Here are a few national real estate-related stories that came across my screen this week…
- From HousingWire: Property taxes hit highest level in 20 years — States and local governments collect $488.34 billion in 2013
- from CNBC: from CNBC: A spring thaw for mortgages?
- from Trulia: Bubble Watch: Local Worries, National Calm
- from Yahoo Finance: Chinese Buyers Enthusiastic About U.S. Real Estate
- from FreddieMac: Fixed Mortgage Rates Move Down a Tad
- from USA Today: Fed changes guidance on raising rates
- from FreddieMac: Mortgage Rates: From Dirt Cheap, to Cheap
- from FreddieMac: Fixed Mortgage Rates Move Up
- from Reuters: U.S. mortgage applications fell last week-MBA
- from Bloomberg: Sales of New U.S. Homes Fell in February to Five-Month Low
- from HousingWire: Carrington ups ante on Wells Fargo by lowering FICO standard — Lowers minimum FICO score to 550
- from Houzz.com: What Really Makes Us Happy at Home? Find Out From a New Houzz Survey
