American homeowners who made energy-efficient home improvements in 2012 will be pleased to know that the federal government would like to reward their efforts. The American Taxpayer Relief Act, enacted January 2, reinstated a tax credit available for home energy impr[...] Read More...
When you think of renovating a home, one of the things that may come to your mind is just how the renovations that you’ve made will affect the resale price of your home. Many homeowners believe that they will be able to[...] Read More...
There are many ways and reasons to visit the Harvard Medical School. This article provides a guide to visiting the campus.
Harvard University. The name is instantly recognized by many as being the pinnacle of higher education in the United States and the world at large. Year after year, the best and brigh[...] Read More...
U.S. home prices increased from April 2011 to April 2012 – a positive sign of stabilization for housing market, said the research firm CoreLogic.
On Tuesday, CoreLogic’s home price index showed that home value increased 2.2 percent in April from the previous month and gained 1.1 percent from a year ago.
“On a month-over-month bas[...] Read More...
Home prices increased in March from February in most major U.S. cities for the first time in seven months.
According to the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller home price index, the prices rose in 12 of the 20 cities.
Prices in the 20 cities surveyed fell 2.6 percent in March from a year ago. Seven of the 20 cities saw price increases from a [...] Read More...
Mortgage buyer Freddy Mac announced that average rate on 30 years loan fell to 3.84 percent last week.
According to Freddy Mac survey, the rate on the 30-year loan dropped to 3.84 percent, compared with 3.88 percent two weeks ago and 4.71 percent a year ago.
That is below the previous record rate of 3.8[...] Read More...
On Thursday, National Association of Realtors said its Pending Home Sales Index rose 4.1 percent from February and is now 12.8 percent higher than March of 2011.
“The housing market has clearly turned the corner,” said Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist.[...] Read More...
On Thursday, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said that the 30-year mortgage rate increased slightly to 3.90 percent this week from 3.88 percent last week.
The 30-year loan was 4.80 percent last year at this time, according to Freddie Mac.
The 15-year mortga[...] Read More...
The average U.S. rate on the 30-year fixed mortgages dropped slightly to 3.98% this week staying below 4% for the second consecutive week.
According to mortgage buyer Freddie Mac, the average rate for 30-year loan remained practically unchanged this week, falling slightly to Read More...
Sales of new houses in the United Statesdropped slightly in February for a second month, being an unexpected decline in housing market.
According to Commerce Department, the new home sales fell to an annual rate of 313,000 during the month. That was a 1.6% decline compared with January’s 318,000 sales but 11.4% above last Febr[...] Read More...