The Texas Department of State Health Services is working closely with Dallas-area public health and emergency management officials and the Centers for...
Following a 13-week record-low streak, 30-year fixed-rate mortgages—the most popular choice among home buyers—started moving back up this week, according to Freddie Mac’s weekly mortgage market survey. The average 30-year...
Lending standards on prime mortgages remained unchanged over the past three months, but lenders still tightened their standards somewhat for nontraditional mortgages, the Federal Reserve said.
Is it better to buy a home or rent? An analysis released today by real estate information provider Zillow.com finds that in most of the U.S., buying becomes a better deal than...
Beginning January 1, 2013, a new 3.8% tax on some investment income will take effect. Since this new tax will affect some real estate transactions, it is important for...
“Once considered damaged goods, fit for only the bravest investors, foreclosures have not only lost their stigma, they've become hot properties,” according to a recent article in The Christian Science Monitor.
A better alignment of housing supply and demand is adding to the continued recovery in the housing market, despite sluggish growth in the overall economy.
Several years of extraordinarily slow construction, slow...
The streak continues with average 30-year and 15-year fixed-rate mortgages taking yet another dip into record territory this week, according to Freddie Mac’s weekly mortgage market survey.
More than 1.5 million older Americans have lost their homes to foreclosure and millions more are at risk, according to a new AARP report. The risk appears to be greatest among Americans 75 years and older, as well as minority...
While the Federal Housing Administration prepares to roll out its new loss mitigation guidelines for servicers, it's falling behind this year on the number of seriously delinquent borrowers it will help with early intervention...
Reverse mortgages will be as ubiquitous as individual retirement accounts in 10 years because many folks will have more money in the former than in the latter, says Scott Norman, vice president of Austin, Texas-based Sente...
July 10, 2012 – DALLAS – Home sales in North Texas continue to exceed expectations during the first half of 2012 with June figures 11% higher than the same month in 2011. According to the MetroTex Association of Realtors...
