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• Homeowner Confidence High, but Buyers Feel Discouraged by the Housing Market

  05-09-2016 22:06
  
  Homeowners are feeling increasingly confident that now is a good time to sell a home, but renters are feeling uncertain they’ll be able to afford to buy, according to the latest Zillow® Housing Confidence Index (ZHCI).
  Existing homeowners have a more positive attitude toward selling than buying, an imbalance that is causing a slowdown in many markets, especially in the more expensive, urban cores. Less than 65 percent of homeowners surveyed said now is a good time to buy, a number that
  
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• Mortgage Rates Rise for Labor Day

  05-09-2016 22:05
  
  Mortgage rates moved slightly higher just before Labor Day, according to Freddie Mac’s most recent Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®). As September begins, rates remain near their all-time record lows.
  The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 3.46 percent with an average 0.5 point for the week ending September 1, 2016, up from last week when it averaged 3.43 percent. A year ago at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 3.89 percent.
  The 15-year FRM this week
  
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• Home Improvements Push Residential Construction Spending Up

  05-09-2016 22:04
  
  NAHB analysis of Census Construction Spending data shows that total private residential construction spending for July registered a seasonally adjusted rate of $445.5 billion, slightly up from the June downwardly revised estimate.
  The monthly gains are largely attributed to the strong growth of private construction spending on home improvements that rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $147.5 billion in July, up by 1.5 percent since last month. Meanwhile, spending on single-family and mu
  
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• Texas Ranch with Vista Views

  05-09-2016 22:03
  
  Looking for lush Texas living? Head on down to 25 Augusta at Cordillera Ranch, an exclusive, resort-style community on 8,700 acres of sprawling Texas land, nestled next to five miles of Guadalupe River. The four-bedroom, five-bathroom home, designed by award-winning architect Gustavo Arredondo, features ultra-luxurious amenities such as a beach-entry infinity pool, a cascading waterfall, a decked-out media room, elevator and putting green.
  The palatial 7,300-square-foot home has a real “so
  
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• The Hungry Hippo of German Real Estate - Bloomberg

  05-09-2016 16:53
  
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  The Hungry Hippo of German Real Estate
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  Chris Bryant is a Bloomberg Gadfly columnist covering industrial companies. He previously worked for the Financial Times. Facebook · Twitter · Email; Print; Share. Sep 5, 2016 10:37 AM EDT. Six months after its attempt to pull off the biggest takeover ...
  German real estate firm Vonovia to bid for ConwertMarketWatchall 12 news articles »
  
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• A novel approach to teaching socially responsible real estate—games - Phys.Org

  05-09-2016 12:32
  
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  A novel approach to teaching socially responsible real estate—games
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  STL Lab and MIT Game Lab project participants work together to develop and test a socially responsible real estate game. Credit: Jintai Li. In China, city development through effective planning and real estate investment is serious business, but ...
  
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