Tag Archives: house prices

Kill the next boom in the cradle?

Posted on May 30, 2012 by

Should we tighten down payment requirements where prices are rising at double-digit rates? Continue reading →

Posted in Mortgages | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Kill the next boom in the cradle?

A twist(er) to house prices?

Posted on May 23, 2012 by

Purchase prices increased most in Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Mich., up 6.2 percent in a year. Continue reading →

Posted in Mortgages | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on A twist(er) to house prices?

Homeowners still optimists

Posted on April 18, 2011 by

“The five-year swoon in home prices has done little to shake the confidence of the American public in the investment value of homeownership.”
That’s the key finding of a new nationwide Pew Research Center survey that queried about 2,140 adults in late… Continue reading →

Posted in Mortgages | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Homeowners still optimists

Higher rate versus price dip

Posted on April 8, 2011 by

Mortgage interest rates rose again this week in Bankrate’s weekly survey, creating a dilemma for homebuyers: Act now to avoid the risk that rates might rise further or wait and hope that prices will drop more.
Either way, it’s not an easy choice.
Mortg… Continue reading →

Posted in Mortgages | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Higher rate versus price dip

Bus tour touts homeownership

Posted on March 24, 2011 by

U.S. home sales and prices are on a downward slide.
Sales of existing homes dropped 9.6 percent in February to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 4.88 million units, a pace that’s slowed 2.8 percent compared with the 5.02 million level recorded a… Continue reading →

Posted in Mortgages | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Bus tour touts homeownership