Home sales down, inventory up as Seattle-area market cool down continues

Inventory has been increasing, giving buyers more options, but don't expect the trend to continue through the winter.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Long-term U.S. mortgage rates edged slightly lower this week, taking a pause after five straight weeks of increases. Costs for
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Movement Mortgage explained to HousingWire that the employees affected by the layoffs are not loan officers, rather they are members of its back
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That is the forecast of Hayes Martin, president of Market Extremes, an … likely to hit mortgage rates soon — another test for the housing market.
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… on to just what the rent-centric housing market needs – some new twists on rental … According to John Burns Real Estate Consulting, at least 10,000
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Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens said on Thursday that Brett Kavanaugh's behavior during the Senate hearing over allegations of
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More than half (55%) of the gross losses due to crime reported to the SA Banking Risk Information Centre (Sabric) occur online. This is according to
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Could this mean West is diving deeper into the housing industry? … Until then, HousingWire will update if we discover anymore developments.
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… all of New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco and several other areas. The investigation was later expanded again to include wire transfers.
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Lenders are learning to navigate the rebirth of a purchase market as rising mortgage rates eliminate the incentive to refinance for many current
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… why China might be on a collision course with the U.S. He speaks with Bloomberg's David Westin on “Bloomberg Markets: Balance of Power.
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She expects to see home prices continue to climb, but she says there is some good news on the horizon for home shoppers — there seems to be a
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Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions has announced the addition of six new Account Executives in September to teach brokers and correspondents about
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DENVER, Oct. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — (NASDAQ:RDFN) — Redfin Mortgage, LLC is now offering loans to homebuyers in Colorado, announced
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That unexpectedly good news surely set the tone for the world's biggest … From my Bloomberg News colleagues in Sydney, in a piece titled “Bond
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I think that people mostly get it backwards: The popular view is that … I have a column in the current issue of Bloomberg Markets on the future of
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However, a hike in interest rate will raise the cost of funds, which in turn will enable the financial sector, especially banks, to widen the spread between
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Sales and inventory numbers are now back to 2012 levels – when the housing market was still buyer-friendly – while prices continue to drop from their
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Year-over-year housing prices and sales continued to climb in Northwest Indiana in August, bucking a nationwide trend. “If I could describe the year it
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When Bank of America bought Merrill Lynch a decade ago, the idea was to meld a vast retail bank with a leading wealth-management brokerage.
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