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07/26/2007 Investor worries rise
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Editor's note: How bad will the real estate market get before it gets better? Inman News compiles the facts and analysis in this five-part series. (Read Part 1, "The housing market: How bad will it get?" Part 2, "Vendors cope with real estate downturn," and Part 3, "Market forces, regulators threaten credit crunch.")
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07/26/2007 Sales down but prices, inventory rise in California
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Sales of existing homes in California in June fell 24.7 percent from a year ago, but median prices still eked out a slight gain for the year.
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07/26/2007 Bankers' Group Revisits Effects of Mold on Real Estate
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Concerns about mold and its potential effects on indoor air quality and property values appear to have taken a back seat to other real estate issues, but that doesn't mean that someone isn't thinking about.
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07/26/2007 There's No place Called Home for Ex-cons
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People who spend time in jail, even if they are acquitted of committing a crime, face losing their homes and get little or no help finding housing when they are released, say two recent Canadian studies.
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07/26/2007 Site To See: BBB School For Troubled Homeowners
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School is in for financially troubled homeowners and others who don't know the difference between a budget and a savings account, a default and a foreclosure or a credit report and a credit score.
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07/25/2007 Search engine advertising a top choice for real estate
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Despite a weak housing market, nearly 47 percent of real estate brokers and agents said they plan to spend more money on marketing and advertising over the next year.
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07/25/2007 Survey: average home purchase price up 4.3% from May to June
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The Federal Housing Finance Board reported today that the average home purchase price increased 4.3 percent from May to June, to $309,700.
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07/25/2007 Fidelity National Financial earnings fall 36%
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Higher interest rates and the slowdown in the mortgage lending and housing markets helped push Fidelity National Financial's second-quarter profits down 36 percent from last year, to $84.8 million.
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07/25/2007 June existing home sales down 11.4% to 2002 levels
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Sales of existing homes fell 11.4 percent in June compared to a year ago, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.75 million homes, the National Association of Realtors reported today.
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07/25/2007 Borrowers pull back from home purchase loans
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Mortgage applications decreased last week, while mortgage rates also slipped, according to the latest survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association trade group.
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