Daily Real Estate News | Tuesday, May 22, 2012 Home sales are expected to rise 7 percent this year as the housing market continues to make strides toward recovery, according to Fannie Mae’s latest housing market outlook. "Our outlook is bolstered ...
[Read More] Daily Real Estate News | Tuesday, May 22, 2012 The Federal Housing Administration is reportedly considering revising rules that many in the real estate industry have called overly strict and that have left many condo units ineligible for FHA’s low-downpayment ...
[Read More] Daily Real Estate News | Tuesday, May 22, 2012 One of the biggest obstacles home buyers are facing is qualifying for financing, and a new report by the Federal Reserve shows exactly how big of struggle potential borrowers face. According to a new Federal ...
[Read More] Existing-home sales rose in April and remain above a year ago, while home prices continued to rise, according to the National Association of REALTORS®. The improvements in sales and prices were broad based across all regions. Total existing-home sales, ...
[Read More] Housing affordability is the best it has been in decades. Nationwide, average home prices are approximately one-third lower today than at their peak in 2006. The cost to buy is very often less than the cost to rent a comparable property. In fact, buying ...
[Read More] Shadow Inventory: 46 Months to Clear Distressed Housing Supply 05/14/2012 By: Carrie Bay Enter your email to receive Daily Email Updates : It will take 46 months to clear the market’s supply of distressed homes, or the shadow inventory, according ...
[Read More] So how is real estate in Bend doing? I get asked that question a lot, as you may guess. Real estate seems to be the national passion! That may be perhaps because it is so intrinsically tied to our financial picture as a country, but also we just love real ...
[Read More] What is a short sale? I speak with a lot of buyers and
sellers who have heard the term "short sale" but don't truly understand what it
means, or how to get through one. When faced with questions about short sales
many agents begin speaking ...
[Read More] Wow, things really are looking up in Portland, Oregon . We are seeing people being optimistic about the future, they are starting to reach in to their wallets again (which is necessary for a rebound), and of course it helps that the sun is out! Even my ...
[Read More] You may sell. Sometime. Maybe in the future. In the meantime, you are living in your home and want to do a remodeling project. Are you wasting the money? Of course your first consideration is whether it makes your current home more livable, more lovable. ...
[Read More] A new development is catching home buyers off guard as the spring sales season gets under way: Bidding wars are back. From California to Florida, many buyers are increasingly competing for the same house. Unlike the bidding wars that typified the go-go ...
[Read More] Since January 1st of 2012 many real estate markets have seen quite a change compared to the past few years. I recently returned from a real estate summit in Chicago where many real estate agents from across the country told me they were short of inventory ...
[Read More] April 26 (Bloomberg) -- Signed contracts to buy U.S. homes rose more than forecast in March as low interest rates drew buyers back into the market. The index of pending home purchases rose 4.1 percent to 101.4, the highest level since April 2010, after ...
[Read More] Just saw a house today on our Multiple Listing Service tour that has a phenomenal river view, is in the heart of downtown, is gorgeous and has an apartment attached that is equally cool!!!! Call me if you want more info, but it is the kind of place I would ...
[Read More] East Medford, Medford - We invite everyone to visit our open house at 70 High Oak Dr. on April 28 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM .
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[Read More] Market Activity for Central Oregon Coast real estate during March 2012: (information updated on 04/04/12): Area # of homes* sold # of homes* pending Average Sale Price Average cummulative days on market # of active listings Newport 4 4 $184,475 91 107 ...
[Read More] Realtor.com's latest top 10 investment markets report shows metros just off the beaten path leading the way. Built from Realtor.com data updated through February 2012, the report put Tucson, Ariz.; Austin, Texas; and Kansas City, Mo., as the top current ...
[Read More] Realtor.com recently released its picks for top investment markets, based on February 2012 data of 146 markets on housing inventories, price trends, and unemployment rates. The following are the six housing markets that came out on top as best investments: ...
[Read More] Daily Real Estate News | Tuesday, March 27, 2012 The Federal Housing Administration announced that starting April 1 it will not insure mortgages to borrowers who have an ongoing credit dispute of $1,000 or more on their file. To be considered for an FHA-backed ...
[Read More] New-home sales fell in February, declining 1.6 percent compared to the previous month, the Census Bureau reported Friday. Still, new-home sales were 11.4 percent above February 2011 numbers, reaching an annualized pace of 313,000 in February 2012 compared ...
[Read More] Daily Real Estate News | Monday, March 26, 2012 With competition high, sellers may be intervening more when it comes to selling their home, and it can cause personalities to clash. Because it might take a little longer to find a buyer nowadays, some sellers ...
[Read More] Housing starts fell 1.1 percent in February to 698,000, compared with market expectations for a smaller decline, the Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development reported jointly Tuesday. Single family starts plunged 9.9 percent to 457,000, ...
[Read More] Existing-home sales fell in February from an upwardly revised January sales pace, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported Wednesday. February sales – completed transactions – were down 0.9 percent from January to a seasonally adjusted ...
[Read More] Home prices are projected to fall 0.7 percent this year, a more negative expectation than the 0.2 percent decline economists previously anticipated, according to the March 2012 Zillow Home Price Expectations Survey. Economists in the survey did express ...
[Read More] New homes sales fell 1.6 percent in February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 313,000, the second straight monthly decline, the Commerce Department and Department of Housing and Urban Development reported jointly Friday. Sales for January were revised ...
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