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Most Consumers Still Intimidated By Home Buying Process

Today, fewer consumers believe that it is difficult to get a mortgage compared with last year. However, the majority of respondents to an Ipsos and Wells Fargo survey still think the origination...

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Underwater Homes Decrease by 20%

A new analysis from CoreLogic found that 254,000 homes regained equity in the first quarter, meaning there are now 44.9 million mortgaged properties (representing 90% of the total) that are above water...

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Buying is Still Cheaper than Renting in Major Counties

Payments on a mortgage used to purchase a 3-bedroom home were more affordable than paying rent on a similar home in 66% of the counties recently analyzed by RealtyTrac.  The company, which looked at...

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Home Ownership at Lowest Level in Almost 50 Years

The U.S. homeownership rate fell to 63.4% in the second quarter of 2015, according to the U.S. Census. That is down from 63.7% in the first quarter and from 64.7% in the same quarter of 2014. It marks...

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Younger Generations Prefer Walking, Attached Housing

Millennials prefer walking over driving by a wider margin than any other generation, a poll conducted by the National Association of Realtors and the Transportation Research and Education Center at...

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First-Time Homebuyers Are Slightly Younger

First-time homebuyers between 2010 and 2013 were slightly younger than in the previous four-year period, according to Zillow.  The median age for first-time homebuyers from 2010 to 2013 was 32.5....

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Fed Can’t Solve Housing Puzzle Alone

“There has never been a better time to buy a home.”  That phrase, or variations on it, can be found in thousands of advertisements from real-estate agents and home builders. While impossible to...

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Sub-prime Mortgages Continue to Climb

Mortgage originations to those with subprime credit scores continued to climb steadily over the first 5 months of 2015, according to data from the latest Equifax National Consumer Credit Trends Report....

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Nationwide Report Finds Housing Stable

Despite a slowdown of home sales nationally in August, the U.S. housing market continues to look bright, according to Nationwide’s quarterly Health of Housing Markets Report. The report uses...

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Can Churches and Nonprofits Boost Homeownership?

As part of a broader effort to attract more potential borrowers to its 3% down payment home loan product, the government-sponsored Freddie Mac is reaching out to faith-based organizations to help...

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