Posts with tag trulia

While Main Street remains skittish on home buying, Wall Street's vote of confidence Wednesday in online real estate company Zillow's IPO could signal new hope for the housing market. Then again, it could just demonstrate investors' unending love affair with dot-com suitors. Zillow Inc., an online listings and public... Continue Reading »

Attention, big-city dreamers: Consider your options before signing the lease on that slummy one-bedroom. Buying a home is now cheaper than renting in 80 percent of the largest U.S. cities, according to a recent survey. Real estate website Trulia recently released its quarterly Rent vs. Buy Index, which compares the... Continue Reading »

Renting has always had its advantages over buying, but then this past summer, interest rates fell to an all-time low. However, home sales remained dismal at best. According to an article published by the "Washington Post," the average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage tumbled to 4.69 percent, falling from an already low... Continue Reading »

Even though home prices and interest rates have come down dramatically, many Americans aren't able to qualify for mortgages because they have low credit scores, a new survey reveals. According to a recent study, nearly 30 percent of all Americans searching for home loans are effectively locked out of the conventional... Continue Reading »

Looking at listings from the comfort of your Facebook account can be pretty convenient when house hunting, especially when you've befriended several brokers and added them to your social network. Following brokers on Twitter to find out about the latest properties in a hash-tagged region, and their sweet amenities that... Continue Reading »