Mortgage rates were down slightly this week which impacts the Moving and Storage as home buyers remain skittish about taking the plunge. Freddie Mac’s (OTC: FMCC) weekly rate report says a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 4.12 percent in the week ending July 31, down from 4.13 percent last week....
Read moreData from the National Association of Realtors demonstrated the best year-over-year increase in median prices in seven years during the fourth quarter of 2012. Median prices increased in 133 of 152 surveyed metro areas. The industry association reported a 5 percent increase to $115,000 in the Memphis metropolitan statistical...
Read moreCord Moving and Storage Headquartered in Saint Louis, MO one of the largest relocation companies globally is pleased to report that pending sales of existing homes rose to the highest level in two-and-a-half years in November, and gains are expected to continue in the new year. The National Association...
Read morePending sales of existing homes, a better gauge of current sales activity, rose in June and contracts signed were up by double digits from year-ago levels, according to the National Association of Realtors. The trade group’s monthly report on pending sales, or contracts signed but sales not yet closed, rose...
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