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Rising home sales, prices help title insurers post record profits

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Rising home sales and prices helped title insurers post their best second quarter earnings ever, thanks to lower claims and a surge in premiums. Continue reading →

Rates for 15-year mortgages continue slow rise from prior lows

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Mortgage rates have remained largely unchanged in recent weeks, aside from a gradual rise in rates for 15-year loans. Continue reading →

Miami neck-and-neck with pricy Calif. metros as home prices surge

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Another year of home price growth has pushed some metros to extremes, including Miami, where income growth hasn’t been able to keep up, according to new data from OJO Labs. Continue reading →

Despite cooling housing market, pending sales continue to climb

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During the four-week period ending Sept. 5, pending sales rose 6 percent from a year earlier, according to a report released Wednesday by Redfin. Continue reading →

IBuyers on track to have record-setting sales in Q3

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A new report from Zillow found that the nation’s four largest iBuyers reached a 1 percent market share in the second quarter of 2021, setting the stage for record-breaking sales in Q3. Continue reading →

Housing insecurity ticks down in most states, but some worse off

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Nationwide, the share of households behind on payments and worried about eviction or foreclosure has barely changed from a year ago. Continue reading →

Home price growth soars to an all-time high in July

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Home price growth in July soared a record-shattering 18 percent year over year, the highest price appreciation recorded since CoreLogic began tracking the metric in 1976. Continue reading →

Ida flooding could jeopardize 47,000 home sales in NY and NJ

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Devastating flash floods in New York and New Jersey in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida could delay or derail as many as 47,000 pending real estate transactions valued at more than $19.4 billion in those states alone, according to an analysis by ClosingC… Continue reading →