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.
Actor is lookin’ at selling his townhouse in Greenwich Village
His Honor adds to collection, picking up a notable Southampton estate for a rumored $20 million
Magically, three young actors invest £24.5 collectively on luxury properties
It’s loss actually for actor-singer
All-cash buyers propel resales, but volume remains slack
Number declines of homes listed for sale in June
Growth recorded in housing starts and building permits last month
Contract cancellations spike in June
Homeownership dips below 60 percent if delinquent borrowers are excluded
Only by excluding foreclosures, appraisal processor FNC discovers that, doh, prices are going up
Data concern says weak fundamental undermine expected seasonal strength, portending a poor fall
FHA could cause serious pain in condo market
Mortgage default rates continue to slide
Refinance activity burgeons, but volume of purchase applications ticks down
Rates merely edges up, to 4.52 percent, for 30-year fixed loans
Credit scores, down payments thwart borrower hopefuls
But hopeful borrowers can turn to private lenders, for a price
States generally allow landlords to collect rent without making mortgage payments
For $175 million, a home on the range can be yours
Kitchens found to remain a relatively inexpensive face-lift, according to latest remodeling report
For growing number of homeowners, glass spells c-l-a-s-s
Try these measures if your fan won’t fan or rings on a copper top won’t unring
Builder mood inches up from suicidal to downright depressed
Despite dwindling demand, closing costs are up, with New York and Texas at the top
Community is everything for today’s buyers
Housing market reflects same factors that hold down consumer spending
Investment services lists reasons it may be unwise to dismiss housing market out of hand
UCLA economist predicts that Gen Y will spur housing’s recovery over next 10 years
You can search for 20,000 New York City properties listed by various brokers, and 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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