Sales Housing Market Is Not Quite Ready For Boom Time By many measures, the housing market seems to be in very good shape. The National Association of Realtors reports that contracts to buy...
Economics Federal Reserve May Raise Rates Two More Times This Year The economy is close to achieving full employment, which may trigger a few interest rate hikes. BloombergMarkets reports that Federal...
Economics Owners Pay More For A Mortgage The monthly mortgage payment for the typical U.S. home was $758 as of the end of last year
Economics Pittsburgh, Houston And Other Places Renters Have Disposable Income Renters in New York City and San Francisco that aren’t spending their entire paycheck on rent are basically considered winners. But, there...
Single-Family Homes California City Offers $40,000 Interest-Free Down Payment Loan For First-Time Buyers Even the most modest homes in Santa Ana, Calif., are on the market for half a million bucks, which prices out a large swath of potential...
Builders Prices For Softwood Lumber And Other Building Materials Increased In February According to the most recent Producer Price Index from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for softwood lumber, ready-mix concrete,...
Sales Most Sellers Tried To Negotiate Lower Commissions Last Year When selling a home, Millennials are more likely than older generations to attempt to work out a better deal with their real estate agent. ...
Multifamily Homeowner Association Fees Outpace Home Prices As housing prices have fluctuated over the last decade, homeowners association fees have steadily increased. According to Trulia, the...
Multifamily New Construction Causes Manhattan Rents To Fall Rent prices fell in February for apartments of all sizes in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Even studio rents dropped 2.6 percent to...
Economics Steady Job Growth Could Push The Fed To Raise Interest Rates The nation is nearing full employment, but a rate hike could still hurt many workers
