Weekly Roundup: Rates up in seasonal market

Important housekeeping announcement:  There will be reduced frequency in August until after Labor Day, but you can look forward until then to Out and About, some typically critical posts taken on The High Road, perspectives on sellers and buyers, and other information meant to be both illuminating and, occasionally, even entertaining.  This regular Friday feature will return on September 9, when it will be combined with The Big Apple.

Pending home sales rise for second consecutive month

Sales of new homes continue to move sideways in June

By Case-Shiller’s gauge, May home prices increase normally with seasonality

Economists reflect on the numbers

The Fed see little change in U.S. housing market

Following Treasury yields, rates climb 0.8 points and exceed a year earlier

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Weekly Roundup: Housing market news is mixed

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 another of today’s three posts.

SUTTON PLACE DUPLEX IN WHICH LATE MAGAZINE MAGNATE LIVED FINALLY SELLS FOR $7 MILLION

HER SEX IN THE CITY WILL CENTER ON CENTRAL PARK WEST WHEN HER HUSBAND TAKES TIME OFF

ACTOR’S NEWLY LISTED PENTHOUSE IS PRESUMED EXPENSIVE

LATE SIDEKICK’S HOUSE IS IN FORECLOSURE, SPORTS FIGURE PLANS TO PRACTICE OUTSIDE NEW HOME, MOVIE MOGUL BUYS IN L.A.

PRICES OF U.S. OF SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES