Here are a few national real estate-related stories that came across my screen this week…
- from USA Today: U.S. household wealth reaches record high
- from Freddie Mac: Fixed Mortgage Rates Jump
- from the National Association of Home Builders: Housing Markets Continue Slow Climb Back to Normal
- from CNNMoney: FHA to pull back on big mortgages
- from The New York Times: Fed’s Plan to Taper Stimulus Effort Is Not Expected Until Next Year
- from the Joint Center for housing Studies of Harvard University: America’s Rental Housing: Evolving Markets and Needs
- from National Geographic: Reno, Nevada named as a “Top 10 Emerging Ski Towns”
- from CNBC: Skyrocketing rents hit ‘crisis’ levels
- from The Wall Street Journal: Fannie, Freddie to Raise Loan Fees
- from Reuters: U.S. Treasury prods mortgage servicers to perform better
- from Bloomberg News: U.S. MBA Mortgage Applications Index Increased 1% Last Week
- from The Wall Street Journal: Toll Brothers Hits Limits of Luxury-Home Prices
