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Applications for home mortgages dropped last week for a second-straight week as a spike in interest rates stymied demand for refinancing, the Mortgage Bankers Association says.
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Man caves? Jacuzzis? Great rooms? Who needs them? Big, fancy and expensive are out; small, utilitarian and frugal are in. Oh, and so is the outdoors!
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Douglas Yearley, Toll Brothers CEO, offers insight on today's housing data, supply overhang and demand.
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Home prices are rising, so is this the time to buy? Chip Case, S&P/Case-Shiller Index co-founder, says housing data suggest the market bottom is near.
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Miami was one of the hardest hit by the housing market collapse. But its condo market now looks like it has gone from bust to boom, reports CNBC's Diana Olick.
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Beijing's recent announcement that it has enough room to ease monetary policy is sending mixed signals about its stance on the property market, says a market watcher who sees an increase in liquidity working against curbs introduced to cool the real estate sector.
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Robin Mesch, Mesch Capital Management, and Dan Greenhaus, BTIG, discuss Bill Ackman's bullish outlook on housing and what the charts say about homebuilders now.
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Forced by the harsh realities of the real estate market, lenders are increasingly likely to allow defaulting owners to remain in their homes, the New York Times reports.
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Jack Welch, former chairman of GE, says the U.S. realty market could surprise to the upside. "Prices are going up, vacancies are down," he says.
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Despite the record low mortgage rates being reported Thursday, "renter nation" is still growing, with CNBC's Diana Olick.
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November new home sales were up 1.6% to an annualized rate of 315,000 units, with CNBC's Rick Santelli.
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Barry Habib, RPM mortgage chief strategy officer, discusses how mortgage rates provide attractive opportunities for those who can get a loan.
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The NAHB Housing Market Index reveals that home builder confidence in November jumped to its highest level in over a year, with CNBC's Diana Olick.
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Pulte Homes is down 52% over the past year, but is now an opportunity to buy the stock? David Goldberg, UBS analyst, just upgraded Pulte Homes to a buy with an $8 price target.
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Mortgage rates are at their lowest levels in 60 years, but many borrowers cannot take advantage of those rates, reports CNBC's Diana Olick.
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Edward DeMarco, FHFA acting director, says it's better to move mortgage credit risk activity into the private sector.
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Amid a marked slowdown in transactions from local Hong Kong buyers, mainlanders may be the saving grace for Hong Kong property agents, who otherwise face long days by a quiet phone. The number of sales & purchase agreements signed in July was down 37 percent from June — and 51 percent compared with July last year.
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Here's a look at the top business hubs in the world, based on research by global real estate firm CB Richard Ellis.
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High-profile real estate website Zillow and headphone vendor Skullcandy both priced initial public offerings at higher-than-expected prices.
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For many dads, the greatest Father's Day gift imaginable is the sight of a son or daughter working beside him in the family business. Here are some CEO dads whose kids hold executive positions in their companies.
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News out of the housing market has been anything but good, but CNBC's Diana Olick sees a glimmer of hope.