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Home Marketing & Statistics
Pending Home Sales Decline in August
WASHINGTON, DC - October 1, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- After reaching a two-year peak, pending home sales fell in August but are at elevated levels compared with a year ago, according to the National Association of Realtors®.
Pending Home Sales Decline in August
WASHINGTON.DC - September 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- After reaching a two-year peak, pending home sales fell in August but are at elevated levels compared with a year ago, according to the National Association of Realtors
Federal Housing Finance Agency Reports Mortgage Interest Rates
Washington, DC - September 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today reported that the National Average Contract Mortgage Rate for the Purchase of Previously Occupied Homes by Combined Lenders, used as an index in s...
Pace of New-Home Sales Holds Steady in August
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Following a substantial gain in July, the pace of new-home sales held virtually unchanged at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 373,000 units in August, according to newly released figures f...
REP. EDDIE LUCIO III ANNOUNCES ELIGIBLITY EXTENSION OF HOME BUYER PROGRAMS
September 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- State Representative Eddie Lucio III announced the extension the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation’s (TSAHC) down payment assistance programs to current homeowners and those who previously owned a home.
Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Debt Outstanding Declines Fueled by Drop in CMBS Loans
WASHINGTON, DC - September 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The level of commercial/multifamily mortgage debt outstanding decreased by $10.4 billion, or 0.4 percent, in the second quarter of 2012, as the balance of loans in CMBS, CDO and other ABS issues...
August home sales in Illinois up 23.7 percent from a year ago; Statewide median...
SPRINGFIELD, IL - September 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Home sales in the state rose 23.7 percent over previous year levels, part of a 14-month run of sales increases according to data released today by the Illinois Association of REALTORS®.
Mortgage Rates Drop to New Survey Lows
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications decreased 0.2 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending Sep...
Housing Starts Rise 2.3 Percent in August on Strength in Single-Family
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Nationwide housing production rose 2.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 750,000 units in August, according to newly released figures from HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau. This in...
California home sales decline in August; median price hits four-year high, C.A.R. says
LOS ANGELES, CA - September 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- California home sales declined in August but continued to maintain a strong pace, recording five consecutive months of year-over-year sales gains, while the median price reached a four-year hig...
Home Sales and Job Creation would Rise with Sensible Lending Standards
WASHINGTON, DC - September 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- New survey findings, combined with an analysis of historic credit scores and loan performance, show home sales could be notably higher by returning to reasonably safe and sound lending standards...
HUD AND VA TEAM UP TO WIN COVETED “SAMMIE” AWARD
WASHINGTON, DC - September 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- One day last spring, Mark Johnston was walking to work when he came upon a homeless man and while most people would walk on, Mark stopped and helped the man find stable housing and needed servic...
Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications increased 11.1 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending Se...
Activity Stayed Strong throughout the Summer as Pending Sales Up Again in August
WALTHAM, MA - September 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- September 11, 2012 – The Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® (MAR) reported today that activity continued to be strong in the summer as the number of single-family homes and condominiums put ...
Terrorism Risk Insurance Vital to Commercial Real Estate Market, Say Realtors®
WASHINGTON, DC - September 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- American businesses rely upon the availability and affordability of terrorism risk insurance and it’s a vital component of most commercial real estate transactions, the National Association of...
August Market Report
MEMPHIS, TN - September 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Memphis-area home sales for August jumped 14.2 percent from a year ago, with 1,514 total sales recorded in the Memphis Area Association of REALTORS® MAARdata property records database. Total sales...
Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 5, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications decreased 2.5 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending Augu...
Homes Selling More Quickly, Time on Market Down with Tighter Supplies
WASHINGTON, DC - September 5, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A new measure shows the typical amount of time it takes to sell a home is shrinking, and for traditional sellers is now in the range of historic norms for a balanced market, well below the cyclic...
Commercial and Multifamily Mortgage Delinquency Rates Continue to Drop for Banks, Rise for CMBS...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 30, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Commercial and multifamily mortgage delinquency rates continued to drop for banks and rise for commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS) during the second quarter of 2012. Delinquency rates al...
Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications decreased 4.3 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending August...
July New Housing Permits Maintain Improvement Trend
Kansas City, MO - August 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In cities across the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area, housing production continues to climb in 2012 with the second highest month this year, according to the Home Builders Association of Gre...
July Boasts Some of the Year’s Best Numbers
August 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- According to the MLS reports compiled by the Michigan Association of REALTORS®, 11,477 single-family homes were sold in July, 2012, an increase of 14% over July, 2011 while the July 2012 average sales price was $1...
Avista seeks both gas, electric rate decreases
August 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Idaho Public Utilities Commission is taking comments on four Avista Utilities applications that, combined, would decrease natural gas customer rates by 8 percent and electric rates by about 2 percent.
Continued housing shortage sends California pending home sales lower in July
LOS ANGELES, CA - August 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A continued shortage of available homes on the market impeded California pending home sales in July, but pending sales were still higher from the previous year for the 15th straight month, CALIFOR...
New-Home Sales Rise 3.6 Percent in July
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sales of newly built, single-family homes rose 3.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 372,000 units in July from an upwardly revised pace in the previous month, according to figures ...
MBA Releases 2012 Mid-year Commercial/Multifamily Servicer Rankings
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today released its mid-year ranking of commercial and multifamily mortgage servicers as of June 30, 2012. At the top of the list of firms is Wells Fargo wit...
Existing-Home Sales Improve in July, Prices Continue to Rise
WASHINGTON, DC - August 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sales of existing homes rose in July even with constraints of affordable inventory, and the national median price is showing five consecutive months of year-over-year increases, according to the Na...
Refinance Applications Decline as Rates Increase
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications decreased 7.4 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending August...
RE/MAX CEO HONORED AS LEADING REAL ESTATE BUSINESS WOMAN
DENVER - August 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- As hundreds of local business leaders gathered at the Denver Marriott City Center on Thursday, August 16, in celebration of the Denver Business Journal’s 2012 Outstanding Women in Business, RE/MAX CEO Ma...
Home Prices Rise in Georgia for Fourth Month in a Row
August 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- During the month of the 30th Olympiad, housing medaled in several arenas. A few short years ago, housing was considered a headwind to economic recovery. Today, housing is seen as a tailwind to a stalling economy. F...
