washingtonpost.com - The Nation's HousingThe Nation's HousingA Crusade For Competition- April 23, 2005 The Department of Justice has two blunt warnings for the American home real estate establishment:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9146-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_business/column... Making the Push For Package Deals- April 23, 2005 Call it one-stop shopping. Call it a real estate supermarket. Call it packaging of services. But whatever you call it, get ready to see your real estate broker offer a growing list of in-house services such as home loans and all-inclusive fixed-fee settlements.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17296-2005Feb11.html?nav=rss_business/colum... Study Shows Loan Brokers' Better Side- April 23, 2005 For years, mortgage brokers, who originate more than half of home loans, have been targets of criticism from federal agencies and consumer advocates.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56147-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_business/colum... Home Values Up 13% Across U.S., With D.C. Region's Prices Rising 24%- April 23, 2005 The market value of the average house nationwide jumped by nearly 13 percent in the third quarter, compared with same period last year. That rate surpasses all annual increases during the past 25 years, according to a new federal study.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55769-2004Dec10.html?nav=rss_business/colum... Racial Data for Mortgages Will Be Hard to Interpret- April 23, 2005 Are black and Latino home mortgage applicants charged higher fees or interest rates than white applicants Are they turned down for market-rate mortgages more frequently and steered to higher-cost loans insteadhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36996-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_business/column... Forecast for Prices Is Partly Cloudy- April 23, 2005 Are home prices irrationally exuberant If you own a house in any of the three dozen metropolitan areas where appreciation rates exceeded 20 percent in the past 12 months, you might think so. Ditto if you live in one of the 14 major markets where the average home more than doubled in...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44832-2005Jan28.html?nav=rss_business/colum... Regulators Probe Upfront Estimates, Upcharges And Low-Balling- April 23, 2005 Federal investigators are looking at real estate closings nationwide and turning up practices that might disturb home buyers.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18683-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_business/column... Credit Card Limits Often Unreported- April 23, 2005 It is a well-kept little secret of the credit card industry -- and it can be exceptionally costly to home buyers and mortgage applicants.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25109-2004Dec24.html?nav=rss_business/colum... Borrowers On Time in Pricey Markets- April 23, 2005 Although some economists are concerned about homeowners' rising debt burden especially in high-cost, high-inflation markets, a new study suggests that those worries may be misplaced. Homeowners in "bubble markets" such as metropolitan Washington, California, Nevada, New England and the mid-Atlantic region are more likely to pay their mortgages on time than homeowners in parts of the country with lower housing inflation rates.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A654-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_business/columns... Cashing Out Equity May Be Tempting, But the Risk is High- April 23, 2005 Americans are lining up to tap their real estate equity.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32510-2004Dec3.html?nav=rss_business/column... |