Pending Home Sales Drop
Mortgage News
Two of the four regions saw gains, but nationwide, pending sales are below 2013.
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Existing Homes Sales Eke Out Gain
Mortgage News
It's slow going in the housing market, but sales are trending upward.
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The right time to sell a house is when you are ready to move. If your things aren't packed into cardboard boxes and ready to be moved onto a loading truck, then you aren't ready to move. Also, you kind of need some place to move to. You can't exactly sell your house with no place to go. You should have your new house picked out and paid for before you even think about selling your old home. This is actually the most important part. I'm surprised it isn't even in the first post. It would be extremely unfortunate if someone sold his house too early and ended up living on the streets because he sold his house too soon and his offer on the new house got rejected.
Home Price Gains Top 6% Year-Over-Year
Home prices appreciated in the first quarter of 2016 by 1.3 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2015. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) said this was the 19 th straight ... Ref. Source 5e.
Existing home sales jump 1.8% in May as median sales price hits an all-time high: NAR
The median existing-home price is up 4.7% from a year ago to $239,700, the highest on record going back to 1968 according to the National Association of Realtors. Ref. USAToday.