First-Time Home Buyers? The 5 Popular Markets. Loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration often are a lure to first-time home buyers with its low down payment requirements. In some areas, FHA-backed loans are more common than others, creating hot-spots for first-time home buyers. Inman News recently identified the top housing markets for first-time home …
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Aug 10
Retiring? How Long Should You Work?
Retiring? How Long Should You Work? How much longer are you prepared to work in the real estate industry before retiring? A new study says that any employee should plan to work up until age 70 if they want to be comfortable in retirement. About 51 percent of working households are at-risk if they are …
Aug 09
1024 Westwood Drive, Springfield PA 19064 Home for sale
1024 Westwood Drive, Springfield PA 19064 Home for sale in Delaware County. Price: $274,900 Est. payment: $1,231/mo Bedrooms: 3 1 day on Trulia Bathrooms: 2 full, 1 partial Property type: Single-Family Home Size: 2,048 sqft Lot: 8,712 sqft Price/sqft: $134/sqft Year built: 1965 MLS/ID: 6093373 Zip: 19064 Detached,Split/Multilevel, Colonial home for sale at 1024 Westwood …
Aug 09
US Mortgage Applications Fell Last Week
US Mortgage Applications Fell Last Week. US Mortgage Applications fell last week on lower demand for both new purchase and refinance loans, an industry group said on Wednesday. The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seasonally adjusted index of US Mortgage Applications activity, which includes both refinancing and home purchase demand, fell 1.8 percent in the week ended …
Aug 09
Improving Housing Markets in nearly 1/4 of the Metros
Improving Housing Markets in nearly 1/4 of the Metros. Eighty U.S. metro areas are holding a spot in this month’s Improving Housing Markets Index, a housing index that spotlights housing markets showing gains over at least six consecutive months. The National Association of Home Builders/First American’s August index shows that 75 metro areas kept their spot …
Aug 09
Gen Y Buyers brought to starter homes by builder
Gen Y Buyers brought to starter homes by builder. A national home builder is wooing Generation Y renters with back-to-basics homes that offer all of the advantages of home ownership on a comfortable budget. Chicago, San Antonio, and St. Louis are the test markets that Centex Homes is using to convert younger tenants to Gen …
Aug 08
3 Spring Circle, Broomall PA 19008 Home for sale Delaware County
3 Spring Circle, Broomall PA 19008 Home for sale Delaware County. Price: $310,000 Est. payment: $1,509/mo Bedrooms: 4 1 day on Trulia Bathrooms: 2 full, 1 partial Property type: Single-Family Home Size: Ask agent Lot: Ask agent Price/sqft: Ask agent Year built: 1977 MLS/ID: 5998351 Zip: 19008 2-Story,Detached, Colonial home for sale at 3 Spring …
Aug 08
Housing Crash Effects on Home Ownership Views?
Housing Crash Effects on Home Ownership Views? Depending on how Americans’ experienced the housing crash – —whether they were a home owner or a bystander reading about it in the news—as well as their age influenced their perceptions of home ownership today, according to a new study by economists at the Boston Federal Reserve. Two-thirds …
Aug 08
Mortgage Closing Costs on the Decline
Mortgage Closing Costs on the Decline. Mortgage Closing costs have dropped by 7 percent over the last year, according to an annual survey on closing costs conducted by Bankrate.com. Closing costs average $3,754 nationwide. Title insurance and other third-party fees also saw a drop in the last year, falling 12 percent, and origination fees fell …
Aug 07
417 Lynbrooke Road, Springfield PA 19064 home for sale
417 Lynbrooke Road, Springfield PA 19064 home for sale. Price: $345,900 Est. payment: $1,683/mo Bedrooms: 4 3 days on Trulia Bathrooms: 2 full, 1 partial 109 people have viewed Property type: Single-Family Home Size: 2,301 sqft Lot: 9,583 sqft Price/sqft: $150/sqft Year built: Ask agent MLS/ID: 6091684 Zip: 19064 Immaculate Springfield colonial home for sale …
Aug 07
8 Signs Housing Is on the Mend
Housing Is on the Mend… Some Americans are still jittery over the housing market, but here are eight positive signs that should quell some of their fears. Housing prices are on the rise across the country. Foreclosures have slowed. Analysts suggest that as the supply of distressed homes slows, buyers will be forced into higher-price properties …
Aug 07
Stigmatized Properties Can Offer Big Bargains
Stigmatized Properties Can Offer Big Bargains. Home buyers who can stomach some misfortune in a home’s past may be able to find big discounts. For example, buyers can expect to pay 10 percent to 25 percent off the regular market home price for Stigmatized Properties, according to real estate consultant Randall Bell of Bell Anderson & …
