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 […]
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 […]
Weighing American Home Prices and the Top 5 Housing Markets
January 27, 2012
in This Week in Real Estate Tagged california, home prices, housing market, ohio, pennsylvania, real estate market, real estate news, texasContracts on Pending Homes Declined in December Looks like Santa wasn’t very generous toward the housing market. Sales agreement on existing homes took a sharper hit than expected in December. This, after those numbers touched a 19 month high in the previous month. According to the National Association of Realtor’s index, pending home sales fell […]
New Signs of Life in the Housing Market
December 9, 2011
in This Week in Real Estate Tagged florida, home values, housing market, mortgage rates, real estate market, real estate news, recoveryHousing Market may Have a Better Year Ahead Would the new year ring in some much-needed cheer for the housing market? Probably, says CBSNews.com. There are some signs of a turnaround in the horizon, despite the challenges. So, what are some of the telling signs of a better future? CBS says the official unemployment rate […]
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 […]
Rentals, Home Sales, Foreign Investors and More Realty News
October 21, 2011
in This Week in Real Estate Tagged foreign investment, home builders, housing market, new home construction, real estate market, real estate news, rentalHome Builders’ Sentiment Climbs There was a flicker of hope from the builders this week. The National Association of Home Builders’ index of builder sentiments climbed from 14 to 18 percent. That’s still mighty below 50 – the benchmark indicative of a positive outlook. But, any improvement is a good sign these days. Only once […]
Real Estate News: Foreclosure Rates Continue to Slow Market
October 14, 2011
in Home Foreclosures, This Week in Real Estate Tagged foreclosure, home prices, real estate newsAnother Two Years for a Market Turnaround Have you been wondering when the housing market will pick up steam again? Give it another year or two, says a leading economist. That’s how much time it could take for the foreclosure storm to blow over and the oversupply of inventory to rectify itself, according to Mark […]