Resources and useful links

Mortgage Bankers Association of America
Mortgage delinquencies, foreclosure rates, purchase applications, refinancing

Survey of Real Estate Trends
Real estate market conditions (commercial and residential)

Federal Housing Finance Board
Sources of finance, national average contract mortgage rate

National Association of Home Builders
Remodeling costs, upscale homes, new housing characteristics and trends (square footage, amenities)

The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University
State of the Nation's Housing (Annual publication with housing market overview and general housing statistics), remodeling expenditures

ACCRA Cost of Living Index
Cost of living comparison