Mortgage Rates Held Steady This Week
Home mortgage rates stayed mostly flat this week, as fresh economic and housing data sent mixed signals to the market, Freddie Mac’s chief economist said Thursday.
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U.S. mortgage applications plunge (Denver Post) Mortgage applications have declined to lows not seen since late 2000, before the housing boom started, according to a report Wednesday from the Mortgage Bankers Association. read more...
Wall Street Headed For Sharply Lower Open Wall Street was heading for a sharply lower open Wednesday after a stream of dour economic data rattled investors.read more...
Mailbag: Retiring Mortgages, Staging Homes and Trying Short Sales Useful advice, along with the occasional touch of real estate agent defensiveness, came in through the mailbag this summer. Here's an edited sample. read more...
Talks Halted Over Seattle Property A proposed $7 billion downtown Seattle project became the latest major urban development to be blocked by the credit crisis and a faltering economy. The Clise family is temporarily pulling
Study finds real estate markets overvalued National City Corp.'s latest quarterly study says that 38 percent of the top 299 metro housing markets "are extremely overvalued and at risk for a price correction." At the top
Ombudsman action against mortgage broker (RTÉ News) The Financial Services Ombudsman has begun legal action against a mortgage broker after ruling that the broker had a conflict of interest in a property deal. The action is aimed