Cyberhomes

  I’m something of a building materials geek. Show me a cool new product and I’m a happy girl. One of my favorite stories of all time was a little piece that I wrote on the HurriQuake nail, the fastener’s version of a better mousetrap. It ex...

Borrowers will need a higher credit score beginning Dec. 12 to get a home loan if their lender plans to sell the mortgage to Fannie Mae, the quasi-government mortgage finance company...

Today is Black Friday, so I thought I'd write about spending and not spending money -- on a house. When my husband and I bought our new home about seven years ago, I always hoped that we'd move up to a slightly bigger home in a better school district once my daughters hit school age...

  Builders of new homes continued to shed inventory, which was down to a 6.7 months supply following a 6.2 percent increase in sales for October, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development....

This week, the Cyberhomes bloggers will be sharing what we've been thankful for in 2009, a most difficult real estate year. Check back each day for a new Thanksgiving post and share your own thoughts on what you're thankful for this season...

  This week, the Cyberhomes bloggers will be sharing what we've been thankful for in 2009, a most difficult real estate year....

Home purchase loans saw a spike last week, climbing a seasonally adjusted 9.6 percent compared to the previous week according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s weekly survey. Overall, mortgage applications fell, but most of the drop was in refinancing. ...

Thanksgiving has a real half glass empty or full quality to it this year, with the answer depending totally on how I choose to view the situation. Last Thanksgiving, I never could have imagined that it would be the last one in our house...

In a sign that at least the entry-level real estate market is alive, home sales were up a surprising 10.1 percent in October, according to the National Association of Realtors. Despite the impressive increase in sales, the median home price dropped 7...

  This week, the Cyberhomes bloggers will be sharing what we've been thankful for in 2009, a most difficult real estate year. Check back each day for a new Thanksgiving post and share your own thoughts on what you're thankful for this season....

  This Thanksgiving will be one of new traditions for us: first, rather than traveling the four-plus hours to visit our families, we’re staying put for Turkey Day. T...

For the second week in a row, mortgages to purchase properties fell despite interest rates falling. According to a survey by the Mortgage Bankers Association, mortgage interest rates fell from 4.90 percent to 4.83 percent for a 30-year fixed-rate purchase loan with a 20 percent down payment...

  The median home price for new and resale homes in California was up in October from the previous month according to MDA DataQuick, which monitors real estate activity nationwide. The median sales price for October was $257,000, a 2.4 percent increase over the $251,000 in September....

The stock market took a tumble yesterday because of investor reaction to what is being called a surprising drop in housing starts. The Commerce Department said October new home construction fell 10.6 percent from the previous month, dropping to a six-month low...