Aug 22
342 West Second Street, Media PA 19063 Home for Sale. Price: $335,000 Est. payment: $1,501/mo Bedrooms: 3 5 days on Trulia Bathrooms: 1 full, 1 partial 266 views Property type: Single-Family Home Size: 1,400 sqft Lot: 2,613 sqft Price/sqft: $239/sqft Year built: 1917 MLS/ID: 6097969 Zip: 19063 2-Story,Semi-Detached, Colonial home for sale at 342 West …
Aug 22
Customer Satisfaction With Real Estate Companies Falling? A new J.D. Power and Associates study suggests that customer satisfaction with real estate companies is falling among home buyers and sellers. In fact, the study—in its fifth year—suggests that home buyer satisfaction with real estate companies, in particular, is at its lowest level recorded. Seller satisfaction is …
Aug 21
2225 Rhonda Road, Broomall PA 19008 Home for Sale. Price: $285,000 Est. payment: $1,277/mo Bedrooms: 3 4 days on Trulia Bathrooms: 1 full, 1 partial 127 views Property type: Single-Family Home Size: 1,876 sqft Lot: 8,712 sqft Price/sqft: $152/sqft Year built: Ask agent MLS/ID: 6097497 Zip: 19008 Single Family/Detached, Colonial Home for sale at 2225 …
Aug 21
REALTOR ® vs. FSBOs Survey Reveals Success of REALTOR ® vs. FSBOs Home sellers are more than twice as likely to get their homes sold if they use a REALTOR ®, rather than trying to sell their home on their own, according to a new survey conducted by HomeGain of 400 home owners nationwide from …
Aug 20
Housing Permits at 4-Year High, Builders Still Cautious. Housing permits — a future gauge for home building — reached its highest level since August 2008, rising 6.8 percent in July over the previous month, the U.S. Census Bureau reports. What’s more, Housing permits are up nearly 30 percent over year ago levels. Still, companies are being …
Aug 10
HARP Refinancing Continues to Surge. About a third of all Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans refinanced in June went through the recently revamped Home Affordable Refinancing Program (HARP). That’s up from a 20 percent share in April. Additionally, the number of HARP refinancing deals with high loan-to-value (LTV) ratios went up substantially. According to …
Aug 10
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 …
Aug 10
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 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 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. 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. 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 …
