Here are a few national real estate-related stories that came across my screen this week…
- from Freddie Mac: Mortgage Rates Move Down – Back Below 4%
- from CNBC: Weekly mortgage applications edge up 0.8% despite drop in rates
- from RealtyTrac: Share of Seriously Underwater Foreclosure Properties Drops to New Low in Q2 2015
- from The Seattle Times: Selling times reaching new lows — New research suggests that not only are typical selling times declining in the current bull market for housing, but they may have hit record lows
- from the Pew Research Center: More Millennials Living With Family Despite Improved Job Market
- from ApartmentList.com: Study: Most Millennials plan to purchase homes, but only after 2018
- from Reuters: U.S. homeownership hits 35 year-low, renting in vogue
- from Real Estate Economy Watch: Rising Rents Hit 47-Month High, June Occupancy Matches Record
- from Realtor.com: Don’t Lose Faith, Would-Be Home Buyers: It Will Get Better
- from The Wall Street Journal: Rent-to-Own Homes Make a Comeback — Investment firms bank on giving renters an option to buy
- from J.D. Power: Mortgage Servicers’ Focus on At-Risk Customers Negatively Impacts Mortgage Experience of Majority of Other Borrowers
- from the National Association of Home Builders: New-Home Sales Fall 6.8 Percent in June
