Tag Archives: Six Months

Home Builders Get Jitters for First Time in a Year

Of the three components making up the index, current sales conditions fell one point to 51, still the only component solidly in the positive. Sales expectations over the next six months rose one point to 50, but buyer traffic remained … Continue reading

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Q&A With America’s Real Estate Professor

Q. About six months ago I kept reading about all the “Shadow Inventory” that was going to hit the market, potentially dropping prices, and bringing to market lots of inventory for first-time buyers like myself. Sure doesn’t seem like that … Continue reading

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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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New Nightmare for Home Builders: Not Enough Skilled Workers

Housing starts are finally coming off their lows of barely a half a million in 2009, and are now surging quickly up in to a rate of around 800,000 annualized, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. While this is … Continue reading

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Property Flippers Are Back as Housing’s New Middle Men

Who can forget the heady days of the housing boom when property flippers would follow condo developers around like hungry wolves, waiting to pounce on new projects before one grain of earth had moved? Property auctions for single family homes … Continue reading

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Kilroy Realty Corporation Reports Second Quarter Financial Results

LOS ANGELES, Aug 01, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Kilroy Realty Corporation /quotes/zigman/171049/quotes/nls/krc KRC -0.27% today reported financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2012, with a net loss available to common stockholders of $800,000, or $0.02 per share, … Continue reading

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What Recovery? Home Prices May Hit Roadblock Soon

The recent growth in U.S. home prices may hit a roadblock in the coming months, thanks to a new supply of distressed properties hitting the market. Banks are moving more delinquent loans through the pipeline at a faster pace, according … Continue reading

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Limoneira Company Announces Second Quarter and Six Months Fiscal Year 2012 …

SANTA PAULA, Calif., Jun 11, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) – — Lemons Sales Increased 41% Compared to Second Quarter of Last Year – — Executed on Agribusiness Growth Strategy with Agreements to Acquire 125 Acres of Agricultural Property in California – … Continue reading

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Short Sales Higher, Prices Lower

Buyer traffic is strong, supply of homes for sale is low, and yet home prices continue to defy the usual formula, falling again in March. Prices usually rise as supply shrinks, but demand is still too low to make those … Continue reading

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Rising Optimism in Housing Doesn’t Compute

An increasing number of Americans are starting to believe in home price appreciation again. Perhaps it’s the excitement of an early spring market, perhaps the fact that unemployment has been steadily easing, or perhaps just the fact that we haven’t … Continue reading

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