Existing-Home Sales Climb, But Prices Show Record Drop
The number of houses sold rose in October, while the median home price fell from $229,000 in October 2005 to $221,000 last month.
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PRESS RELEASE: S&P Rates RAMS Mortgage Sec Trust Series 2 (Dow Jones News via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) S&P: Australia's RAMS Continues To Access U.S. Ext. CP Mkt (MORE TO FOLLOW) Dow Jones Newswires March 16, 2006 21:52 ET (02:52 GMT) Copyright (c) 2006 Dow Jones & Company,
Sector Glance: Mortgage Lenders Mixed (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Shares of mortgage lenders traded lower Wednesday after the Federal Reserve slashed a key short-term interest rate by a half-point to keep the economy from falling into a recession.read
Homeowners unaware of probate court nightmare Without a will or trust, transferring real estate gets tricky DEAR BOB: My husband and I have a home mortgage with our names on it, but the house title is
30-year mortgage rates jump (Portsmouth Herald) WASHINGTON -- Rates on 30-year mortgages rose this week to the highest level since the spring of 2002. Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, reported Thursday that rates on 30-year, fixed-rate
Mortgage crisis ripple hits other sectors (International Herald Tribune) The turmoil in the U.S. home mortgage market this summer is beginning to directly affect the fortunes of companies that would not seem the least bit connected with the mortgage
U.S. New Home Sales Probably Fell 4% in May on Mortgage Rates (Bloomberg.com) June 26 (Bloomberg) -- Sales of new homes in the U.S. probably declined 4 percent in May as buyers balked at higher mortgage rates and prices, economists said before a