. Early in his career, he honed his skills in customer service and management while owning and buying for his clothing and home furnishing boutique in West University/Southside place area of Houston. The skills learned during this venture come in to play while giving his client’s guidance in home staging and marketing for their homes. He prides himself in educating himself on trends in […]

Closing costs have climbed 6 percent in the past year, according to a new survey by Bankrate.com. On a $200,000 single-family loan, borrowers with great credit who are making a 20 percent down payment are paying $2,402, on average, in closing costs nationwide. But closing costs vary greatly from lender to lender as well as from state to state. The states with the highest average closing costs, according to Bankrate’s survey: Hawaii: $2,919 Alaska: $2,675 South Carolina: $2,658 California: $2,639 […]

So you thought rising mortgage rates would undermine the housing recovery? Think again. A new survey of 1,000 consumers found a majority still believe it’s a good time to buy a home, despite rising mortgage rates and escalating home prices. At least that’s the conclusion Fannie Mae reached after conducting its July 2013 National Housing Survey. The number of respondents who said interest rates will rise in the next year shot up 5 percentage points from the June survey, with […]

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 Representing a new post-bubble high, Las Vegas experienced a 31.2% jump in annual home prices in July, becoming the first metro to surpass 30% growth since the beginning of the recovery. In the latest home data index released by Clear Capital, July home price trends continued to be strong both nationwide and when broken down between the nation’s four major regions. Nationally, home prices grew 9.3% from last year, and were up 1.6% over the previous quarter. Interestingly enough, national […]

Rising mortgage rates aren’t the only problem house hunters are facing. Closing costs for loan origination and other fees have increased 6 percent in the past year, according to a survey by Bankrate.com. Borrowers with stellar credit who are making a 20 percent down payment are still forking over an average of $2,402 in closing costs on a $200,000 loan. The main catalyst for the increase in closing costs is origination fees, which have jumped 8 percent in the past […]

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In a volatile housing market, Toll Brothers Inc (TOL) has a sufficient number of rental apartment projects in the pipeline, suggesting the company is capable of handling the market conditions, according to stock analysts. Last year, the company earned $2.86 billion with a net profit of approximately $4 million in the first quarter of 2013, compared to a loss of $2.8 million a year ago.

President Barack Obama is making it clear in his housing-focused economic speech today in Phoenix that he envisions the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage to be the centerpiece of any reformed mortgage system.

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