Here are a few national real estate-related stories that came across my desk this week…
- from FreddieMac: 2014: The Emerging Purchase Market
- from Realtor.com: Survey: Tight Inventory Tops Winter Home Buyers’ Challenges
- from the National Association of Home Builders: Housing Affordability Continues to Slide in Third Quarter
- from AOL Real Estate: Home Values in Big Cities Took Biggest Hit in Recession, Study Says
- from Bloomberg Businessweek: Bid Wars Wane in U.S. Housing Markets on Supply Rise
- from Reuters: Luxury builder Toll Brothers outpaces peers in housing recovery
- from AOL Real Estate: Mortgage Lenders Reportedly Accepting Lower Down Payments
- from USA Today: Lose it and move it: Displaced Americans move locally
- from AOL.com: How Cash Income Can Cost You When Applying for a Mortgage
- from RISMedia: Builder Confidence Holds Steady in November
- from Inman News – Despite inventory shortages, homebuyers looking for bargains this winter
- from Housingwire: 2014: The year of purchase mortgages, rising rates
- from CNBC: Remodeling? Now you can snoop inside your neighbors’ kitchen
