Here are a few national real estate-related stories that came across my screen this week…
- from Builder magazine: First-Time Buyers and New-Home Demand: Reverting to Normal
- from Housingwire: China set to dominate foreign homebuyers market — Analysts expect Chinese to overtake Canadians within 5 years
- from AOL Real Estate: Record-Low Mortgage Rates Now Haunt the Housing Market
- from the Chicago Tribune: Time to downsize? Not for baby boomers
- from 24/7 Wall St.: Cities With the Most Abandoned Homes
- from FreddieMac: Multifamily Housing Can’t Live on New Construction Alone
- from MSN Real Estate: 5 housing trends to watch this summer
from Yahoo! Finance: Why mortgage rates haven’t risen as expected - from Housingwire: Yellen: Economy uncertain, housing disappoints, and rate hikes are coming — Fed Chair sees little progress in housing metrics
- from Reuters: JPMorgan pulls back from mortgage lending on foreclosure worries
- from RealtyTrac: U.S. Foreclosure Decreases 2 Percent in June to Lowest Level Since July 2006, Before Housing Bubble Surge
- from the National Association of Homebuilders: Builder Confidence Surpasses Key Benchmark in July
