Here are a few national real estate-related stories that came across my desk this week…
- from Livability.com: Reno One of the Country’s Top-Ten Best Places to Live:
- from The Wall Street Journal: Report: Housing Inventory Fell in September
- from NAR: No Federal Guarantee, No 30-Year Mortgage
- from HousingWire: RealtyTrac: Investor demand boosts residential property sales
- from Mortgage News Daily: More People Will Buy Homes if Prices go Up, Wait… What?
- from Realtor.com: Up For Air: Big Decline In Underwater Mortgages
- from Engineering News-Record: Construction Starts To Rise by 9% in 2014, Says Dodge Construction Outlook
- from USA Today: Census: Americans are moving again
- from CNNMoney: JPMorgan paying $5.1 billion to Fannie, Freddie over mortgages
- from Reuters: U.S. mortgage applications increase as rates edge down – MBA
- from The Wall Street Journal: Land Prices Hit the Brakes — Slowdown of New-Home Sales Curbs Growth of Lot Prices
- from AOL Real Estate: Lying About Income to Get a Mortgage Now an Even Bigger Mistake
- from DS News: Commentary: Investors Still Flooding the National Housing Market
- from the CoStar Group: Developers Increasingly Find It Can Pay To Convert Office Buildings Into Apartments and Condos
- from Mortgage News Daily: California is Sellers’ Market as Over-List Price Sales Soar