April 11, 2012 (Jeff Alan) The list of improving metropolitan areas grew by two markets this month, surpassing the century mark for the first time according to the NAHB/First American Improving Market Index (IMI). […]
March 13, 2012 (Jeff Alan) The national average home price fell 0.9 percent to $195,000 for transactions completed in January according to the latest Lender Processing Services (LPS) Home Price Index (HPI), leaving home prices at a level last seen in March of 2003. […]
April 10, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Monthly sales of existing single-family homes and condominiums improved in Wisconsin during February and outpaced the previous year’s sales for the eighth consecutive month according to the latest housing data from the Wisconsin Realtors® Association (WRA). […]
April 9, 2012 (Chris Moore) Getting a mortgage loan insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) just got a little more expensive today as new fees designed to help replenish the agency’s depleted reserves kick in today according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) […]
April 9, 2012 (Chris Moore) The overall outlook for the housing market continued to be mixed but showed some promising signs of stability as delinquency rates and foreclosure sales fell in February while new and existing home sales were down slightly from January, but were still higher than the previous year’s levels, according to the [...]
April 9, 2012 (Chris Moore) Weekly existing home sales volume improved for the fourth consecutive week, improving by over ten percent during that time span, while home prices also continued their upward march, finally surpassing the previous year’s prices according to the National Home Sales Snapshot released by DataQuick. […]
April 9, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Monthly sales of existing single-family homes and condominiums in Colorado improved in February while home prices were mixed, improving for condominiums but declining for single-family homes, according to the latest data from the Colorado Association of Realtors® (CAR). […]
April 6, 2012 (Jeff Alan) Newly initiated foreclosures declined by 16 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011 after spiking 21.1 percent in the third quarter according to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). Completed foreclosures increased 2.5 percent from the previous quarter and were 22.1 percent higher than in the fourth [...]
April 6, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Monthly and yearly sales of existing single-family homes and condominiums improved from January to February in Kansas while home prices fell slightly from last month and last year according to the latest housing data from the Kansas Association of Realtors® (KAR). […]
