At the end of 2017 properties sold at a quicker pace, despite inventory shortages and rising home prices. On average, homes sold in December were on the market for 40 days, down from 52 days a year ago, according to the December 2017 REALTORS® Confidence Index Survey.Since 2011, the median number of days on the market has been decreasing. In May 2011, properties were typically listed for three months. For all of 2017, properties were on the mar
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that starting Monday it will accept public comments on their enforcement process. Among its many oversight areas is the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, known as RESPA.Mick Mulvaney, currently the acting director of the CFPB, announced the public comment period in an effort to help improve the bureau’s overall efficiency and effectiveness in its enforcement of federal consumer financi
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage reached its highest average since December 2016, Freddie Mac reports. This is the fifth consecutive week that mortgage rates have been on the rise, increasing borrowing costs for home shoppers heading into the spring buying season.“Following a turbulent Monday,financial markets settled down with the 10-year Treasury yield resuming its upward march. Mortgage rates have followed,” says Len Kiefer, Freddie Mac’s
When you see cranes in the sky, you know development is on the rise. San Francisco saw the largest increase nationwide in cranes dotting its skyline between July and October 2017, according to Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB), a property and construction consulting firm. RLB’s most recent quarterly report shows an 18 percent jump in the city by the bay’s crane count, putting it at 26. Largely driven by job growth in the tech industry, constructi
A shut-down has been averted, and there's good news for real estate in the budget agreement, which President Trump signed this morning. The government had temporarily closed after Congress failed to pass a government funding bill before midnight Thursday, but an agreement was reached Friday morning. The two-year, $400 billion spending deal came as a result of a bipartisan group of lawmakers supporting the agreement. Congress now has until March 2
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City officials in Denver want to stop “slot houses” from being built. Some community members have bashed what they call the homes’ ugly architecture, which has grown prominent in a few neighborhoods within the city. The city’s Land Use, Transportation, and Infrastructure Committee voted this week to place a moratorium on slot home construction. The full city council must still approve the moratorium for it to become law.Slot homes are box
Heightened concerns over the nation’s immigration policies and proposals caused some U.S. homeowners to sell their homes or even choose to then not buy a home last year, according to a new survey of more than 4,000 homeowners in the U.S. commissioned by the real estate brokerage Redfin. Fifteen percent of consumers surveyed said that they either sold their home or did not buy one last year out of concerns over immigration policies under Preside
Police deputies in Laguna Woods, Calif., killed a 65-year-old man after he threatened to shoot a contractor when he learned that the renovation plans on his home were over budget. Paul Mono was shot by sheriff deputies on Tuesday and was later pronounced dead at the hospital.Real estate professional Jennifer Heflin with Laguna Premier Realty sold Mono and his wife the home about five months ago in the gated senior community of Laguna Woods. She
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