While year-over-year home price measurements notched down in 2011, prices are expected to see a slight uptick in 2012, according to Clear Capital. Should the valuation company’s predictions ring true, it would be the first time since 2006 that the change in annual home prices has landed in positive territory. In 2012, Clear Capital is […]
Owners Think Homes Worth More Now Than When They Bought Them
Slightly over half of all homeowners say their homes are worth more today than they were when they bought them, according to a new national survey conducted just before Christmas. Most homeowners are confident they know what their home is worth, and a greater number than ever, some 29 percent, believe that they have lost […]
Foreclosure Free Ride
Delinquent borrowers facing foreclosure are learning that they can stay in their homes for years, as long as they’re willing to put up a fight. Among the tactics: Challenging the bank’s actions, waiting to file paperwork right up until the deadline, requesting the lender dig up original paperwork or, in some extreme cases, declaring bankruptcy. […]
Home Values Continued Slide in 2011
Five consecutive years of declining home values have taken its toll on the country, with homeowners shouldering the brunt of these losses. In 2010, home values fell a collective $1.1 trillion according to Zillow, but in 2011 those losses have eased with Zillow estimating that home values fell by approximately $681 billion or 5.1 percent. […]
Strong Housing Predictions for 2012
What’s in store for housing markets in 2012? Well, the good news is, we may finally be over the worst, according to the authors of a new Kiplinger article. Following five long, often painful years of price declines, which saw median home prices drop by almost 40%, housing is finally showing signs of a rebound […]
Home Prices Drop for 2nd Straight Month
U.S. home prices fell in most major cities for the second straight month, further evidence that the housing recovery will be bumpy. The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller index released recently showed prices dropped in October from September in 19 of the 20 cities tracked. Prices in a majority of cities declined for the second straight month, […]
Home Values Stabilize
Home values in the U.S. declined slightly in October as the depreciation rate stabilized, but the market bottom likely will not hit until sometime next year after a drop of another 2 percent to 4 percent, according to the real estate research site Zillow. According to Zillow’s latest market report, home values fell 0.3 percent […]
NAR Admits Publishing Bad Existing Sales Data
Real estate professionals and economists who paid close attention to the monthly existing-home sales data provided by the National Association of Realtors were given a sharp shock recently when it was revealed in the Chicago Tribune that the association had been consistently reporting bad figures each and every month since January 2007, when the housing […]
New Home Sales Up
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, new home sales rose 1.3 percent in October from September and are up 8.9 percent from October 2010, and although the rate fell short of economists’ forecasts, improvement in the hardest hit sector is welcomed by new home builders in any form. The month ended with a 6.3 month […]
Housing Starts Expected To Increase in 2012
According to economists responding to the latest National Association of Business Economics survey, which managed to find some bright spots concerning next year’s economic outlook, housing starts are expected to increase 10% in 2012. Economists surveyed expect housing starts to reach 600,000 units in 2011, just slightly above the 2010 total. The nation’s gross domestic […]
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