Here are a few national real estate-related stories that came across my screen this week…
- from HousingWire: Fannie Mae: Housing affordability will continue to be a challenge in 2016 — Income growth, eased lending standards coming, but so are price increases
- from FreddieMac: Mortgage Rates Fall for Third Straight Week
- from the National Association of Home Builders: 2015 Housing Starts End Year Up 10.8 Percent, Permits Up 12 Percent
- from the National Association of Home Builders: Millennials to Shape Housing Preferences – Once They Start Buying
- from the National Association of Home Builders: Builder Confidence Holds Firm in January
- from CNBC: Mortgage applications pop 9% on stock sell-off
- from The Washington Post: One-third of realty transactions are plagued by delays, some of them fatal
- from Forbes: Treasury’s New Disclosure Regulations For All-Cash Buyers Could Slow High-End Property Deals
