Housing BubbleHousing bubble news and commentary on trends in real estate prices,investor behavior and home buyingNorthern Virginia's most popular ZIP codes for home buyers- January 20, 2003 Fairfax and Arlington top online real estate broker's listhttp://housing-bubble.com/news/northern-virginia-popular-200103.html KB Home reports record 2002 revenues of $5.03 billion- January 18, 2003 KB Home achieves highest revenues for any quarter in the Company's historyhttp://housing-bubble.com/news/kb-home-results-180103.html Cendant issues response to Wall Street Journal story- January 18, 2003 Cendant Corporation reposnse regarding loans submitted to FHAhttp://housing-bubble.com/news/cendant-statement-180103.html Realtor political activity breaks record- January 17, 2003 RPAC breaks participation,fundraising and contributions recordshttp://housing-bubble.com/news/rpac-political-activity-170103.html Loan demand falls in latest MBA survey- January 16, 2003 Loan demand falls interest rates remain stable in latest MBA surveyhttp://housing-bubble.com/news/refinance-mba-160103.html House not a substiute for real estate stock invesment according to study- January 15, 2003 Home not a suitable alternative to investment in real estate stocks says NAREIT studyhttp://housing-bubble.com/news/real-estate-investment-150103.html New study examining the impact of California's housing crisis on Latinos- January 15, 2003 Lack of housing resticting first-time homebuyers - impeding Latinos seeking to move up economic ladderhttp://housing-bubble.com/news/california-housing-150103.html Ginnie Mae announces changes to Mortgage Backed Security Program- January 15, 2003 Ginnie Mae Mortgage Backed Security Program changes to cut loan costshttp://housing-bubble.com/news/ginnie-mae-mortgage-150103.html Appraisal Institute hails proposed HUD rule- January 14, 2003 Appraisal Institute hails HUD Rule holding lenders equally accountable for FHA appraisal qualityhttp://housing-bubble.com/news/appraisal-institute-hud-140103.html New rule to protect homebuyers from predatory lending- January 14, 2003 HUD announces new rule to protect homebuyers from predatory lending practiceshttp://housing-bubble.com/news/predatory-lending-protection-140103.html |