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Why the December rebound in home sales?
According to the National Association of Realtors, from November 2015 to December 2015, existing home sales increased by 14.7 percent. Instead of the housing market outperforming expectations, this bo...
The housing market hasn’t peaked yet
Thanks to the housing market crash during the Great Recession, you may be hesitant to purchase real estate out of fear prices have reached their highest points. You may believe buying today means your...
RealtyTrac: Home prices in 35% of major metro areas hit all-time high in 2015
In 2015, over one-third of the country’s major metro areas reached all-time high home prices. Detroit, one of these locations, hit a peak in October. According to the real estate records, the me...
Baby Boomers Control Housing Market Fate
Many analysts continue to focus on the Millennial generation when analyzing housing demographics. However, a recent report from Freddie Mac indicates that the housing choices made by Baby Boomers will...
Lack of Confidence in Real Estate Market Keeping Americans on the Sidelines
While many would-be homebuyers agree that the American dream of owning one’s home is still a viable goal, a growing number of people hesitate to take the first step out of fear of losing their d...
20 Hottest Housing markets right now
October has historically proven to be a slow month in real estate, and last month held true to this tradition. However, despite the natural slowness of the market, some cities performed exceptionally ...
September 2015 Homes Sales & Price Report
As fall has arrived, California home sales have slowed, but this is usual for the off-season. In September, sales across the state were still above 400,000, and the median home price was approximately...
What do Pending Homes Sales Really Forecast?
When looking at all the indicators in the real estate market, realtors make some typical conclusions. Traditionally, they look at the pending home sales in any one month and believe that the actual pu...
East and West U.S. Divided on Home Prices
Because of a split between states east of the Mississippi River and those west of the river, indicators for the U.S. home market seem to be all over the board. From June to July, cities in the East, i...