November 16th, 2009
For August, the Case-Shiller Index showed annual home values improving across 19 of 20 U.S. markets. It’s the first time in 3-plus years that the benchmark housing index has shown such strength.
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November 11th, 2009
Housing Starts on single-family homes gained last month, marking the 8th time that’s happened this year.
A “Housing Start” is a home for which the foundation has been excavated and, considered alongside other key market metrics, September data suggests that the housing market stabilization is complete.
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November 3rd, 2009
Some days, newspaper headlines are a terrible place to get your real estate news.
Today is one of those days.
After the September New Home Sales report showed sales volume down from August, the mainstream media jumped on the story:
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October 28th, 2009
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October 20th, 2009
Home values around the country appear to be leveling.
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October 12th, 2009
The national home supply is falling, down to its lowest levels since December 2008.
In June, there was 9.4 months of supply, down from a year-ago level of 11.0 months. It’s one more sign that the housing market may be mending itself.
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October 1st, 2009
According to the government’s most recent Consumer Expenditure Survey, spending patterns are little changed from years prior. Read the rest of this entry “
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September 29th, 2009
Single-family Housing Starts rose for the 4th straight month in July, another sign that the battered housing market may be making its comeback. Read the rest of this entry “
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September 21st, 2009
Housing Starts soared in June, thumping analyst expectations for the second straight month.
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September 15th, 2009
Tighter mortgage guidelines since late-2008 are forcing home buyers to make bigger downpayments. Anecdotally, the change has led to a surge in buyers taking gifts of cash from family members.
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