Here are a few national real estate-related stories that came across my screen this week…
- from CNBC: New home sales power higher in August, soar by 18 percent
- from Reuters: Tesla factory near Reno is bet old Nevada will meet the new
- from the Las Vegas Sun: Rise of Reno: Northern Nevada is booming. What can we learn from its growth?
- from RealtyTrac: RealtyTrac Ranks Best U.S. Markets for Buying Residential Rental Properties
- from The Washington Post: Why did millions of Americans just not bother to refinance their mortgages?
- from The New York Times: When Mortgage Rates Rise
- from the National Association of Home Builders: Income Growth Key for Housing
- from CNNMoney: Bank’s ‘repeated failures’ led to 2,000 foreclosures, feds say
- from CoreLogic: Distressed Sales Accounted for Just 11 Percent of Total Home Sales in July 2014 — Distressed Sales Share is 21 Percentage Points Below the Peak Value in January 2009
- from FreddieMac: Mortgage Rates Mixed