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Protect Your Home From Water Damage
April showers are just around the corner so it’s time to protect your home from the water. Caulking can be challenging the first time you try it but you will quickly get the hang of it. By caulking the areas around your doors and windows at least once per year you will protect your home …
2012 Homes Sales Looking Up
National Association of Realtors has released their latest home sales information and things are looking up. According to the “Pending Home Sales Index”, homes under contract are up 7.3%, the second straight month with an increase. This is the first time since the Homebuyer Tax Credit that the Pending Home Sales Index has gone above …
Housing Market Sees Signs of Stability: Clear Capital
The housing market may be stabilizing as house prices and REO saturation rates show little change on a quarterly and yearly basis, according to Clear Capital’s most recent Home Data Index. Nationally, prices rose just 0.3 percent while REO saturation rate was relatively unchanged at 24.6 percent over the most recent quarter, according to Clear Capital data ending in November. Clear …
Houses Are On Sale Across the Country
InfoGraphic The graphic depicts pricing of all homes from their ‘peak through current declines’ as per Case Shiller. This index looks at prices in 20 major metropolitan areas. Each market peaked at different times. Therefore, the InfoGraphic doesn’t cover one segment of time. Here is a site where you can see when each market actually peaked: http://www.housingviews.com/2011/11/29/how-the-cities-did-in-the-latest-release/how-cities-did-september-2011/ Courtesy …
Barclays Analyst Sees Housing Rebound Coming in 2012
Barclays Capital (BCS: 11.52 -4.24%) analyst Stephen Kim predicts a housing recovery buoyed by improving jobs numbers and the fact prices for nondistressed homes will have stabilized without government support. “In the absence of a government homebuyer incentives, prices for non-distressed home sales have stabilized for almost a year,” Kim said. “This is the most important trend …
10 Ways to Save Money During the Holidays
According to this year’s National Retail Federation holiday survey, the average American will spend just over $700 this season on gifts, cards, decorations, and more. This is one time when you want to be below average — way below. In fact, if you are in debt, just say no to gift buying this holiday. There …
October Existing-Home Sales Rise, Unsold Inventory Continues to Decline
Washington, DC, November 21, 2011 Existing-home sales improved in October while the number of homes on the market continued to decline, according to the National Association of Realtors®. Total existing-home sales, which are completed transactions that include single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, rose 1.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.97 million in October …
You Need to Work With Experts
In today’s real estate market, it is easy to get confused. There seems to be an overabundance of information and much of it seems to be conflicting. As an example, we offer you two headlines that appeared within 24 hours of each other last week. National Delinquency Rate Falls to Lowest Level in Three Years …
New Home Construction on the Rise
According to the latest release from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in October were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 653,000. This is 10.9 percent (±1.6%) above the revised September rate of 589,000 and is 17.7 percent (±3.4%) above the October 2010 estimate of 555,000. …
