NAR reports: Huge gains for existing home sales
Driven by the first-time buyer tax credit, existing home sales showed another big gain in October with a strong uptrend established over the past seven months, while inventories continue to decline,...
View ArticleFreddie Mac study: Home prices rise 0.9 percent in Q3 of '09
Freddie Mac has announced that its Conventional Mortgage Home Price Index (CMHPI) Purchase-Only Series registered a 0.9 percent quarterly gain (3.8 percent annualized) during the third quarter 2009 for...
View ArticleExisting home sales decline slightly in February according to NAR report
Existing-home sales declined slightly in February, with modest gains in the northeast and midwest offset by softer sales in the south and west, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR)....
View ArticleObama Administration's Housing Scorecard Shows Signs of Market Stabilization
The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury have released the September edition of the Obama Administration’s Housing Scorecard, a comprehensive...
View ArticleNAR Study Finds Home Sales Recovery Has Begun
Existing-home sales rose again in September, affirming that a sales recovery has begun, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Existing-home sales, defined as completed transactions...
View ArticleNAR Reports Existing Home Sales Fall in October Following Two Monthly Gains
According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), existing home sales, which are completed transactions that include single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, declined 2.2 percent to a...
View ArticleNAR Reports Existing Home Sales Jumped 12.3 Percent in December
Existing-home sales rose sharply in December, when sales increased for the fifth time in the past six months, according to a survey conducted by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Existing...
View ArticleObama Administration's Housing Scorecard Shows High Affordability Despite...
The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury have released the February edition of the Obama Administration's Housing Scorecard. The latest...
View ArticleHome Sales See Nearly 20 Percent Year Over Year Jump
According to the National Association of Relators (NAR), existing home sales increased in the month August, despite natioinwide issues with tight credit and appraisal problems, along with regional...
View ArticleExisting Home Sales Hit Highest Peak in Over Three Years
Data through November 2012, released by S&P Dow Jones Indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices showed home prices rose 4.5 percent for the 10-City Composite and 5.5 percent for the...
View ArticlePending Home Sales Rise 4.5 Percent in January
Pending home sales rose in January, and have been above year-ago levels for the past 21 months, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). There were healthy monthly gains in all regions...
View ArticleJune Home Sales Down 6.9 Percent Monthly in California
An estimated 41,027 new and resale houses and condos sold statewide last month. That was down 6.9 percent from a revised 44,087 in May, and down 3.5 percent from 42,513 sales in June 2012, according to...
View ArticleExisting-Home Sales Dip in August
After four consecutive months of gains, existing-home sales slipped in August as investors paying in cash retreated from the market, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR).Click to...
View ArticleAuction.com: Existing-Home Sales Flatten Out in November
Auction.com LLC has released the November Auction.com Real Estate Nowcast which projects that existing home sales for the month will fall between seasonally adjusted averages of 5.05 and 5.46 million...
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