Here are a few national real estate-related stories and news pieces that came across my screen this past week…
- from MarketWatch: Trump already suspends Obama-era FHA mortgage insurance cut
- from U.S. News & World Report: First-Time Homebuyers Are Ready to Test the Housing Market. Can They Find a Home?
- from The Wall Street Journal: Mortgage-Rate Rise Hits Coastal Property Markets Hardest — Disparity in monthly payment increases reflects deep divide between nation’s priciest and least expensive areas
- from Freddie Mac: Mortgage Rates Rise for First Time in 2017
- from CNBC: Jump in rates doesn’t deter homebuyers, as mortgage applications increase 4%
- from National Association of REALTORS®: Existing-Home Sales Slide in December; 2016 Sales Best Since 2006
- from the National Association of Home Builders: New Home Sales Post Highest Yearly Total Since 2007
- from The Wall Street Journal: California Housing Crunch Prompts Push to Allow Building — Debate in most-populous state has advocates saying, ‘Yes, in my backyard’
- from The Wall Street Journal: Homeowners’ Quest for the Best Schools
- from NerdWallet: Why January Is the Best Time to Buy a Home
- from Realtor.com: The U.S. Cities That Are Gentrifying the Fastest—You’ll Never Guess No. 1
- from The Washington Post: With countertops, quartz has supplanted granite as the people’s choice
