Home price drops in region among worst in nationArticle from Middletown Journal:By Chelsey Levingston, Staff Writer Updated 9:29 PM Wednesday, April 11, 2012 Home prices in the region were among the worst declines in the nation over the past four months, a sign of a not-fully recovered local housing market, according to a new report [...]
Home buyers face dream market as house prices fall to new lowsArticle from Chicago Sun-Times: BY FRANCINE KNOWLES Business Reporter/fknowles@suntimes.com April 7, 2012 8:54PM Price history Sales history of Sandra Becerra’s Burbank home: April 2001 resale, $ 171,000 June 2002 resale $ 194,500 June 2003 resale $ 230,000 May 2005 resale $ 170,000 June 2005 [...]
UK House-Price Gauge Rises to Highest in 21 Months, RICS SaysArticle from BusinessWeek: A U.K. house-price index rose to a 21-month high in March as first-time buyers sought to take advantage of an expiring property-tax exemption, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said. The gauge rose 3 points from February to minus 10, the highest [...]
Celebrity home price chops: Ex-Dodger Rafael Furcal’s timingArticle from Los Angeles Times: Sports agent Dwight Manley reduced the price on his house in the Hollywood Hills; a sale now is pending. (Joseph R. Beebe / April 6, 2012) By Lauren Beale April 6, 2012, 4:11 p.m. As much as real estate is about location, location, [...]
Real Estate: How to catch a homebuyer’s eyeArticle from San Jose Mercury News: Making a home sale has never been a lot of fun but in this economy, it’s even worse. If you’ve followed the usual chestnuts about boosting curb appeal and staging your living room properly, but still aren’t getting any bites, there are [...]
National home prices show growth in FebruaryArticle from OC Metro: CoreLogic’s February Home Price Index, surveying national and local home prices and real estate activity, indicates that the national home real estate market may be nearing a point of stability. The Santa Ana-based analytics and business services firm reports that national home prices are reaching [...]
Trulia Reveals ‘Crystal Ball’ Home Price PredictorArticle from TheStreet.com: NEW YORK (MainStreet) — National home and real estate websites are in a heated competition to generate the most up-to-date, accurate home sales figures. That’s good news for homeowners, who are getting more help figuring out the accurate value of their home before they sell it, [...]
For Home Buyers, an App to Assess a House’s AttributesArticle from New York Times: Can a smartphone give you an edge in the competition for that great new house on the market? If it’s outfitted with the proper software, absolutely. Not only can mobile software help home buyers select the right house more quickly than [...]
U.K. House Prices Rise for First Time Since 2010, Hometrack SaysArticle from San Francisco Chronicle: April 2 (Bloomberg) — U.K. house prices rose in March for the first time in 21 months as buyers rushed to beat the expiration of a property-tax exemption and prices in London gained, Hometrack Ltd. said. The average cost of [...]
Phoenix-area median home prices reboundArticle from AZ Central.com: by J. Craig Anderson, Ryan Konig and Matthew Dempsey – Mar. 31, 2012 03:46 PMThe Republic | azcentral.com The past five years of Valley Home Values data document the collapse of Phoenix-area home prices from their 2006 peak all the way down to the bottom, which prices [...]