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After posting a strong September, the number of newly-built homes sold nationwide slipped in October. Total units sold on an annual basis dropped by 25,000 from September; supplies of new home......

In a holiday-shortened week on Wall Street, mortgage markets improved on 3 of 4 days, but still posted its fourth consecutive losing week. Unfortunately for rate shoppers and home buyers in IL......

The Federal Reserve released its November 2-3, 2010 meeting minutes Tuesday afternoon. Mortgage rates in IL have been on the move since. The Fed Minutes is a comprehensive review of Federal Op......

After two months of surging sales, home resales fell by 100,000 units last month to 4.4 million homes nationwide. October’s Existing Home Sales tally is slightly below the report’s......

Black Friday is 3 days away. It’s the official start of the 2010 Holiday Shopping Season. Sales are expected to top $111 billion this year and, already, businesses are vying for shoppers......

Mortgage markets worsened last week as the U.S. dollar gave up ground in currency markets, and inflation concerns mounted. In response to the events, conforming mortgage rates in IL rose for t......

Rock-bottom mortgage rates may be gone for good.  This week’s Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey shows in numbers what IL rate shoppers have learned the hard way — mo......

Newspaper stories can be misleading sometimes — especially with respect to real estate. We saw a terrific example of this Wednesday. A “Housing Start” is a privately-owned ho......

Homebuilder confidence is higher for the third straight month this month. According to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, a combination of shrinking ne......

If consumer spending is a key to economic recovery, the nation is on its way. Monday, the Census Bureau released national Retail Sales figures for October and, for the second straight month, ......