Here are a few national real estate-related stories and news pieces that came across my screen this past week…
- from Realtor.com®: Gap Widens Between What Buyers Want and What’s For Sale
- from Freddie Mac: Mortgage Rates Drop
- from CNBC: New home sales sank 7.8% in May, despite a big drop in mortgage rates
- from the National Association of Home Builders: New Home Sales Decline in May
- from ATTOM Data Solutions: Uncovering the 20 Markets with Seller Returns
- from The Wall Street Journal: Trump Administration to Take on Local Housing Barriers
- from CNBC: The trade war is weighing on Chinese home buying in the US
- from National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association: Senior Housing Wealth Reaches Record $7.14 Trillion
- from Zoocasa: The Income Group You Need to Be in to Buy a Home Across the US
- from Porch.com: Turnkey Homes vs. Fixer Uppers
- from the Tampa Bay Times: Answer to rising waters? Raise the house
- from the Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies: The State of the Nation’s Housing 2019
- from The Wall Street Journal: How Fannie and Freddie Prop Up America’s Favorite Mortgages
- from Housingwire: CitiMortgage to pay $7.8 million to California borrowers for not paying interest on escrow accounts
