Housing News
Home prices up 1% in June
U.S. home prices rose in June for the third straight month amid a burst of homebuying due to tax incentives that have since expired.
The Standard & Poors/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index posted a 1 percent increase in June from May and was up 4.2 percent from a year ago. Home prices [...]
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Financial News
Higher closing costs may not be
WASHINGTON Aug. 31, 2010 A new federal rule this year requiring mortgage lenders to give borrowers reliable estimates of closing costs appears to be working whether its also costing borrowers more money is uncertain.
A recent survey by Bankrate.com found that, on average, origination and third-party fees on a [...]
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International Realty
Canadian home construction beats expectations, while prices rise
Canada’s housing market showed some resiliency through September and October, as national new home prices unexpectedly rose two months ago while the rate of construction on new homes was higher-than-expected in October, a pair of reports said Monday.
Statistics Canada reported that new-home prices rose in September even as the year-over-year increase fell to its slowest [...]
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