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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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Tim Stoll
(SMART SUMMARY) Last year, high hopes for the housing market looked bleak during what turned out to be a slow winter.
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Tim Stoll
(SMART SUMMARY) According to the Mortgage Bankers Association s Weekly Applications Survey, average mortgage rates fell across all loan categories last week, including 30-year fixed-rate loans with both conforming and jumbo balances, loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration, and 15-year fixed-rate mortgages.
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Tim Stoll
(SMART SUMMARY) A couple of recent developments made the news recently that promised to impact our Dallas real estate scene either now or in the future.
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Tim Stoll
(SMART SUMMARY) In January, sales of previously owned homes hit their highest level since 2007.
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Tim Stoll
(SMART SUMMARY) The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development s monthly Housing Scorecard collects key market data and the results of the federal government s foreclosure mitigation programs in an effort to provide a monthly snapshot of how the housing market is doing.
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Tim Stoll
(SMART SUMMARY) Several different surveys confirm that if you ask American consumers which they prefer, close to twice as many say they would choose to move into a brand new home rather than an existing [ ] The post New Dallas Townhomes Vie with Existing Home Offerings appeared first on The Urban Dallas Lifestyle .
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Tim Stoll
(SMART SUMMARY) Before the housing crash, first time home buyers typically accounted for 40 percent of home sales in any given year.
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