Here are a few national real estate-related stories that came across my screen this week…
- from the National Association of Home Builders: New Home Sales Up 5.4 Percent in July
- from Mortgage Bankers Association: “…a projection of much stronger housing demand over the next decade”
- from CNBC: Mortgage applications up 0.2%, steady before market storm
- from FreddieMac: Global Market Volatility Pushes Mortgage Rates Lower
- from HousingWire: Black Monday hits housing, mortgage finance worse than Dow, Nasdaq — Update: Housing stocks making up some ground, most still in red
- from RealtyTrac: Share of In-Foreclosure Sales Drops to 15-Year Low in July While Cash Sales Share Falls to Eight-Year Low
- from WalletHub: 2015’s Healthiest Housing Markets
- from FannieMae: Economic Growth Outlook Less Upbeat for the Second Half of the Year
- from FannieMae: Millennials Look to Income Improvements as Key to Unlocking Homeownership