Energy Inspections for Home Sales
June 29, 2012
in Home Improvement, Home Inspection, Tips When Selling a Home Tagged audit, efficiency, efficient, energy, home sales, inspectionThe global conscience regarding the environment has rapidly shifted in recent years, and an interest in saving energy (and money!) is shared by many people in all demographics. Homebuyers in particular are making more energy efficient choices in the search for their next home. As a result, energy inspections for home sales are increasingly an […]
Investors Indulge in Bulk Buying as Home Prices Drop Further
March 2, 2012
in This Week in Real Estate Tagged first-time buyer, home prices, home sales, house prices, housing market, investing, real estate market, real estate news, student loanHome Prices Plummet Just when everyone thought that the worst was over, some dreary news. Home prices hit their lowest level in December since the advent of the housing crisis, according to the Standard & Poor’s/Case Shiller Index of 20 American cities. Prices fell 1.1 percent when compared to November, and 4 percent when compared […]
Investors and Rentals Continue to Rule the Housing Market
February 24, 2012
in This Week in Real Estate Tagged home prices, home sales, housing market, investing, investment, real estate market, real estate news, rental property, rentingLooking to Invest? Consider the South If you’re thinking about investing in the housing market, your destination should be Atlanta, Phoenix or Miami. And not just because of the nicer weather. That’s where the most attractive assets are, says Marc Faber, editor of Gloom Boom & Doom report. Faber told CNBC that the Southern markets […]
More Good News for Housing Market, but Foreclosures Loom on Horizon
February 17, 2012
in This Week in Real Estate Tagged foreclosure, home builders, home prices, home sales, housing market, housing starts, mortgage rates, real estate marketHome Builders Continue to be Optimistic Will Spring bring a new lease of life for the housing market? Home builders seem to think so. They are hopeful home sales will pick up with the warmer weather, ushering in good news for the market and the economy. For the fifth straight month, builder sentiment in February […]
Strict Lending Standards & Foreclosures Taking Their Toll
February 3, 2012
in Home Foreclosures, Mortgage Interest Rates, This Week in Real Estate Tagged foreclosure, home building, home sales, housing market, lending, mortgage rates, new home construction, real estate market, real estate newsNew Home Orders Rise Looks like the market for new homes is on the mend. Orders for new homes increased in the quarter ended December, bringing a much needed cheer to the home building industry.The news has made the chief executives for some of the nation’s biggest home building companies cautiously optimistic about a market […]
End of 2011 Brings Rise in Home Sales and Continued Low Mortgage Rates
December 30, 2011
in Mortgage Interest Rates, This Week in Real Estate Tagged home prices, home sales, los angeles, mortgage ratesHome Sales Rise What a happy way to bid 2011 goodbye. According to the National Association of Realtors®, the number of contracts signed for future purchase of existing homes rose 7.3 percent. That’s the highest gain in 19 months. Plummeting prices and low lending costs accelerated the numbers, which economists were expecting to rise by […]
New Home Sales Inch Upwards While Home Prices Drop
December 2, 2011
in This Week in Real Estate Tagged construction, home prices, home sales, homebuyer, housing market, real estate market, real estate newsHome Prices Plunge Again in September Dashing the hopes of consumers and experts, home prices dived in September, quashing any theory of the market leveling off. And they fell below analysts’ expectations. According to the S&P Case-Shiller 20-city home price index, prices slipped 3.6 percent in September, when compared to the same year-ago period. Bloomberg […]
Housing Market Still Struggles – But is Good News on the Horizon?
November 18, 2011
in This Week in Real Estate Tagged home prices, home sales, housing market, real estate marketBuilder Confidence Rises There’s a glimmer of good news from the home building industry. This week, the National Association of Home Builders said that builder sentiment for the new single family home segment grew to 20 in November. While that’s still below 50 – the benchmark for a healthy market, it’s a good sign because […]
Real Estate Recovery: Will it Happen Soon?
October 28, 2011
in This Week in Real Estate Tagged home prices, home sales, housing market, real estate marketThe end is not yet in sight. The housing market continues to be down and it may be awhile before it picks up steam again. According to the RPX monthly housing report by New York-based Radar Logic, composite prices in the 25 metropolitan areas in August fell to 0.8 percent, the largest dip recorded for […]
Latest Breaking News on Housing Market
First up is some positive breaking news for the housing market. Shadow inventory of homes is declining, providing a dose of good news for the glum housing market. Shadow inventory, or homes on the verge of foreclosure, fell to 1.6 million units representing a five-months supply in July compared to 1.9 million units representing a […]