Analysts at JPMorgan Chase have pinpointed arguably the most notable impact of the FHA’s new credit rule – its affect on builders and first-time homebuyers. As we reported just last week, a new regulation from the the FHA is now

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) added 13 more metropolitan areas to its Improving Markets Index (IMI), pushing the total to 101 cities. Representative of 35 states, the IMI, a unique survey of the nation’s best-performing urban area, has grown steadily

By Claire Easley As the housing market entered its steep decline during the latter part of the past decade, it took home sizes with it. While there was much to bemoan about the state of the industry, among designers

By Lani Rosales, AGBeat RealSupport CEO and President Carrie Gable set out to put real estate assistants in agents’ offices without taking up an extra desk, making the process completely virtual. What separates RealSupport, founded in 2000, in the

By Lani Rosales, AGBeat The free tool FellowUp offers to be your virtual assistant by integrating your LinkedIn, Facebook and Google accounts and organizing not only your calendar items, but also your contacts’ demographic information and any notes you

A new study by The Center for Housing Policy takes a detailed look at America’s older population and the housing needs those aging baby boomers will require. From the start, the study makes it clear that the number of Americans

The National Association of Realtors (NAR), spurred on by a better-than-expected early spring homebuying season, has modestly upgraded its economic projections for the next two years to better reflect the current economic climate – though as one analyst has

CoreLogic released the findings of its latest Home Price Index (HPI) yesterday, highlighting the profound impact of distressed sales on the U.S. housing market’s makeup. Excluding distressed sales, home values increased 0.7 percent from January to February and decreased

Back in January, the Treasury Department forcefully endorsed a potential principal reduction program from the FHFA, and the Wall Street Journal reports that the endorsement has placed newfound pressures on the agency’s director, Ed DeMarco, to act on the

Mortgage applications reversed a six-week trend last week and rose 4.8 percent, with prospective homebuyers and refinancings driving the increase. In addition, the refinance index, which measures refinancing activity, increased by 4 percent, and the purchase index rose 7.2

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is raising awareness for fair housing to celebrate the 44th anniversary of  the Fair Housing Act, which was introduced in 1968. The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination based on race, color, national origin, religion,

Pent-up demand is a term that has been thrown around quite a bit in housing debates lately, and last week, the NAHB threw its analytical hat in the ring. Often, the demand argument is presented as the second coming

Loan modifications from the nation’s banks were down 20 percent from January to February, according to an analysis by the Hope Now alliance. In total, 44,500 home loans were modified in February, compared to 55,700 in January, and workouts

A new survey out from Coldwell Banker is reporting that a formidable number of homebuyers put more emphasis on the emotional appeal of a home than its technical details. According to a Real Estate Economy Watch overview of the

A new regulation from the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is poised to further restrict access to the agency’s pool of low-cost, low-money-down loans. According to a CNN Money article on the changes, the FHA is now scrutinizing the creditworthiness

Construction spending, one of the main economic indicators for future growth, rose 5.8 percent year-over-year in February, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. At a $808.9 billion annual rate, spending was actually down somewhat from January’s revised totals, falling slightly