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Top Ten Turn-Around Housing Markets of 2012 According to the latest home price report from Trulia.com, the housing market in general has made quite the positive turn in the last year. It seems it'll only get better at this point. I thought it would be interesting to share the top ten markets wi...
01/23/2013
Fiscal Cliff Avoided - 2013 Housing Market Expectations We have had 13 straight months of home sales increasing and the avoidance of the Fiscal Cliff should help to continue that growth. Had the Fiscal Cliff not been avoided, the average American's annual taxes would have increased by thousands ...
01/07/2013
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California Home Prices on the RiseAn increase in the median home sale prices , the largest increase in 8 years is happening right now. From November last year to November 2012, the median price has risen 25%! A single-family detached home was $349,300 last month, up from $279,910 the year befor...
12/21/2012
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Luxury House Flipping - New Trend? We've all seen it, maybe even helped in the process......investor buys fixer, throws in a little cash for upgrades, sells for a decent profit. Most of us see this happening in the under $500k range, however, a new market for luxury flips seems to be on the rise...
12/12/2012
Advantage to House Hunting During The Holidays As Realtors, we all know that the market slows down significantly during the holidays. Buyers and Sellers are more concerned with kids home from school, turkey dinners and gift giving. Patience is a virtue. Buyers that remain steadfast thru the low...
12/08/2012
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First Time Home Buyers Decreasing First time home buyers are becoming a smaller percentage of the market. Normally around 40%, first time buyers are down to 34.7% of the active marketshare nationwide. Meanwhile, move-up buyers are increasing. First Time Home Buyers Decreasing Perhaps the reason...
11/30/2012
Single Family Lease Demand Rises, Foreclosures to Blame? Or Are They? According to a report released by CoreLogic, demand for single family home rentals has increased by as much as 25%! Many people are losing their homes to the banks and thus turn to finding rental properties they can afford. I...
11/16/2012
It's Election Day - be sure to get out and vote. With all the displaced folks in the Northeast, it will be very interesting to see how the polls go. Rest assured, attorneys representing both sides of the aisle will be out in force to be sure there is no fraud and every vote is cast. How will ...
11/06/2012
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Mortgages Rates on a Slight Rise Freddie Mac is reporting mortgage rates are on the rise.....nothing too drastic though. After record lows, rates this week on a 30-year fixed-rate loan rose from 3.37% last week to 3.41% according to Freddie Mac's latest survey. 15-year fixed-rate home loans rose...
10/25/2012
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Housing Market Improving in "Sand States" Keller Williams Calabasas released this blog today and I wanted to share the highlights of it with you. Here is a link to the full blog entry: http://www.kwcalabasas.com/residential/fdic-reports-housing-market-improvement-in-sand-states/ The Sand Sta...
10/17/2012