Topic: National Association of REALTORS

Debt is a fact of life in America, making debt relief a national obsession. A search for "debt relief" on Google pulls up over 34 million pages; on Yahoo and MSN, the total is over 12 million pages.The average American household has ...

US existing-home sales dip for third month

US existing-home sales fell for the third consecutive month in February, underscoring weakness in the housing sector which was at the epicenter of the global financial crisis.The National Association of Realtors (NAR) said sales of single-family and townhomes and condominiums slipped 0.6 ...
Gov't aims to speed up 'short sales' with deadlines, documents, and $1,500 in moving costsThe Treasury Department unveiled sweeping rules this week to help financially troubled homeowners who need to sell but can't get a price high enough to pay off their ...

U.S. mortgage applications slip, loan rates dip

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. mortgage applications slid last week even as mortgage rates edged lower, with requests for loans to buy homes declining for the first time since early July, an industry group said on Wednesday.The Mortgage Bankers Association's applications index ...

Buying Your First Home

The article talks about the things to consider when buying a home. According to the National Association of Realtors, although about 40% of first-time home buyers are single, single women purchase a whopping 22% of all homes, while single men account for ...
The following table in a press release this morning from the BEA paints a very discouraging picture of the condition of the American consumer. (The BEA is the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce. The BEA also reported that personal ...

America's best places to practice

Though Minnesota is a high-tax state, the cost of real estate has remained stable, according to the National Association of Realtors, with an average single-family home in Minneapolis dipping from $199,000 to $174,000 last year. "Specialists are starting to see how happy ...

US existing home sales climb in April

US existing home sales climbed 2.9 percent in April, rebounding from a decline in the prior month, as plummeting prices drew buyers, the National Association of Realtors reported Wednesday.The real estate industry group said sales of homes increased to a seasonally adjusted ...
Modest boost to spring selling season expected as pending home sales rise 2.1 percentTentative signs of life are appearing in the long-battered U.S. housing market.Thanks to historically low mortgage rates and deeply discounted prices, homes in much of the country are now ...
Administration weighs plan to use taxpayer money to cut mortgage rates for troubled borrowersPresident Barack Obama's administration is considering spending taxpayer dollars to cut monthly payments for homeowners on the verge of foreclosure, according to two people briefed on the proposals.The deliberations ...
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