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Tim Stoll
(SMART SUMMARY) In recent years, energy efficiency has repeatedly ranked among the top features potential home buyers say are important to them.
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Tim Stoll
(SMART SUMMARY) Fannie Mae s Home Purchase Sentiment Index is based on the results of a monthly survey that asks Americans about their attitudes toward buying and selling a home, the economy, their household finances, home prices, mortgage rates, etc.
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Tim Stoll
(SMART SUMMARY) A reasonable question posted recently on a real estate website can open an interesting discussion.
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Tim Stoll
(SMART SUMMARY) Since peaking at nearly 70 percent in 2004, the homeownership rate has been falling.
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Tim Stoll
(SMART SUMMARY) Rates were down across all loan categories, including 30-year fixed-rate loans with both conforming and jumbo balances, mortgages backed by the Federal Housing Administration, and 15-year fixed-rate loans.
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Tim Stoll
(SMART SUMMARY) A new survey of consumer preferences found that an overwhelming majority of current renters say, if they were to move, that they d prefer to buy a single-family home.
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Tim Stoll
(SMART SUMMARY) The March jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics contained good news for the economy, as the number of jobs created rose by 215,000.
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Tim Stoll
(SMART SUMMARY) According to the Mortgage Bankers Association Weekly Applications Survey, average mortgage rates moved up last week from the week before.
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Tim Stoll
(SMART SUMMARY) Pending sales refer to the number of contracts to buy homes signed during the month.
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Tim Stoll
(SMART SUMMARY) Urban Home Buyers and Sellers Differ…Except in This Right now, just a few days into spring, for home buyers and sellers we are right at the start of the Dallas peak real estate selling season.
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