Here are a few national real estate-related stories that came across my screen this week…
- from Mortgage News Daily: Foreclosure Time Approaches 1000 Days, But There are Fewer of Them
- from The Los Angeles Times: Lenders reduce required credit scores for FHA loans
- from The Wall Street Journal: New Lenders Spring Up to Cater to Subprime Sector
- from CoreLogic: CoreLogic Reports 48,000 Completed Foreclosures in January — Foreclosure inventory down 33 percent nationally from a year ago
- from the National Association of Home Builders: Developer Confidence in Multifamily Market Shows Slight Decline in Fourth Quarter
- from Freddie Mac: Fixed Mortgage Rates Continue Gradual Climb Higher
- from BloombergBusinessweek: Americans Shut Out of Home Market Threaten Recovery: Mortgages
- from Reuters: U.S. mortgage applications rose last week: MBA
- from RISMedia: Luxury Sales Warm Up A Frigid Winter
- from The Nielsen Company: Millennials – Breaking The Myth
- from The Times Record News: Texas outpaced U.S. in new-home sales
- from Reuters: U.S. housing recovery uneven across markets, study finds
- from USA Today: West leads in U.S. job growth
