Here are a few national real estate-related stories that came across my screen this past week…
- from CNBC: Wells Fargo launches 3% down payment mortgage
- from HousingWire: Chase quietly launches its own 3% down mortgage lending program — Rolls out first-time homebuyer program with Fannie Mae backing
- from Freddie Mac: Mortgage Rates Tick Up on Fed News
- from The National Association of Realtors: Pending home sales rose for the third consecutive month in April and reached their highest level in over a decade
- from The Wall Street Journal: Why the Housing Market Is Getting Stronger
- from National Association of Home Builder’s Eye on Housing blog: Shortage of Lots Now Worse Than Ever
- from The Atlantic’s CityLab: The Hourly Wage Needed to Rent a 2-Bedroom Apartment Is Rising
- from CoreLogic’s Insights blog: Cash Shares In 2016 On Track To Be Lowest Since 2008Cash Sales Accounted for 36 Percent of All Home Sales in February 2016
- from Realtor.com: Reverse Migration: How Baby Boomers Are Transforming City Living
- from Realtor.com: How Your Facebook Friends Can Push You to Buy a Home
