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Foreclosure rate is the lowest since 2005, report says

Jan 18, 2018
Foreclosure activity fell in 2017 to a 12-year low, according to a new report by ATTOM Data Solutions. In 2017, 0.5 percent of all U.S. residential properties were in some stage of foreclosure — notice of default, scheduled auction or bank repossession. That’s down from a peak of 2.2 percent at the height of the […]

Rent or own? The affordability conundrum

Jan 12, 2018
“Comparing whether to buy or rent is really picking the lesser of two affordability evils,” says ATTOM Data Solutions' vice president.
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First-time homebuyers are taking out more new loans

May 25, 2017
And nearly a quarter of them are using a gift from family or a friend, realtors say.
 
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