Here are a few national real estate-related stories and news pieces that came across my screen this week…
- from Move.com: Home Prices Boom 10 Years After Housing Crisis — New report reveals surprising data as prices return to bubble levels
- from FreddieMac: Mortgage Rates Bounce Up
- from CNBC: Weekly mortgage applications rise as rates briefly fall back
- from The Wall Street Journal: Why Some Siblings Become Neighbors — These brothers and sisters built separate houses on subdivided land; in between are shared pools, patios and fire pits.
- from Housingwire: Facebook launches massive push into real estate listings
- from Credit.com: Renting Is Overtaking the Housing Market — Here’s Why
- from John Burns Real Estate Consulting: Millennials Pay More for Features and Less for Brands
- from HousingWire: Genworth: 3% down mortgages key to lock in first-time homebuyers in 2018
- from The Wall Street Journal: Ready to Downsize? There’s Plenty of Help — Entrepreneurs find there is good money in helping boomers and their parents relocate
- from Valued Insured: Homeowners: Great Time to Sell, But Not to Buy and Here’s Why
- from CNNMoney: Hurricanes could bring another disaster: Foreclosures
