Mortgage Rates Drop Again USA Today

http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2011-01-13-mortgage-rates_N.htm

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/business/2011/01/08/nr.anderson.housing.2011.cnn

CNN chatting about the 2011 housing market.

More Mortgage Information in the News - short sales

Summary about 'short' sales

Toxie

Toxie and Planet Money

Leading Indicators, Home Sales Rise

Leading Indicators, Home Sales Rise

Home Construction Surges in August

Here are a couple of encouraging articles for builders and sellers as posted recently on the Associated Press. Hang in there!

"lenders have become much more restrictive about who can qualify for a home loan"

www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129574881

I hear a lot of people saying that they have difficulty securing the loan they want.

Staging

http://www.hgtv.com/real-estate/10-best-kept-secrets-for-selling-your-home/index.html

This article is about staging a home. It is so important. At the end of the HGTV article there are links to addition articles.