Weekly Roundup: Existing-home sales rebound

Here’s your chance to catch up with news included to inform, enlighten and perhaps even entertain you. To read about The Big Apple, check out the other of today’s posts and look for Out and About early next week.

FOR $28 MILLION YOU CAN BUY AN AGING CELEB’S DAHLINK BEL AIR MANSION

THIS TENANT DEMONSTRATES ANEW THAT HE IS UNINTERESTED IN MAKING NEW FRIENDS

NEW-HOME CONSTRUCTION ENDS THE YEAR ON A WEAK NOTE

BUT SALES OF PREVIOUSLY OWNED HOMES BOUNCE BACK, CAUSING INVENTORY TO DROP FOR NOW

RADAR LOGIC: HOME PRICES STABLE IN NOVEMBER THOUGH NOT LIKELY MUCH LONGER

30-YEAR MORTGAGE RATE TICKS UP, BUT 15-YEAR AND ARMS EDGE DOWN

RATE DIFFERENCE IS SHRINKING BETWEEN CONVENTIONAL AND JUMBO MORTGAGES

LENDER CONSTRAINTS CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR CONDO BUYERS

REFINANCING HAS REVIVED OVER THE LAST THREE WEEKS

IF YOU ITEMIZE, YOU MAY HAVE TO WAIT FOR REVISED FORMS

WHEN CHOOSING A MOVING COMPANY, YOU CAN MINIMIZE THE RISK OF A BAD CHOICE

FED FELT HAMSTRUNG BY 2005 HOUSING BUBBLE

SMART MONEY WANTS TO HELP YOU DECIDE WHETHER TO BUY A RETIREMENT HOME NOW

IT CANNOT SURPRISE YOU THAT BUYERS LET THEIR FINGERS DO THE WALKING–BUT HARDLY IN THE YELLOW PAGES

BEDBUGS NOT ONLY ARE RUNNING RAMPANT BUT ALSO EVOLVING TO THWART PESTICIDES

NEW JERSEY REALTORS SAY LUCK PLAYS A BIG ROLE IN THEIR SUCCESS

UNIVERSAL REMOTES STILL FALL SHORT OF EVERYTHING YOU MAY WANT THEM TO DO

TWO OUT OF THREE AMERICANS THINK IT’S A GOOD TIME TO BUY, BUT THAT’S FEWER THAN THE LAST TWO YEARS

BUILDERS COULD HARDLY BE MORE DEPRESSED–AGAIN

ECONOMISTS ASK WHETHER HOME PRICES ARE NOT STILL TOO HIGH

SHUT UP! NEW YORK IS NOT THE RUDEST CITY! SO THERE!

ARCHITECTS’ BILLINGS SUGGEST IMPROVEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN INDUSTRY

UBS ANALYST WITH DECENT RECORD PROVIDES HIS 2011 FORECAST

REAL ESTATE PROFESSOR CONSIDERS WHERE WE GO FROM HERE

In the sidebar on the right, you can search for properties listed by various brokers, though I encourage you to be in touch with me for assistance and advice. You also may want to see my periodic critiques of properties that I visit in Out and About , which I post on Mondays or Tuesdays.

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Charles Rutenberg Realty
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