The average amount of mortgages being approved by lenders has grown in the last three months from $215,000 to $235,000 — a possible sign of increased buyer and lender confidence,...
What to Do When a Home Lingers on the Market
While the supply of homes has decreased from a 8.6-month supply to a 6.4-month supply in the last year, some home owners are still seeing their home linger on the market. When you...
This Spring Is True Test to Real Estate Recovery
How the real estate market will fare in the spring home-selling season will prove a test for housing demand and show which markets will lead a housing recovery, economists say in a...
Facebook IPO to Heat Up Housing Market in Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley in California is already known as a high-priced area, but an anticipated crop of new Facebook millionaires is expected to send housing prices even higher. ...
6 Cities Where Foreclosures Are Soaring
Some housing markets are still battling high numbers of foreclosures that are continuing to put downward pressure on overall housing prices. Many of the cities facing the highest...
Housing Picture Expected to Brighten in 2012
Better times are ahead for the real estate market in the new year, according to several forecasts and recent surveys. Fiserv, a financial information services firm, predicts that 95...
Mortgage Rates Mostly Hold Steady This Week
Mortgage rate averages moved very little this week, continuing to hover near 60-year lows, Freddie Mac reports in its weekly mortgage market survey. “Mortgage rates remained...
How Much Longer Will Housing Remain Sluggish?
The weak U.S. economy will likely dampen the housing market until 2015, according to a new survey of economists, analysts, and real estate professionals. Home prices are expected to...
Zillow: Market to Reach Bottom Possibly by 2012
With so many housing markets still facing falling property values, a “bumpy road ahead” remains for real estate and the market may not finally reach bottom until 2012, at the...
Zillow IPO Debuts as One Hot Stock
The sluggish housing market isn’t making investors shy about snagging stock in Zillow. Zillow Inc.‘s IPO made a strong debut on the NASDAQ Stock Market Wednesday, as shares of the...


