Here are a few national real estate-related stories that came across my screen this week…
- from The Wall Street Journal: The U.S. Goes From Big to Still Bigger on the New Home Front
- from The Wall Street Journal’s Market Watch: Half of Americans can’t afford their house
- from CoreLogic: CoreLogic Reports Home Prices Rise by 10.5 Percent Year Over Year in April — CoreLogic HPI Forecast Indicates National Home Prices Are Expected to Rise by 6.3 Percent from April 2014 to April 2015
- from Bloomberg Businessweek: Cash Property Deals Reach Record With U.S. Boomers Retiring
- from The Wall Street Journal: Borrowers Tap Their Homes at a Hot Clip –Helocs Jumped 8% in the First Quarter
- from Inman News: Nearly half of modified mortgages facing rate increases are underwater — Black Knight: Homeowners with negative equity more likely to default
- from Reuters: U.S. house price gains seen moderating over next few years: poll
- from Builder Online: Entry-Level Bright Spots — What Can We Learn from The Nation’s Hottest First-Time New-Home Buyer Markets in 2014?
- from FreddieMac: Fixed Mortgage Rates Lower for Fifth Straight Week
- from CoreLogic: CoreLogic Reports 46,000 Completed Foreclosures in April — Foreclosure inventory down 35 percent nationally from a year ago
- from Inman News: NeighborhoodScout offering search by crime level, ethnic makeup
- from Inman News: Prices still at or below peaks in 8 of 10 US counties — RealtyTrac heat map shows prices in relation to peaks in 1,567 counties
- from Inman News: Price gains push 3.5 million homes above water — Slowdown in price appreciation means future improvements will be less dramatic
- from Bloomberg: Home Price Gains of 20% Vanish as Hottest Markets Cool
- from the MacArthur Foundation: Housing Challenges Real For Many Americans, Finds 2014 How Housing Matters Survey
- from The National Association of Home Builders: Lot Shortage Still a Problem for Builders
