US July existing home sales dip 2.6 percent
US existing homes fell 2.6 percent in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 7.16 million, an industry group said.
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Interest Rate Roundup Here's a look at the state of interest rates on five common consumer banking products and the latest rates from Bankrate.com's weekly national survey of large banks and thrifts.read more...
Shopping for a Loan Online? Beware of Lowball Offers. I wrote an article five years ago on Internet mortgage-referral sites, six of which I examined with some care. In the intervening years, more have popped up. One relatively
Home-Price Declines Continue Home prices fell a record 16% from a year earlier in 20 major metropolitan areas, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller index. Meanwhile, consumer confidence edged up slightly in July.read more...
Developer plans to build up disputed property A developer accused of illegal building up of wetlands is planning to start a housing project on a plot of the land that has become a subject of his long-term
Access road can wait, court rules A state appellate court has upheld a decision by Superior Court Judge Bonnie Sabraw that allowed Pleasanton to finish construction and open its new municipal golf course this year without
Housing Markets Where Prices Are Rising, Not Falling While the U.S. saw the biggest median-price drop on record in the third quarter, price tags are still on the way up in some locales. In this week's news survey,