Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
Mortgage interest rates dipped as low as 4.32 percent, on conforming 30-year loans this week. The average was 5.08 percent for fixed-rate mortgages...
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Thursday, November 12th, 2009
October foreclosure filings -- default notices, scheduled foreclosure auctions and bank repossessions -- declined 3 percent from the previous month,...
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President Barack Obama, this morning, signed legislation that extends a first time home buyer tax credit and extends a smaller tax credit to move-up...
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The first-time home buyer tax credit extension and expansion has won Congressional approval and is on its way to President Barack Obama. He's...
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A measure to extend and expand the first-time home buyer tax credit won unanimous Senate approval Wednesday on a 98-0 vote, and House passage would...
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Rushing to escrow to take advantage of the waning federal first-time home buyer tax credit? Relax. If you miss the Nov. 30 deadline, you'll likely get...
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It's hard out there being a home loan applicant, especially if you are an ethnic minority. The Federal Reserve said 32 percent of all home loan...
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It's penny-wise-and-pound-foolish bottom-line reckoning to circumvent the legal building permit process in an attempt to save money on an otherwise...
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California's home prices remain a long way from living up to the state's nickname, but the Golden State's home prices are set to rebound in 2010. The...
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The housing market's malaise has spread to the rental sector where the vacancy rate is at a 23-year high. San Jose, the capital of Silicon Valley,...
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