The FINANCIAL -- Canadian building permits surged in March, marking the first increase in three months and the biggest advance since September, partly on demand to build more condominium units in Toronto and Vancouver, British Columbia, according to ...
The FINANCIAL -- Mortgage lending standards loosened in 2014, making it easier for borrowers with low credit scores to get a mortgage, but borrowers with low down payments saw financing options begin ...
The FINANCIAL -- Pending home sales in March continued their recent momentum, rising for the third straight month and remaining at their highest level since June 2013, according to the National ...
The FINANCIAL -- As the busiest homebuying season of the year gets under way, potential homebuyers are poised to get off the sidelines and enter the market, according to Chase's national survey ...
The FINANCIAL -- RealtyTrac on April 30 released its Q1 2015 Cash, Investor & Distressed Sales Report, which shows that owner-occupant buyers accounted for 63.2 percent of all residential single ...
The FINANCIAL -- RealtyTrac on April 29 released a Residential Rental Property Analysis for properties purchased in the first quarter of 2015, which found that the monthly house payment on a ...
The FINANCIAL -- Freddie Mac on May 7 released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS), showing average fixed mortgage rates following 10-year Treasury yields ...
The FINANCIAL -- The credit tightening that came in the aftermath of the housing and financial crises of 2007 and 2008 meant higher down payments. As the U.S. economy has come inching back, more and ...
The FINANCIAL -- In 2010, property tax totaling $441 billion was collected in every state and Washington DC to fund government, education, and countless social programs. About 97 percent of it came ...
The FINANCIAL -- The first wave of nearly 7.3 million potential boomerang buyers who lost their homes to foreclosure or short sale between 2007 and 2004 are entering the real estate market as repeat ...
The FINANCIAL -- Home affordability among the least affluent third of Americans has worsened sharply over the past two years, as the housing market has recovered but incomes have not, according to ...
The FINANCIAL -- The number of Australian home-building permits rose in March, driven by demand for apartments and fueled by the first cut in interest rates in a year and a half, according to ...
The FINANCIAL -- Less than 64% of adults living in each of three California communities -- Fresno, Stockton-Lodi and Bakersfield -- agree they always feel safe and secure, making these residents the ...
The FINANCIAL -- Freddie Mac on April 30 released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS), showing average fixed mortgage rates slightly higher amid mixed housing and economic ...
The FINANCIAL -- Freddie Mac on April 30 released the results of its quarterly refinance analysis for the first quarter of this year, showing that borrowers took advantage of better than expected ...
