Spending months to find the perfect home in your price range, only to have your mortgage application rejected, or a home inspection turn up expensive repairs, is a nightmare — one that is coming true with increasing frequency, according to ...

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Home sales are up year-over-year for the third quarter of 2015 in greater Rochester amid low interest rates, but the market is expected to cool off as it usually does in winter. Sales were up by 8.4 percent, to 4020 ...

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Consumer confidence and fluctuating mortgage interest rates appear to be driving an increase in homes sales for the second quarter of 2013. While closed sales are down 4.1 percent, 2,906 to 3,029, from the second quarter a year ago, they ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — A gauge of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes fell in April from nearly a two-year high in the previous month. The decline was the biggest in a year. Still, sales are well ahead of last ...

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WASHINGTON — Momentum in U.S. hiring and home sales appears to be slowing, according to fresh data. The average number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits over the past month is at a three-month high. And fewer Americans bought previously ...

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Over 30 percent of contracted home sales nationwide don’t make it all the way to closing, the National Association of Realtors reported last month. Lender-ordered appraisals of short sale and foreclosed homes are often mentioned as a common cause, but ...

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There was both optimism and concern among representatives of the Greater Rochester Association of Realtors, the Rochester Home Builders Association and The Mortgage Bankers Association of the Genesee Region on Friday with the release of the 2011 third quarter Rochester area housing statistics.

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Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac reports that the volume of distressed home sales declined across the U.S. in the second quarter.

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Second quarter statistics released Friday show signs of a housing market returning to a more typical rhythm in the 11-county Genesee region. The median sale price for the second quarter remained flat at $120,000 when compared to last year ...

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WASHINGTON — Fewer people bought previously occupied homes in May, lowering sales to their weakest point of the year. Home sales sank 3.8 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.81 million homes, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday.

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WASHINGTON — Fixed mortgage rates stayed roughly flat after falling for nine weeks. The average rate on the 30-year loan ticked up from a yearly low of 4.49 percent to 4.50 percent, Freddie Mac said Thursday. The average rate on the 15-year fixed mortgage, a popular refinance option ...

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WASHINGTON — Fewer people purchased previously occupied homes in April. Activity among first-time homebuyers increased and foreclosure sales declined, but those factors weren't enough to signal a recovery in the weak housing market.

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