Pending Home Sales Soar In February, As Expected. Buyers Are Everywhere.

As expected, the Pending Home Sales shot higher in February, boosted by the federal home buyer tax credit’s April 30 deadline. Versus the month prior, February’s index rose 8 percent but remains well off the highs set last October. For today’s home buyers and seller, the Pending Home...

Mortgage Rates Week Of April 5, 2010

Mortgage markets performed terribly last week as losses piled up day by day.  It marked the second straight week of sell-offs. Pricing was influenced on several fronts including better-than-expected economic data, the end of the Federal Reserve‘s mortgage buyback program, and a short trading...

The First Ever Suburb

Levittown, New York While watching Boomer Nation I saw what I thought was pretty cool. The First ever Suburb Levittown, New...

How Many Days Left For the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit?

30 Days Left – The Federal Home Buyer Tax Credit Enters Its Home There’s just 30 days remaining to use the federal home buyer tax credit. The credit ranges up to $8,000 for first-time homebuyers, and up to $6,500 for existing homeworkers who have lived in their main home for 5 of the last 8 ...