First Quarter: Sources of New Home Sales Financing
The share of new single-family home sales purchased using Federal Housing Administration (FHA) backed mortgages continued to fall at the...
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14 Things Your Employees Are Dying to Hear from You
What were your last 10 or 15 employee conversations like? Chances are, they included phrases like, “I need you to...
Mortgage Applications Dip Lower
Mortgage applications decreased 3.3 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage...
Passion and Focus Are Winning Recipe for Success
“The small choices we make every day compound over the long term to create amazing momentum,” says Ron Escobar, Broker/Owner...
Focus on Fundamentals
Looking to amp up your business this season? Consider taking it back to the basics, says Steve Baird, President &...
The Mortgage Professor: Do You Have a Simple Interest Mortgage?
(MCT)—QUESTION: I recently discovered that the second mortgage I have had for nine years was simple interest, which explains why...
Illinois Median Home Prices Increase in March
Regional Spotlight—Illinois home sales decreased 11.6 percent over previous-year levels in March while median prices increased 9.7 percent, according to...
Student Debt Holds Back Many Would-Be Home Buyers
(MCT)—Sarah Luna wants to buy a home in up-and-coming northeast Los Angeles before it’s too late. At 31, she has...
More Than Half of States Show Improving Housing Markets
Freddie Mac recently released its Multi-Indicator Market Index(SM) (MiMi(SM)) for February showing the U.S. housing market overall recovering at a...
Hot Seller’s Market Forecasted for Spring: Is Your Business Ready?
As we head toward a warmer season, the real estate market is heating up. Agents and brokers across the country...
5 Key Reasons FSBOs Regret Not Using a Real Estate Agent
Some homeowners think selling their properties with no agent will save gobs of money on commissions. Almost always they come to regret it, settling on a price that could have been better, not to mention spending way more time on the process than they envisioned Read more.
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