by Jim Crowder | Feb 27, 2013 | HOUSING MARKET
National home prices experienced the largest increase since 2006 at the end of last year according to the S&P Dow Jones. The Case-Shiller and S&P Dow price-index showed home prices climb 5.9% last year in their 10-city index, while the 20-city index showed an...
by Jim Crowder | Feb 26, 2013 | HOUSING MARKET
According to the latest home-price index from Lender Processing Services, home prices on average increased to $207,000 in December 2012, a 5.8% jump from the previous year. The Lender Processing Services survey included 16,000 U.S. zip codes. The company also learned...
by Jim Crowder | Feb 25, 2013 | HOUSING MARKET
More homeowners are building home equity according to a new report from Zillow. A decreasing number of homeowners owe more than their homes are worth this year, and the numbers are expected to drop even lower throughout 2013. Last year almost 2-million homeowners...
by Jim Crowder | Feb 22, 2013 | HOUSING MARKET
Existing home sales in January increased 0.4% from last month and 9.1% from last year. The number of available homes dropped 4.9% from December and experienced a significant decrease from last year at 25.3%. Homebuyers have caused the lowest supply of housing...
by Jim Crowder | Feb 21, 2013 | HOUSING MARKET
Future home-building permits have increased to a 4 1/2 year high and single-family units have soared to the highest level seen since the middle of 2008. In comparison, multi-family unit housing has started the month of January slightly sluggish according to the...
by Jim Crowder | Feb 20, 2013 | HOUSING MARKET
According to the United States 2nd-best performing home-building supply company, Brookfield Residential Properties Inc, America is just at the beginning of the housing market recovery, making way for a positive future. Interest rates remain low, and home-building...
