What are Vampire REOs and Zombie Foreclosures? And what problems do they pose for the housing market? Last week, we reported on the latest National Foreclosure Report from CoreLogic, and the news was uniformly good: foreclosure inventory was down a

Housing affordability has been on the decline this year, but by how much? And what will affordability look like when rates increase? It’s been an interesting year in the world of housing affordability. Record low mortgage rates and competitively

The nation’s foreclosure markets have been showing considerable improvement in 2013, but did that trend continue in August? The good news continued for the nation’s foreclosure markets, according to CoreLogic’s latest National Foreclosure Report, with foreclosure inventory, completed foreclosures

Consumer sentiment on the housing market has gone nowhere but up in the last few months, but does the latest survey from Fannie Mae suggest a slowdown? Baby, we had a great run. Though consumer confidence on the housing

Strong school districts are often a top selling point for certain neighborhoods, but how do they translate to the median price of the area? It’s gotta be among the most common of questions that real estate agents receive –

Though monthly home price growth slowed in August, it still posted strong year-over-year returns, according to CoreLogic. Well, the great home-price honeymoon may be drawing to a close. According to the latest Home Price Index from CoreLogic, home prices

RE/MAX’s IPO exceeded expectations on Wednesday, raising more than $220 million in funding. RE/MAX became the latest real estate business to expand to the stock market with its IPO on Wednesday – and like those earlier companies, its IPO

How do American consumers feel about not only the housing market, but their chances at homeownership? A new Bankrate.com survey provides insight. There are many reasons for homeownership. From privacy, to expression, to carving ones own unique niche in

According to The Wall Street Journal, banks made more mortgages last year than in any year since the housing downturn in 2000, with interest rates reaching their lowest levels on record. Researchers at the Federal Reserve analyzed the federal lending

Pending home sales were down in August, though they did retain their yearly returns. Tight levels of inventory, higher mortgage rates and rising home prices continued to impact pending home sales in August, according to the latest analysis from

New home sales performed better than expected in August; what does that indicate about the housing recovery? New single-family home sales defied expectations in August, posting both monthly and yearly increases in the latest report from the U.S. Census Bureau

New-home sizes hit new highs in 2012, and many saw it as a return of the McMansion; new data, though, suggests that’s not quite accurate. The news was a shot to heart of any small-home enthusiast: after falling gradually

The residential mortgage marketplace has come a very long way since 2008; how healthy though, truly, is that marketplace? On the surface, the news is highly encouraging: according to new data compiled by the Federal Reserve, banks handed out

Luxury homebuyers are a unique brand of consumer – what sentiments are most prevalent when they are searching for homes? Any real estate agent will tell you that the luxury homebuyer is a unique brand of consumer, one with

Minority groups continue to struggle on the road to recovery from the foreclosure crisis, with homeownership rates significantly behind whites. Although the Hispanic community recorded an increase of new homeowners in 2012 – and the amount dipped for the black and

Existing-home sales defied expectations in August, posting both monthly and yearly increases. Existing-home sales in August reached their highest mark in six-and-a-half-years, rising 1.7 percent from July and 13.2 percent from August 2012 to a seasonally adjusted annual rate