Here are a few national real estate-related stories that came across my screen this week…
- from The Huffington Post: Real Estate Has Become Unaffordable
- from the National Association of REALTORS® Economists’ Outlook blog: Sales to First-Time Buyers: 28 Percent of Sales in July 2015
- from the National Association of Home Builders Eye on Housing blog: US Government: Number of Builders Declined 50% Between 2007 and 2012
- from The Wall Street Journal: Why a Stronger Housing Sector Isn’t Boosting the U.S. Economy That Much — Construction of single-family homes, which packs an outsize economic punch, has stalled, as new households rent and building costs have risen
- from FannieMae: Fannie Mae Introduces the Home Purchase Sentiment Index, an Innovative, Predictive Single Measure of Consumer Housing Attitudes
- from the National Association of REALTORS®: NAR Study: New Home Construction Trailing Job Growth in Majority of Metro Areas
- from CNBC: Mortgage applications down 6.2% as refinancings slide
- from FreddieMac: Fixed Mortgage Rates Largely Unchanged
- from HousingWire: Freddie Mac joins Fannie Mae in extending foreclosure timelines — Also raises number of allowable days for foreclosure proceedings in 33 states
- from Quicken Loans: Homeowners Overvalued Their Properties In August – 7th Consecutive Month That Gap between Homeowners’ Perception of Value Widens From Appraisers’ Opinion
- from RealtyTrac: The Best Day of the Year to Buy a Home
