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Report: These 8 Housing Markets Are ‘Heating Up’ the Most for 2019
What do Wilmington, Philadelphia, Atlanta and Rochester have in common? According to a recent housing industry report and forecast, these ...
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Outlook: Three Mortgage-Industry Trends That We Might See in 2019
A new round of mortgage industry forecasts and projections suggest that higher interest rates could lead to a purchase-dominated mortgage ...
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San Diego Gets a ‘Slow but Steady’ Housing Forecast for 2019
A recent forecast for the San Diego real estate market suggests that home prices will continue rising into 2019, but ...
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Average Credit Score for FHA Borrowers Dropped to 681 in 2018
An October 2018 report published by CoreLogic (a housing analytics and research company) showed that the average credit score among ...
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Jacksonville Leads Housing Forecasts Among Florida’s Major Cities
Florida's statewide Realtor association recently issued an overall rosy assessment of the state's real estate market. Forecasts from other industry ...
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Analysis: FHA Loans Most Popular in Rhode Island, Mississippi, Maryland
According to data collected by the Urban Institute, Rhode Island is the number-one state in the country for FHA loan ...
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Too Much Debt: the #1 Reason for Mortgage Rejection Last Year
Editor's note: This is the second article in a two-part series. In part one, we explained how the overall rate ...
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Mortgage Denial Rates Have Declined Over the Past Seven Years
Editor's note: This is the first in a two-part series. This article explains how the overall rate of mortgage loan ...
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Hot Housing Markets Like Denver, San Jose and Seattle Are Cooling
A recent report showed that some of the nation's hottest housing markets are beginning to slow down. Slower home sales ...
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California Housing Forecast for 2019: Rising Prices and a ‘Weaker’ Market
On October 11, the California Association of REALTORS® (C.A.R.) published its 2019 California Housing Market Forecast. Among other things, the ...
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