http://realtormag.realtor.org DailyRealEstateNewshttp://feedburner.google.com <p>&ldquo;We might see a spring season better than the numbers are predicting," says the chief economist of the Mortgage Bankers Association.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DailyRealEstateNews/~4/1ZnjcglneA0" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DailyRealEstateNews/~3/1ZnjcglneA0/10863 Friday, February 24, 2012 http://realtormag.realtor.org/node/10863 <p>NAR&#39;s quarterly commercial real estate forecast shows vacancies are falling and rents are rising.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DailyRealEstateNews/~4/65eEKJbYMPE" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DailyRealEstateNews/~3/65eEKJbYMPE/10868 Friday, February 24, 2012 http://realtormag.realtor.org/node/10868 <p>Bank of America has stopped selling some of its mortgages to Fannie Mae, following a dispute with Fannie and the nation&rsquo;s second-largest bank over who should take responsibility for past mortgages that ended up in default. &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DailyRealEstateNews/~4/2mn497sh978" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DailyRealEstateNews/~3/2mn497sh978/10865 Friday, February 24, 2012 http://realtormag.realtor.org/node/10865 <p>The EPA has release an online map tool that allows users to find who the largest suppliers of fossil fuels and biggest emitters of greenhouse gases are in their communities.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DailyRealEstateNews/~4/zk7weqSX0p8" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DailyRealEstateNews/~3/zk7weqSX0p8/10869 Friday, February 24, 2012 http://realtormag.realtor.org/node/10869 <p>For the first time in three weeks, fixed-rate mortgages moved up from all-time lows after recent reports showed a strengthening in the housing market, Freddie Mac reports.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DailyRealEstateNews/~4/yYQy166XkJk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DailyRealEstateNews/~3/yYQy166XkJk/10864 Friday, February 24, 2012 http://realtormag.realtor.org/node/10864 <p>The number of children living in high-poverty areas jumped 25 percent from 2000 to 2010.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DailyRealEstateNews/~4/BO1TqQrrhbo" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DailyRealEstateNews/~3/BO1TqQrrhbo/10867 Friday, February 24, 2012 http://realtormag.realtor.org/node/10867