Here are a few national real estate-related stories and news pieces that came across my screen this week…
- from Freddie Mac: Mortgage Rates Push Higher
- from The Wall Street Journal: U.S. Household Net Worth Pushes Further Into Record Territory
- from The Associated Press/USA Today: Stock market lifts U.S. household wealth to $98.7 trillion
- from The Wall Street Journal: Spring Home Sales Could Be the Weakest in Years — Higher prices, tax changes and rising interest rates expected to damp demand
- from The Wall Street Journal: Why New Jersey’s Soaring Foreclosures Are Good for the Housing Market
- from ATTOM Data Solutions: U.S. Home Flipping Increases to 11-Year High in 2017 With More Than 200,000 Homes Flipped for Second Straight Year
- from Curbed.com: Can manufactured housing ease America’s affordable housing crisis?
- from HousingWire: Freddie Mac still predicts new home sales to drive 2018 growth
- from Fannie Mae: Fannie Gives Foreclosure Listings a Makeover
- from National Association of Home Builders’ Eye on Housing blog: Home Features Buyers Consider Essential