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Home Prices Soar on Short Supply, Investor Demand

Home prices in Atlanta were up 10 percent in December from a year ago, but a year ago they were down 17 percent year-over-year, on the SP/Case Shiller Index. What changed? Investors. As Atlanta’s foreclosure rate soared, investors, no longer … Continue reading

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Home Builders Get Jitters for First Time in a Year

Of the three components making up the index, current sales conditions fell one point to 51, still the only component solidly in the positive. Sales expectations over the next six months rose one point to 50, but buyer traffic remained … Continue reading

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Bay Area housing market gets costlier in January

Housing got even costlier in the San Francisco Bay Area last month. For a 10th consecutive month, the median home price in the nine-county region rose year over year to hit $415,000, real estate firm DataQuick reported. That was a … Continue reading

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Foreclosures Fall Due to New Laws

Foreclosure activity fell 28 percent from a year ago nationally, according to a new report from RealtyTrac, but in California, they were down nearly 40 percent. More telling is foreclosure starts, the first notice of a foreclosure filling. In California … Continue reading

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Trulia Classifies Housing Markets in San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, Denver …

January 2013 Trulia Price Monitor Summary     % change inasking prices   # of 100 largestmetros with asking-price increases   % change in askingprices, excludingforeclosures Month-over-month,seasonally adjusted 0.9% Not reported 1.2% Quarter-over-quarter,seasonally adjusted 2.2% 79 2.9% Year-over-year 5.9% 86 … Continue reading

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