New Listing 35 Coutant Drive,New Rochelle 10804 - 06/25/12 09:13 AM
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Taking Advantage of Low Rates - 06/22/12 12:01 PM
Taking Advantage of Low Rates
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Although they inched up this past week, home buyers and refinancers may be wondering how low rates can go — and how they can capture the best rates now.
“Mortgage rates tend to fall when there are concerns about the economy,” said Jed Kolko, the chief economist for Trulia, the housing information Web site.
Lately, those concerns have centered on the economic and fiscal woes in Europe, especially in Greece and Spain — along with slow job growth and weaker-than-usual corporate profits in this country, … (1 comments)

One-Family Home Starts Rose 3.2% in May - 06/22/12 11:45 AM
One-Family Home Starts Rose 3.2% in May
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Builders started work on more single-family homes in May and requested the most permits to build homes and apartments in three and a half years, the Commerce Department said on Tuesday. 
 
The increase suggests the housing market is slowly recovering even as other areas of the economy have weakened.
The agency said that builders broke ground on 3.2 percent more single-family homes in May than in April, the third straight monthly increase.
Over all, housing starts fell 4.8 percent last month from April to a seasonally adjusted annual … (0 comments)

The Top 5 Reasons Deals Fall Apart - 06/01/12 08:48 AM
Short Sales– In theory, they sound terrific because the buyer can low-ball an offer. They get little resistance from the seller (because the seller isn’t getting any money out of the deal anyway). However, the existing lender isn’t just accepting any offer. Appraisals are done and scrutinized. Lenders are not agreeing to deep discounts. Additionally, the lenders are still, in many cases, taking months to make decisions and many buyers are losing patience and withdrawing offers (and finding another house). Appraisal Issues– It seems that there are more appraisals coming in short than has been the case historically . Conceptually the … (0 comments)

We Recommend - 06/01/12 08:47 AM
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Home Prices: It’s About Supply & Demand - 06/01/12 08:41 AM
Home Prices: It’s About Supply & Demand  
The real estate market continues to heat up as we head into the summer. Will this increase in demand equate to an increase in home prices? That depends. Remember, the price of any item is determined by the supply of and demand for that item at any point in time. Let’s look at the facts as reported by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) in this month’s Existing Home Sales Report: Demand has strengthened, showing a 10% increase over the same month last year. The supply of homes for sale is down 20.6% from … (0 comments)

 
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