Real estate market

Sunday, May 19, 2013

More on the surge in October home sales

Mark J. Perry | November 13, 2012, 8:23 pm

Following up on this CD post from last week on the surge in October home sales, here are ten more local real estate reports on booming home sales last month: 1. Southern California home sales rose sharply in October by … read more >

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2012: The year of the housing recovery, updates

Mark J. Perry | October 16, 2012, 9:29 pm

1. The National Association of Home Builders released its monthly report today on home builder confidence for October, and the Housing Market Index (HMI) increased by one-point this month to 41, the highest level in more than six years, since June … read more >

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Real estate news

Mark J. Perry | October 4, 2012, 11:26 am

1. Data Quick’s weekly “National Home Sales Snapshot” is out today and shows that home sales over the last 30 days in 98 of the top 100 metro areas were 11.2% above a year ago, and the median home sales … read more >

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Seasonally adjusted median existing-home prices reached a bottom in 2011 and have rebounded this year to 2008 levels

Mark J. Perry | September 29, 2012, 6:25 pm

The chart above shows national median existing-home prices from January 2000 to August 2012, based on data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The blue line represents median existing-home prices as reported by the NAR, and the red line … read more >

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2012: The year of the housing recovery, updated

Mark J. Perry | September 25, 2012, 2:27 pm

Following the release this morning of the July Case-Shiller home prices indexes, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) reported later today on its House Price Index (HPI) for July, based on the purchase prices of houses financed with Fannie Mae … read more >

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2012: The year of the housing recovery, updated

Mark J. Perry | September 25, 2012, 10:07 am

The S&P/Case-Shiller home price indexes for July were released today with the following highlights: 1. On a monthly basis, average home prices increased by 1.5% in July compared to June for the 10-City Composite and by 1.6% for the 20-City … read more >

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