Lawrence Yun

Existing home sales rose 1.3% last month from June, ending a four-month slide as easing mortgage rates and a pickup in properties on the market encouraged home shoppers. read more >

Despite the pullback in sales, home prices climbed compared with a year earlier for the 11th month in a row. read more >

Economists expect mortgage rates to rise up to 4% next year as the Federal Reserve takes action to control rising inflation. read more >

The National Association of Realtors, based in Washington, D.C., last month released its “Commercial Real Estate Outlook” for the quarter. The report details the market outlook in major commercial real estate sectors and summarizes the forecasts for all of 2013 and 2014. read more >