Here are a few national real estate-related stories that came across my desk this week…
- from CNBC: Yep, it’s another housing bubble
- from The Wall Street Journal: Sellers Test Housing Market Amid Rising Prices
- from FreddieMac: Mortgage Rates Hold Steady
- from HousingWire: Foreclosure activity declines as housing recovers
- from HousingWire: Obama Housing Scorecard: Housing faces long journey ahead
- from CoStar Group: As Housing Rebound Helps More Retirees Sell Homes, Investors Prep for Increased Demand for Senior Housing
- from Bloomberg: Solar Panel Is Next Granite Countertop for Homebuilders
- from The Wall Street Journal: Home-Sales Frenzy Eases — Higher Prices and Rising Mortgage Rates Curb Demand; Blaming ‘Seller Greed’
- from HousingWire: Move-up buying activity rises with home equity gains
- from Housingwire: Lender revives housing boom-era mortgage concept
- from Mortgage News Daily: 3.5 Million Homes May be Remodeled this Year
- from the National Association of Home Builders: Single-Family Production Pushes Housing Starts Up in August
- from The New York Times: Home Construction Rises, as Do Building Permits
