Total Number of News: 6369
- 11/30/2005 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage Rates Looking Upward
U.S. Treasury securities attracted buyers Wednesday in the wake of a supportive report on 3rd quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Although the GDP climbed to 4.3 percent -- its highest level in 18 months - the inflation indicators remained benign, inst... - 11/29/2005 - Commercial Real Estate News
Developers Plan $125M, 575,000-SF 'Loop' for Northborough
NORTHBOROUGH, MA-A pair of developers team up to build a $125-million, 575,000-sf shopping and entertainment complex on 130 acres here. The Wilder Cos. and Brendon Properties are planning to turn the site into a branded open-air center known as "the Loop at Northborough." - 11/29/2005 - Real Estate News
New-home sales rise, prices flatten
New single-family home sales were up about 9 percent from October 2004 to October 2005, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development reported today, while the average sales price of a new single-family home dropped about 1 ... - 11/29/2005 - Real Estate News
Toll Brothers to build 900 homes in D.C. suburb
Toll Brothers serves move-up, empty-nester, active-adult and second-home buyers and operates in 20 states. The company earlier this month cut its national sales forecast for 2006, citing moderating home prices, softening demand and a tougher regulatory... - 11/29/2005 - Real Estate News
Illinois condo demand soars
Total home sales year-to-date (January through October) show an overall increase of 2.5 percent to 156,338 homes sold, compared with 152,582 sales in the first 10 months of last year. "Condo sales outpaced single-family sales in October as we enter th... - 11/29/2005 - Real Estate News
Overnight real estate rates fall
Long-term mortgage interest rates dropped Monday, and the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield dipped to 4.4 percent. The 30-year fixed-rate average sank to 5.76 percent, and the 15-year fixed-rate slipped to 5.33 percent. The 1-year adjustable was do... - 11/29/2005 - Real Estate News
Priced out of paradise: Second-home market impacts locals
Editor's note: The second-home or vacation-home market is a booming niche that's vastly different than the market for primary homes. Many foreign buyers are playing a larger role in second-home purchases in the U.S., while many domestic buyers are crossin... - 11/29/2005 - Real Estate News
Longtime Realtor critic proposes national MLS
A San Francisco lawyer, who has engaged in many antitrust lawsuits against Realtor groups over the past 25 years, Monday released an 82-page report that alleges a history of "price fixing, tie-ins, punitive fee splits and trademark fraud" in the real est... - 11/29/2005 - Real Estate News
Code confusion sparks water heater dispute
Dear Barry, We just replaced the gas water heater in the underground garage of our apartment building, but the building inspector will not approve the installation. The raised platform is only 15 inches high, but the inspector insists on an 18-inch platf... - 11/29/2005 - Real Estate News
Pros and cons of do-it-yourself home sale
If you are thinking about selling your house or condo without a professional real estate agent, first read "For Sale by Owner" by Steve Berges. It will alert you to the pros and cons of selling alone, presumably because you want to save the sales commissi...