Here are a few national real estate-related stories that came across my screen this week…
- from Reuters: U.S. new home sales tumble after months of strong gains
- from Bloomberg: The Drought’s Latest Victim Out West Is the Housing Market
- from the NAR’s Economists’ Outlook blog: Return Buyers: Many Already Here, Many More to Come
- from RealtyTrac: Share of Seriously Underwater Homes Increases in First Quarter For First Time Since Second Quarter 2012
- from RealtyTrac: First Quarter U.S. Foreclosure Activity Drops to Lowest Level in Eight Years Despite March Increase
- from The Mortgage Reports: How Today’s Mortgage Rates Might Soon Hit 2%
- from Fredde Mac: Mortgage Rates Move Down Slightly
- from CNBC: Mortgage applications rise 2.3%, led by homebuyers
- from the NAR’s Economists’ Outlook blog: U.S. and International Housing Prices: U.S. a Good Buy
- from Auction.com: Western States Lead the Way as Flipping Edges out Renting Among Real Estate Investors in the First Quarter of 2015
- from FannieMae: Q1 Economic Growth Measures Downsized, but Expected to Spring Forward — Full-Year Growth Forecast Unchanged at 2.8 Percent
- from REJournals.com: Think there’s a McDonald’s on every corner? Try counting the number of self-storage facilities dotting the country
