Here are a few national real estate-related stories that came across my screen this week…
- from Housingwire: Capital Economics remains bullish on housing
- from RealtyTrac: U.S. Foreclosure Activity Increases 7 Percent in August
- from Housingwire: Fannie Mae widens credit box for failed homeowners — Updates minimum wait periods
- from CNBC: What matters more to housing: Price or rates?
- from Housingwire: Cash sales accounted for one in three home sales in June — CoreLogic: Share lowest since the start of the financial crisis
- from Reuters: U.S. mortgage applications fall to lowest since Dec 2000: MBA
- from Housingwire: Here’s why some homeowners throw away $11,500 a year on mortgage payments — Borrowers fail to refinance despite great market conditions
- from the Poughkeepsie Journal: New York takes on abandoned ‘zombie homes’
- from Reuters: Fed survey highlights widening U.S. wealth, income gap
- from FannieMae: Consumer Housing Sentiment Loses Momentum as Income Growth Remains Stagnant — Indicators Support Forecast that Gradual Housing Recovery Will Continue into 2015
