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 [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
The 2011 National Association of Realtors® (NAR) Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers surveyed 5,708 home buyers and sellers and found that home buyers who use the web in their home search differ in other behaviors and demographics than buyers who do not use the web and the findings may surprise you. It is no [...]
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