Here are a few national real estate-related stories that came across my screen this week…
- from FreddieMac: 30-Year Fixed-Rate Mortgage Hits Low for the Year
- from the National Association of Realtors®: All-Cash Sales Up While Distressed Sales and Investors Decline
- from Inman News: If US economic growth doesn’t pick up, interest rates are poised to come down — Flattening of housing sector just one drag on the recovery
- from The Wall Street Journal: Five Key Hurdles in Fannie, Freddie Overhaul
- from Inman News: NAR forecasts 2014 existing-home sales won’t match last year’s tally — Uptrend expected as slow start blamed on ‘severe weather patterns’
- from REALTOR®Mag: Hidden Attack on MID Lurks in House Tax Reform
- from Reuters: U.S. regulator opens door wider for Americans on mortgages
- from The Wall Street Journal: U.S. Mortgage Application Volume Up 3.6% Last Week, MBA Says
- from USA Today: Housing’s sagging rebound worries economists
- from Redfin: 40% of Home Sellers Plan to Price Above Market Value
- from Bloomberg: Americans Shut Out of Housing as FHA Fees Jump: Mortgages
- from Inman News: Zillow’s ‘Zestimate forecasts’ try to predict future value of individual homes — 12-month forecasts tap home facts, local economic and housing data
- from Daily Finance: As Interest Rates Fall, Mortgage Applications Rise
