Here are a few national real estate-related stories that came across my screen this week…
- from Housingwire: QE3 ends, how long until interest rates rise?
- from Reuters: Fed ends bond buying, shows confidence in U.S. recovery
- from the National Association of Home Builders: New-Home Sales Edge Up 0.2 Percent from Revised Down August Rate
- from Redfin Research Center: Seller Confidence Wanes in the Third Quarter — Fewer Sellers Think Now is A Good Time to Sell Than Did Last Quarter
- from RealtyTrac: U.S. Median Home Price Increases Annually for 30th Consecutive Month in September; 59 Percent of U.S. Metros Post Single-Digit Annual Home Price Appreciation in September
- from RealtyTrac: Vacant “Zombie” Foreclosures Nationwide Decrease 23 Percent from a Year Ago But Increase in 16 States, 60 of 212 Metros
- from Bloomberg Businessweek: A Mystery Bidder Offers $3 Million for 6,000 of Detroit’s Worst Homes
- from Bloomberg Businessweek: Detroit’s ‘Blight Bundle’ of 6,000 Foreclosures Goes to a Casino Developer
- from The Atlantic: Homeownership in America Has Collapsed—Don’t Blame Millennials — Blame 35-to-44-year-olds, the true cheapest generation
- from RealtyTrac: Short Sales and Foreclosure Sales Account for 13 Percent of All Sales in Third Quarter, Lowest Level Since Q1 2011 — U.S. Median Home Price Increases Annually for 30th Consecutive Month in September; 59 Percent of U.S. Metros Post Single-Digit Annual Home Price Appreciation in September
- from CNBC: U.S. mortgage applications fall in latest week as rates rise -MBA
