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Florida Records Declines in Home Sales and Prices
The statewide median sales price for single-family existing homes last month was $415,000, down 2.7% from the previous year. Continue Reading Florida Records Declines in Home Sales and Prices
New York State Home Sales Down 11% Despite Increase in Listings
The median sales price in New York State for May was $436,000, up 3.8% from the $420,000 price set one year earlier. Continue Reading New York State Home Sales Down 11% Despite Increase in Listings
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Mortgage Rates Remain Flat
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.65% as of March 13, up slightly from last week when it averaged 6.63%. Continue Reading Mortgage Rates Remain Flat
Mid-Atlantic Home Sales Slumped in February
Philadelphia recorded 4,631 new pending sales, the lowest February total in more than a decade. Continue Reading Mid-Atlantic Home Sales Slumped in February
The Market with the Highest Potential SFR Returns Is…
The report analyzed single-family rental returns in 361 counties with sufficient rental and home-price data. Continue Reading The Market with the Highest Potential SFR Returns Is…
Tennessee Housing Association Launches Virtual Marketplace for Manufactured Housing
The Tennessee Housing Association (THA) has launched an online virtual marketplace of factory-built homes available in Tennessee. The consumer platform allows Tennessee homebuyers to browse, select, tour, and shop Tennessee manufactured homes and modular homes for...
Sales of New York Real Estate Down in January, But Prices Up Slightly
The median closed sales price for real estate sold in the region from Montauk to Manhattan, north through the Hudson Valley and the Catskill Mountains increased by 0.90% in January to $575,000, up from $570,000 in December 2022, according to OneKey MLS. Between...
Fewer people are taking out mortgages as interest rates increase
Source: Local News 8 --- Fewer people are taking out mortgages as interest rates increase Americans are taking out fewer mortgage loans as interest rates increase, a reflection of buyer uncertainty amid rising inflation, higher interest rates, and concerns about...
In this volatile housing market, here’s how to know when the bottom is in
Source: CNBC --- Chicago realtor Jeremy Fisher headed to Florida after Christmas counting on five mostly-relaxed weeks, after a slow second half of 2022 left him with a bunch of unsold listings exiting the year. Instead, the Compass broker ended up flying back to the...
Why the Fed Can Let the Housing Bust Rip: Mortgages, HELOCs, Delinquencies, Foreclosures, and Who’s on the Hook
Source: Wolf Street --- Mortgage balances ballooned because home prices ballooned in recent years, requiring more debt to finance the same home, and so mortgage balances in Q4 rose 2.2%, or by $253 billion, from the prior quarter, and by 9%, or by $1 trillion, from a...
In this volatile housing market, here’s how to know when the bottom is in
Source: CNBC --- Chicago realtor Jeremy Fisher headed to Florida after Christmas counting on five mostly-relaxed weeks, after a slow second half of 2022 left him with a bunch of unsold listings exiting the year. Instead, the Compass broker ended up flying back to the...
Newmark Joins Rival Colliers in Expecting Real Estate Sales Declines Until Second Half of 2023
Source: CoStar --- Newmark executives said they expect property sales and financing placements to decline further in the first half of 2023 after a slow end to last year. The New York-based firm, the second major brokerage to post quarterly financial results this...
Housing market stabilizes as new home construction adds to inventory
Source: Fort Worth Report --- Price increases abating? Home inventory up? It all sounds good to many Fort Worth area Realtors, who are ready for a more stable housing market. ““We just finished going through a crazy 18 months or so where we had less than three...
Gangster Moll’s Beverly Hills Mansion Listed for Sale
Is it easier to sell luxury homes if they were once homes to infamous residents? What if they were murdered there? One real estate broker in Beverly Hills is about to find out. The home in question was not actually owned by Gangster Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, but...
RE/MAX: Home Price Appreciation May Have Stabilized
According to a new real estate sales report from RE/MAX, this month's gain in new listings was higher than any month last year, with the biggest month-over-month increase in 2022 occurring in March with a gain of 27.7%. The number of homes for sale was 59.4% higher...
