Tag Archives: Census Bureau

Supply and demand imbalance continues to distort real estate markets

Posted on February 22, 2013 by sheri

David McNew/Getty Images Tract homes in Santa Clarita. Both the U.S. and Southern California need to see a lot more of these getting built. Location, location location — those are the three most important words in real estate. But buyers … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

McMansions Return: Big Houses Are Coming Back

Posted on December 18, 2012 by sheri

The average size of a newly built home increased 3.7 percent in 2011 from 2010, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That was the first annual increase since 2007 and indicates that home builders are seeing demand for larger spaces. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

San Jose leads the nation for most expensive housing

Posted on November 30, 2012 by sheri

This 6-bedroom, 3.5-bath home on 1159 Lincoln Ave. in Palo Alto sold earlier this year for $3.325 million. See other examples of what $1 million will buy in Silicon Valley.  G. Scott Thomas Email California’s real estate bubble deflated a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

7 Real Estate Risks: Are They Over- or Under-Estimated?

Posted on November 8, 2012 by sheri

This need to assess and act on risks appropriately, neither overblowing them or blowing them off entirely, is particularly critical when it comes to real estate risks. It’s easy to let your personality determine how you view and manage real … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Analyst: Local manufacturing still matters

Posted on October 13, 2012 by sheri

Veteran Southern California real estate analyst G.U. Krueger adds his commentary on the housing market to this blog in a spot we call “Thursday Morning Quarterback.” Here’s his latest installment. … Barely a day goes by that the two presidential … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

REAL ESTATE: New home size bump – Press

Posted on July 29, 2012 by sheri

With new home construction beginning to turn a corner, Inland Southern California homebuilders are looking at innovative ways to get their names in front of a growing pool of buyers. Design features run the gamut, from in-home solar systems and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Renter Nation Rages On

Posted on July 28, 2012 by sheri

The supply of empty homes for rent is falling, and the nation’s homeownership rate is hovering near a fifteen year low. How can that be when the housing market is finally turning around and more homes are selling? The answer … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Despite High Affordability, Renter Nation Reigns

Posted on May 1, 2012 by sheri

More Americans are renting homes, and fewer are owning them; it’s not as if this is news to anyone who follows the U.S. housing market, but a new report from the Census Bureau today really put an historical exclamation point … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Signs continue to point to slow housing recovery

Posted on April 25, 2012 by sheri

The residential real estate market continues to give off mixed signals — indications of continued, yet gradual, improvement that is well shy of full recovery. Among the current signs: •Standard Poor’s Case-Shiller Indexes, which measure home prices nationally, showed year-over-year … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A Tale of Two Housing Markets: Single and Multi Family

Posted on April 17, 2012 by sheri

The numbers are in, the analysts are out, and given the volatility of this particular economic indicator, the spin is at full speed: “Good News on Housing Permits More Than Offsets the Bad News on Starts”— HIS Global Insight “Housing … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment