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Foreclosure-Related Homes Still Driving Sales
Foreclosure-related sales made up 21 percent of all U.S. sales in 2012 and short sales, when the home is sold for less than the value of the mortgage, made up 22 percent, according to a new report from RealtyTrac. Add … Continue reading
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Tagged 5 Million, Bank Foreclosure, Bank Owned Homes, Bank Owned Pre Foreclosure, Banks, condos, Delinquent Loans, Distressed Properties, Distressed Property, Distressed Sales, Foreclosure Homes, Foreclosure Process, Foreclosure Sales, Forgiveness, homes, Housing Market, Inventories, Mortgage, Nahb, news, Processing Services, Real Estate, real estate business, Real Estate News, Realtytrac, Rough Winter, S Sales, townhomes
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What Tops Home Buyers’ Wish List Now
Perhaps the most surprising finding of the NAHB survey is not what we want in our homes, but where we want our homes to be. Just 8 percent of those surveyed want to live in a city center, 36 percent … Continue reading
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Tagged Assertions, Baby Boomers, condos, Downsizing, Energy Efficiency, Gated Communities, Home Buyers, Home Ownership, Home Technology, homes, Jogging Trails, Mcmansion, Millenials, Mortgage, Nahb, Nearby Parks, news, Outdoor Swimming Pool, Outer Suburbs, Real Estate, real estate business, Real Estate News, Rental Apartments, Rents, Rising Gas Prices, Survey Respondents, townhomes, Urban Lifestyle
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Why Home Builders Won’t Drop New Home Prices
Right now the divide between new and existing home prices is wider than ever. The average price of an existing home in December was $231,400, according to the National Association of Realtors, while the U.S. Commerce Department reported the average … Continue reading
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Tagged Apocalypse, Association Of Realtors, Building Material, Chief Economist, Commerce Department, condos, David Crowe, Existing Home, Fears, Home Builders, homes, Housing Market, Lumber, Material Prices, Meritage, Mortgage, Nahb, National Association Of Realtors, news, Private Builders, Quarterly Statements, Real Estate, real estate business, Real Estate News, S Commerce, Short Time, townhomes, Wages
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After Eight Months, Home Builder Confidence Stalls
Current sales conditions remained unchanged, sales expectations over the next six months fell one point, and buyer traffic gained one point. Regionally, home builders were less confident in the Northeast and Midwest, but gained confidence in the South and particularly … Continue reading
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Tagged Banks, Chief Economist, condos, Confidence, Current Sales, David Crowe, Distressed Properties, Eight Months, Home Builder, Home Builders, homes, Homes For Sale, House Price, Influx, Midwest, Mortgage, Nahb, Nation Builders, news, Price Improvement, Real Estate, real estate business, Real Estate News, Rewards, Single Family, Six Months, townhomes
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Builders Bump Up Thanks to Drop in Existing Home Supply
Sales of existing homes are recovering slowly, but a drop in supplies of those homes is pushing confidence among the new home builders to a six year high. There are just 2.1 million existing homes for sale, which is a … Continue reading
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Tagged Association Of Realtors, Borrowers, condos, Current Sales, Existing Home Sales, Favorable Prices, Fence, Foreclosures, Home Builder, homes, Lenders, March 1, Mortgage, Mortgage Relief, Nahb, National Association Of Home Builders, National Association Of Realtors, National Mortgage, Negative Sentiment, New Home Builders, news, Principal Reduction, Real Estate, real estate business, Real Estate News, Rutenberg, State Attorneys, townhomes
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Housing Still Precarious in Obama’s Second Term
The housing market is on the slow road to recovery. Home prices in the last three months rose in 120 out of 149 metropolitan markets surveyed by the National Association of Realtors. Compare that to just 39 rising metros a … Continue reading
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Tagged Association Of Realtors, Bit Part, condos, Congressional Leaders, Credit Mortgage, Distressed Properties, Fannie Mae, Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac, homes, Household Formation, Median Home Price, Metropolitan Markets, Mortgage, Mortgage Insurers, Mortgage Lending, Mortgage Principal, Mortgage Rates, Nahb, National Association Of Home Builders, National Association Of Realtors, news, Obama, Real Estate, real estate business, Real Estate News, Rutenberg, Tight Credit, townhomes
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Credit Clips Homebuilder Confidence
After a summer of significant monthly jumps in confidence among the nation’s home builders, fall appears to be bringing in a chill. Builder sentiment edged up just one point in October, according to an industry association index, but credit issues … Continue reading
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Tagged Appraisals, Association Index, Bethesda Maryland, Chief Economist, condos, Constraints, Current Sales, David Crowe, Final Move, First Time Home, First Time Home Buyers, Home Builder, homes, Jane Fairweather, Low Interest Rates, Mortgage, Mortgage Money, Nahb, National Association Of Home Builders, news, Real Estate, Real Estate Agent, real estate business, Real Estate News, Sentiment, Tight Credit, Time Home Buyers, townhomes
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Home Builders Bullish for Fifth Straight Month
The nation’s once-beleaguered home builders are more confident than they have been in six years. A surge in new orders for homes, especially among the big public builders, pushed builder sentiment on an industry survey up three points to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Building Lots, Chief Economist, condos, Confidence Survey, Current Sales, David Crowe, Economic Recovery, Federal Reserve, Fragile Nature, Future Sales, Goldman Sachs, Goldman Sachs Group, homes, Industry Survey, Inventories, Investor Confidence, Mortgage, Mortgage Backed Securities, Nahb, National Association Of Home Builders, New Construction, news, Real Estate, real estate business, Real Estate News, Red Flags, Tight Credit, townhomes
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Homebuilders Most Confident in More Than 5 Years
Homebuilders today are feeling more confident than they have in more than five years. Recent earnings reports from the big public builders have shown spikes in new orders for single family homes, and competition from foreclosures has eased as banks … Continue reading
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