The federal government is planning a major new initiative to convert foreclosures into rentals. But as Greg Rand (@gsrand), CEO of OwnAmerica and host of Rand on Real Estate on WABC Radio in N.Y. explains,Read More
The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (NAR) REALTOR Benefits® Program has accelerated its offerings by partnering with Chrysler Group, LLC. This new partnership allows NAR members (and their family members) a $500 cash allowance on the purchase or lease of select …
The list of housing markets showing measurable improvement expanded by 29 metros in February to include a total of 98 entries on the National Association of Home Builders/First American Improving Markets Index (IMI), released today. Thirty-six states are now represented …
Century 21 Real Estate LLC recently announced that it has maintained its industry leadership position in brand awareness for the 11th consecutive year. In a study conducted by Millward Brown, a global market research organization, the CENTURY 21® brand achieved …
Regional Spotlight—A sellers’ market has returned in the areas close to the job centers of Seattle and Bellevue, Wash., up to the one million dollar price point, according to a recent announcement by John L. Scott Real Estate Chairman and …
There are all sorts of ways to divide market moving information into different categories. One of our favorites is also one of the most broad: scheduled vs unscheduled. At first glance, it might seem a bit odd to classify something scheduled as "market moving information" before it...Read More
The Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Treasury issued the administration's January Housing Scorecard on Monday. The report is essentially a summary of data on housing and housing finance released by public and private sources over the previous month and/or quarter. Most of the ...Read More
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reports that commercial and multifamily loan originations were down 7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to the third quarter but were 13 percent higher than originations in the fourth quarter a year earlier. The year-over year change was driven by...Read More
Following Friday's employment data, Mortgages Rates moved quickly higher. In most cases, the changes were seen not in the quoted interest rates themselves, but rather in the closing costs required to obtain those rates. A small number of lenders' Best-Execution rates rose to 4.0%, ...Read More
The list of Improving Housing Markets (IHM) maintained by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) took another big jump in February, rising from 76 in January and more than doubling the 41 reported in December. There are now 98 metropolitan areas representing 36 states included on the list...Read More
( MBS Live ) - Against today's data-free backdrop, the only real market mover has been the earlier scheduled Fed buying (30yr sector of Treasuries) that left the long end of the yield curve in slightly better shape. 2s v 10s moved down to 167 from 170.8 just before the Fed buying. ...Read More
Some will call this a useful tool and a time saver - others will say it is another sign of our privacy going away and "Big Brother" seeing everything. Enter an address, and it displays a map of the area showing all residences/businesses, including their phone numbers...Read More
The Employment Situation Report is normally preceded by "sideways uncertainty" and followed by noticeable directionality. But this time around, the opposite is true. Although there were some fast and moderately large losses on Friday following the report, it could be argued that th...Read More
