Here are a few national real estate-related stories that came across my desk this week…
- from Realtor.com: Housing Market Pushing Further Toward Healthy Equilibrium
- from Forbes: Federal Efforts To Help Homeowners May Be Strangling Them
- from PR Newswire: Increase Of Prenuptial Agreements Reflects Improving Economy And Real Estate Market
- from The Tampa Bay Times: No flood insurance required! Realtors find selling points in soaring-premium nightmares
- from Redfin Blog: A Common Trait that Silicon Valley, Las Vegas, and New York all Share. Hint: It’s not the Weather
- from USAToday: Want to know who died in your home? Check this site
- from The Wall Street Journal: Employment Shows ‘Missing Households’ Still Weigh on Housing
- from FreddieMac: Will the Economic Recovery Shut Down?
- from the National Association of Home Builders: Builder Confidence Down in October; NAHB Estimates Sept. Housing Starts will Approach 900,000 Units
- from RealtyTrac: High-End Home Flipping Up 34 Percent Annually in Third Quarter Even as Overall Flipping Decreases 13 Percent
- from CNBC: Mortgage applications fall, even as rates drop
- from CNBC: Home affordability sinks as housing slows
- from Bloomberg: Families Blocked by Investors From Buying U.S. Homes
- from HousingWire: RealtyTrac: Investor demand boosts residential property sales
- from USAToday: Home loans become a little easier to get
- from Mortgage News Daily: Over 1 million Construction Jobs Still Needed For ‘Normal’ Growth
