Real Estate News Brief: A Boom in Pending Home Sales, a Dip in the Jobless Rate, and a New FICO Score

In this Real Estate News Brief for the week ending the Fourth of July 2020... market optimism after a report on pending home sales, good news about jobs, and a new FICO score that could help borrowers with below-average scores.   We begin with economic news from this past week, and a report on pending home sales that sent the stock market soaring. They were up a record 44.3% from April to May, according to the National Association of Realtors. That's the largest monthly increase ever. It also followed two months of serious declines, but is evidence of what some economists say will be a "V"-shaped recovery for the housing market.   www.NewsForInvestors.com