Tag Archives: Price Declines

Is Housing Recovering as Much as Everyone Thinks?

The news is finally good: Consumer sentiment in housing is at the highest level since the recovery began.  Realtors say not only are buyers coming back, but much-needed sellers are too. Inventories of distressed properties are shrinking, and mortgage rates … Continue reading

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‘Underwater Mortgage’ Refis Get Fresh Push in Congress

A slight improvement in home prices has helped to pull some U.S. homeowners back above water on their mortgages, but the gains are small, and the problem is still epidemic.  As of July, 22.4 percent of homeowners with a mortgage … Continue reading

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Trulia Reports Cooling Foreign Interest in US Real Estate

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Jul 24, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) – Trulia today published its International House Hunter Report, which provides the inside scoop on current foreign interest in the U.S. housing market. Based on all home searches on Trulia between … Continue reading

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Inman News publishes, 10 Prime Real Estate Markets for First-Time Buyers Report – Virtual

Inman News has identified the 10 metro markets with the greatest share of first-time homebuyers relying on mortgages backed by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) in 2011. Alameda, CA (PRWEB) June 11, 2012 Inman News™ the leader in independent real … Continue reading

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Jobs Report Signals More Trouble for Housing

weaker-than expected jobs report for May doesn’t bode well for the overall economy, but for housing it is far more foreboding. From construction, to local economies, even to age segments, the numbers are going in the wrong direction. “The May … Continue reading

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Housing market may be on rebound at last

The housing market’s long, cold winter may finally be heading into a springtime thaw. New data show price declines easing in big cities, sales of new homes improving nationally and foreclosures in California dropping to levels not seen since before … Continue reading

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‘Very close’ to bottom in housing market

The asking price of a Tacoma-area home fell nearly 12 percent in the first quarter, according to a California company that tracks real estate data, but a Pierce County real estate broker said price declines are beginning to stabilize. “If … Continue reading

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The Real Estate Recovery: The Good, the Bad—and the Ugly

In Miami, condominiums are hot again. In Phoenix, builders are opening new communities. In New Jersey, buyers are finding it takes about three years to foreclose on a property In Atlanta, home prices are down 14 percent annually, thanks to … Continue reading

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Job gains seen in suffering ‘sand states’

All four states are tourism and retirement meccas. They’re benefiting as the housing crisis eases, Americans travel more amid the improving economy, and the flow of retirees to Sunbelt states picks up modestly after slowing to a trickle in the … Continue reading

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Home affordability still O.C. problem

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. … Housing affordability is up, but there’s not enough improvement … Continue reading

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