Here are a few national real estate-related stories that came across my screen this week…
- from The Wall Street Journal: Slowing Momentum Might Signal Peak in New-Home Prices
- from Reuters: U.S. new home sales hit seven-year high in February
- from RealtyTrac: Home Price Appreciation Outpaces Wage Growth in 76 Percent of U.S. Markets During Housing Recovery
- from BloombergBusiness: Rising Rents Are Finally Forcing Millennials to Buy Houses
- from FreddieMac: Mortgage Rates Move Down Again
- from CNNMoney: 4 reasons to sell your home now
- from CNBC: Mortgage applications at highest level since January
- from FannieMae: A Soft Start to 2015, but Acceleration Expected — Modest Housing Expansion Expected in 2015, Despite Weak Outset
- from The New York Times: Mortgage Amounts Rising More Quickly Than Home Prices
- from BUILDER: SUPPLY-ORIENTED CONCERNS TOP BUILDERS’ LISTS IN 2015 — An NAHB panel finds that builders’ current concerns are different than earlier in the so-called recovery
- from RealtyTrac: U.S. Foreclosure Activity Down 4 Percent in February to Lowest Level Since July 2006 Despite 9 Percent Rise in REOs
