All posts tagged housing recovery
‘Turnaround Towns’ leading housing market to recovery
Seven housing markets hit hardest by foreclosure fallout in Florida and three markets in also hard-hit California are among the top 25 markets spearheading the national housing recovery. Unexpected new comers from Michigan, Texas and Iowa are also showing signs [...]
Fiserv echoes growing sentiment: ‘Housing sector hit bottom last year’
FISERV – After years of large declines, the housing market is showing signs of stabilization. In the fourth quarter of 2011, home prices in 70 markets, representing 18 percent
Zillow: ‘It’s time to start shopping’
In the latest report pointing to a housing recovery, Zillow says a 0.5 percent month-to-month rise in it's Home Value Index (ZHVI) marks the largest monthly increase since
Infographic: 2012 shaping up as good time to buy
It's buying time again. A host of factors point to 2012 as a good time to buy a home. Interest rates are low The average interest rate on 30-year conforming fixed
Home sellers lower prices to compete, bidding wars ensue, recovery heats up
We recently gave Chinese astrology some mystical credit for the Year of the Dragon's positive impact on the 2012 real estate market. Sellers, however, don't really need to read
NAHB: Housing starts still struggling
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS - Single-family housing production held virtually unchanged in March as a double-digit decline in the more volatile multifamily sector brought combined nationwide starts
FHFA: First 12-month home price increase since July 2006
FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY – U.S. house prices rose 0.3 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from January to February, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s monthly
NAR: ‘Recovery is happening,’ March sales, prices rise
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS - Existing-home sales dipped in March, but continued to outpace last year's levels. At the same time, inventory tightened and home prices showed further
California median home price posts first year-to-year increase in 16 months
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS – California home sales declined in March from February's pace, while the median home price snapped a 16-month annual price decline and posted
Housing takes upbeat swing into spring
Housing's spring swing looks more and more like it isn't just a fling. On average nationwide, prices and sales are up, inventories are down and more and more markets
The ‘Buffett Rule’ explained
THE WHITE HOUSE - Under the current U.S. tax system, a number of millionaires pay a smaller percentage of their income in taxes than a significant proportion of
More renters move up to home ownership, still more returning to the nest
In another sign of the housing recovery times, the trend of renters moving out to own homes is picking up speed at a pace not seen in 18
Treasury nets $25 billion in mortgage-backed securities
Chalk another economic one up for the Obama Administration. Remember how those toxic mortgages were bundled as securities and sold as investments to many poor saps before many of
Zillow experts take a ‘Mulligan,’ retreat from past housing recovery forecast
On tough news from the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, Zillow's real estate market experts pulled a do-over on their forecast for home prices this year. It didn't help their
Silicon Valley housing fire sale low on fuel
The bargain basement housing stock is running short in Silicon Valley and this spring could be the last time -- until the next boom-bust -- to cash in
Burns Consulting: Lagging indicators may have cost home buyers bottom-market deals
If you've been waiting for the housing market to hit bottom, you may have waited too long. John Burns Consulting reported this week, buyers seeking the greatest bottom market
Economy, stock market get real estate boost
No wonder the stock market is going ape. The housing market isn't such a jungle any more. Wednesday, March 14, 2012, the day after Apple helped NASDAQ nose above the
Two-year apartment industry recovery continues
NATIONAL MULTI HOUSING COUNCIL - Market conditions continued to improve for the multifamily industry across all areas, according to the latest National Multi Housing Council (NMHC) Quarterly Survey
Silicon Valley’s ‘Facebook Factor’
STEFAN WALKER - More talk about Facebook than football at a recent Super Bowl party indicates the upcoming Facebook IPO has the potential for far-reaching impact on Silicon
Light at the end of the housing crisis tunnel not shining in the Midwest
With the Midwest hardest hit by the housing crisis, home value declines elsewhere appear to be easing. The Northeast appears nearest to bottoming out, but most markets remain
