Individual home buyers comprised a quarter of all house purchases last year, according to National Association of REALTORS® data. Single women purchase homes at double the rate of...
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Buyers Camp Out to Try to Snag New Homes
About 30 home buyers — all pre-qualified — have lined up in tents and camped out in order to be first in line for an opportunity to buy a new home in Huntington Beach, Calif. The...
15-Year Mortgages Gain Popularity With Buyers
Record-low rates are driving more borrowers to seek shorter term mortgages. Freddie Mac reports that nearly 16 percent of the fixed-rate mortgages that lenders sold to the agency...
Why Are More Buyers Canceling Contracts?
A high number of home buyers are still walking away from their contracts, even as the housing market picks up and sales are on a rise, new data from Capital Economics shows. Nearly 18...
Bank Giant Offers Downpayment Assistance to Buyers
Wells Fargo, in collaboration with several nonprofit organizations, has launched a downpayment-assistance program for home buyers in several housing markets that were hard-hit during...
‘Immobile Move-up Buyers’ Press on Market
Inventory of for-sale homes on the market has fallen 24 percent from a year ago and many are pointing to the “immobile move-up buyer” as the reason behind the drastic drop. Some...
Company Tries Charging House-Hunting Fee to Buyers
Koenig & Strey Real Living in Chicago started this week to charge potential home buyers a house-hunting fee for working with a real estate agent. The fees are common in some areas...
5 Ways for Sellers to Lure More Buyers
Pricing your home realistically will most certainly get potential buyers through the door, but how do you get them to fall in love with the home? A recent article at U.S. News &...
FHA Extends Anti-Flipping Waiver to Speed Sales
The Federal Housing Administration is extending its “anti-flipping” waiver through the end of 2012, which allows buyers to purchase homes that have already been sold in the last 90...
Which Seller Incentives Tempt Buyers?
Sellers trying to get buyers attention are offering up plenty of incentives, everything from closing-cost assistance to remodeling credits, hot tubs, home theatre systems, flat-screen...
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- REALTORS®: On the Right Path, Ready for Action
