Here are a few national real estate-related stories that came across my desk this week…
- from HousingWire: FHA offers mortgage backing to the once bankrupt — Borrowers qualify despite past foreclosures
- from The Wall Street Journal: Report: Half of All Homes Are Being Purchased With Cash
- from USA Today: Housing starts rise 5.9% in July
- from Freddie Mac: Growing Pains as the Economic Recovery Turns Four
- from CNN Money: Surprising foreclosure hot spots
- from RealtyTrac: RealtyTrac Housing Market Recovery Index Identifies Markets Leading and Lagging the Housing Recovery
- from MSN Real Estate: Home sales, prices rise – but for how long?
- from Quartz: Rising mortgage rates haven’t slowed the rebound of US housing—yet
- from DSNews.com: July Existing-Home Sales at Highest Level Since 2009
- from The New York Times: Median Income Rises, but Is Still 6% Below Level at Start of Recession in ’07
