If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times, when it comes to buying a house, location, location, and location are the three most important factors to consider. Well, okay it’s only one, but it’s the most important one. Location is where you begin the house hunting project. This is why master planned suburban communities like the ones that we …
Mold in your home is a serious matter that can cause not only substantial property damage, but also significant harm to your health. Mold can vary, but often, it has a white to greenish or black spotty appearance. You may also notice a damp, musty odor in areas where mold is growing. If you cannot see or smell any signs …
Builder confidence in the single-family 55+ housing market remains in positive territory for the second quarter of 2015 with a reading of 57, according to the recently release National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) 55+ Housing Market Index (HMI). Despite the one-point dip from the previous quarter, this is the fifth consecutive quarter with a reading above 50.
Mortgage rates recently dropped in response to global uncertainty, helping to keep buyer activity strong toward the close of the homebuying season, according to Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®). The results of the survey found the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaging 4.04 percent, and the 15-year FRM averaging 3.20 percent. The 5-year Treasury-indexed hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) averaged …
Realtor.com® recently revealed that millennials have become more positive when it comes to taking the plunge into home ownership and are primed to gain market share in the second half of the year, based on the results of its consumer behavior survey of more than 12,000 respondents conducted from Jan. 1, 2015 to June 15, 2015.
Consumers across the country filed more than 8,000 complaints against moving companies last year, according to BBB. So with summer moving season in full swing, we bring you five tips from BBB to help your move go as easily—and trouble free—as possible.
After a notable run-up, both fixed and adjustable mortgage rates are taking a breather, reports Bankrate.com. Mortgage rates moved down slightly with the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rate slipping to 4.13 percent and the average 15-year fixed mortgage sliding to 3.35 percent. Adjustable rate mortgages (ARM) have lowered as well, with the 5-year ARM down to 3.22 percent, and the …
For the past several years, the mover rate has remained between 11.5 and 12.5 percent, according to new 2014 statistics released from the U.S. Census Bureau. The mover rate between 2013 and 2014 was 11.5 percent or 35.7 million people age 1 year and over. “When the Current Population Survey started collecting migration information in 1948, about one-in-five people moved …
A recently released TransUnion survey shed light on consumer confusion when it comes to credit scores. In fact, nearly half of all consumers falsely identified rental (45 percent) and cell phone (47 percent) payments as those that directly affect their score; however, these are not regularly reported to credit bureaus.
