Pending Home Sales Fall 11Percent In The West
Pending Home Sales
pending home sales
The National Association of Realtors® reported today that after reaching a 19-month high, pending home sales eased in December.
Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said the trend line remains positive. “Even with a modest decline, the preceding two months of contract activity are the highest in the past four years outside of the homebuyer tax credit period,” he said. “Contract failures remain an issue, reported by one-third of Realtors® over the past few months, but home buyers are not giving up.” Read more 
Home Sales Increase
Home Sales
Bob Schwartz, real estate broker
The National Association of Realtors just reported that home sales increased 5 percent in December to the best level since January 2011 and the third straight monthly increase.
Home sales for2011, totaled 4.26 million. That’s up from 4.19 million the previous year, but, below the 6 million that economists equate with healthy housing markets.
The median home sales price in December rose 2.3 percent to $164,500. Read more
Home Foreclosures Drop To 2007 Levels
Home Foreclosures Drop
Just reported today: According to foreclosure-data firm RealtyTrac the number of homes getting a foreclosure filing, hit a 49-month low in December, as legal issues, documentation delays and weak housing demand all served to stall the processing of mortgage delinquencies. Read more
Pending Home Sales Increase
pending home sales
Pending Home Sales
The national Association of realtors released a report today showing that pending home sales increased by 7.3% in November. the West showed the largest increase for pending home sales of 14.9%. In second place, with an 8.1% increase, was the Northeast. The national pending home sales increase was the largest since April 2010. Read more
Home Prices Down Again
Home Prices
Real estate market condition
home prices
The just released Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller index showed home prices dropped in October from September in 19 of the 20 cities tracked! This marks the second month in a row that home prices fell in the majority of cities tracked in this report.
This report also showed that home prices in Atlanta, Las Vegas fell to their lowest points since the housing crisis began.
Home prices in many cities, including Cleveland, Detroit, Las Vegas, Phoenix and Tampa, have reached their lowest points since the housing bust began. Read more
Real Estate Market – Housing Starts Jump to 18 Month High
Real estate market:
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The Commerce Department released a report today showing that housing starts surged 9.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 685,000 units, the highest since April last year. Now, with this latest housing report, residential construction has now grown for two straight quarters. Read more