• Is the Housing Market Backsliding? Mortgage Rates Jump to a New High—and That’s Not Even the Worst News,Margaret Heidenry

    Is the Housing Market Backsliding? Mortgage Rates Jump to a New High—and That’s Not Even the Worst News

    Photo-Illustration by Realtor.com; Source: Getty ImagesAll eyes are on mortgage rates these days as they zigzag between bad and awful. And they may have just reached utter misery level.Rates for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage hit 6.96% the week of July 13, according to Freddie Mac. That’s the highest

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  • RE Q&A: ‘As-Is’ Contract OK for Flipped Home?,kerrys

    RE Q&A: ‘As-Is’ Contract OK for Flipped Home?

    A prospective buyer of a renovated home worries that an “as-is” contract may release the seller from not-yet-discovered problems. Should they sign it?

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  • NAHB: Regulations Hurt Affordable Housing,kerrys

    NAHB: Regulations Hurt Affordable Housing

    Builders told Congress that regulations make it difficult to construct more affordable housing – and they created a list of six specific regulatory roadblocks.

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