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Existing-Home Sales Rose 2.7% in January
10:01AM 2/23/2011
More people bought previously occupied homes in January. But sales surged on a rising number of foreclosures and all-cash deals, and not first-time home-buyers.
The rising number of distressed sales forced home prices down to their lowest level in nearly nine years, a troubling sign for the...
Foreclosure Sales and Prices Plunged This Summer
3:45AM 12/02/2010
Home sales tumbled this summer, and foreclosed properties bore the brunt of the pain. Sales of foreclosed homes plunged 31% from the year-ago period -- and 25% from the previous quarter. Prices for these properties also fell more than other homes.
Daily Blogwatch: The Bright Spot in the Housing Data
8:30AM 8/26/2010
Some of the best reads for investors from around the Web, including posts about the value of the Titanic ruins, a book review of Michael Lewis's "The Big Short" and the good news about housing.
Among today's top online stories for investors are the best dividend stocks for a tough environment, a deep value analysis of Dr Pepper, China's one-child policy, and a somewhat bullish take on yesterday's dismal housing news.
Home Sales Up, but the Outlook for Home Values Is Bleak
6:00AM 8/01/2010
With mortgage rates at all time lows, the housing market should be booming. But not in this economy. Instead, it is fragile and showing new strains. In a video interview, DailyFinance reviews the outlook for housing with Michael Feder of Radar Logic.
Will end of tax credits kill the real estate recovery?
3:00PM 4/23/2010
We are all used to the April 15 income tax deadline, which has come and gone. But many are now bracing for a brand new deadline: the planned termination April 30 of the government's popular tax credit for first-time home buyers.
In a news release from the National Association of Realtors, NAR...
The national home ownership rate fell to 66.6% in 2008, its lowest rate in six years. The home ownership rate peaked at 67.3% in 2006. That data comes from the American Community Survey, which was released Monday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Here's what's so interesting about this data to me: Home...
Housing bottom premature. The clue? Foreclosure pipeline full
8:30AM 8/28/2009
A case could be made that the housing market has bottomed. As my colleague Joseph Lazzaro recently explained in Could the end be in sight? Housing guru Shiller senses home price rebound, there have been three recent improvements:
1. Home prices edged up.
2. Sales of new homes increased.
3....
Pity the poor company that had a bold new marketing campaign scheduled to launch on Dec 7, 1941, November 22, 1963, or September 11, 2001. When the public becomes obsessed with an unfolding catastrophe, all the ads in the world won't draw its attention from the TV screen.
I have a feeling that...
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