The Moorings Custom Homes for Sale

The Moorings Homes for Sale, Naples, Florida

Tucked away in between Old Naples and Park Shore, The Moorings Naples offers your choice of an inland home or a Gulf access property. While some of the best homes in The Moorings overlook water views …

Babcock Ranch Custom Homes

From its innovative home designs to its almost futuristic approach to sustainability and green living initiatives, Babcock Ranch is leading the nation in terms of innovation, complemented by the allure of on-site conveniences and an amenity-rich lifestyle. This first-of-its-kind community is essentially a solar-powered town …

New Fannie Mae Appraisal Program: Helping or Hurting?
 

Every home must be sold TWICE! Once to the buyer, and once to the bank appraiser if a mortgage is involved.

The second sale may have just become more difficult.

A new program announced by Fannie Mae may slow down the …

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The REAL Reasons Americans Buy a Home
 

Last week, we reported on the financial reasons that the New York Times felt that homeownership was important. The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University performs a study every year surveying participants for the reasons that American’s feel are most …

Home Values Compared to the Peak of 2006-2007
 

There is no doubt that the housing market has recovered from the meltdown that occurred just a few short years ago. However, in some states home values still have not returned to the prices we saw in 2006 and 2007. Here …

New York Times: Homeownership is Best Way To Build Wealth
 

The New York Times recently published an editorial entitled, “Homeownership and Wealth Creation.” The housing market has made a strong recovery, not only in sales and prices, but also in the confidence of consumers and experts …

Will Higher Interest Rates Kill HOME SALES?
 The Mortgage Bankers Association, the National Association of Realtors, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are each projecting mortgage interest rates to increase substantially over the next twelve months. What will that mean to the housing market in 2015? Last week, we posted …

Breaking News: Fannie and Freddie formally announce 3% Down Programs
 Yesterday, HousingWire reported that both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac formally announced their 3% down options on home purchases. Fannie Mae’s plan will be effective December 13, 2014 while the Freddie Mac plan will be available …

Rent Increases Expected to Continue through 2015
 

CNBC’s Diana Olick recently reported that rents in the residential housing sector continued to rise in 2014. She interviewed Jed Kolko, Chief Economist at Trulia, who revealed:

"Rents are rising because of strong demand that supply hasn't kept up with …