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U.S. Housing Confidence: Future Uncertainty Weighs, But Key Demographic Groups Remain Confident

By Cory Hopkins on 3/1/2016 The headline U.S. Housing Confidence Index dipped to 66.9 in January from 67.4 a year ago. Among people 18-34 years old, 65 percent said homeownership and the American Dream go hand-in-hand, more than any other generation. People-of-color also were more likely than whites to consider homeownership integral to the American Dream. Americans’ overall confidence in the U.S....

AVERAGE US RATE ON 30-YEAR MORTGAGE FALLS TO 3.79 PERCENT

Jan. 28, 2016 11:40 AM ET AP, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell this week for a fourth straight week amid persisting turmoil in stock markets and global economic worries. Gerry Broome FILE - In this Tuesday, June 9, 2015, file photo, a sold sign is displayed in the yard of a newly constructed home in the Briar Chapel community in Chapel Hill, N.C. On...

What will aging boomers and millennials mean for economic growth?

By Tom Petruno/ Los Angels Times   January 9, 2016 Some Wall Street pros worry that baby boomers and millennials will increasingly be squeezed financially, leaving them unable or unwilling to spend. The demographics of aging boomers and coming-of-age millennials will accelerate changes in the economy. The hard part is figuring whether they'll be good or bad for growth. The median age of...

3 Things You Never Knew About Flood Insurance

How much do you know about your flood risk? It’s not as cut-and-dry as one might think – and it doesn’t take a Category 4 hurricane to see the effects of heavy rainfall. Many of us tend to think that living outside of a coastal area will keep us safe from flooding caused by hurricanes and tropical storms, but don’t let out of sight mean out of mind. In fact, every single state in the United...

Homes with good schools unaffordable on average wages, new study finds

  Chicago rare metro with zip codes both hard and easy to afford Bloomberg In some places, like Atherton, Calif., it’s basically impossible to buy a home in a district with a good school on an average wage. Nearly two-thirds of U.S. zip codes with good schools are unaffordable to homebuyers making an average wage, according to a study released Thursday. The real estate data firm...

Mortgages may be easier to get than potential home buyers think!

Posted on latimes.com, April 27th. By Kenneth R. Harney WASHINGTON — Are you on the home-buying sidelines this spring because you think you won't be able to qualify for a mortgage? Do you know what sort of FICO credit scores are being accepted by lenders at the moment — they're lower than they were a year ago — and whether yours could now be good enough? You may be part of the surprisingly large...

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