Tag Archives: Housing Market

New Housing Fears: Home Prices Are Rising Too Fast

As a result, home prices are now rising more and faster than most analysts predicted due to this short supply, up 7.4 percent year-over-year in November, according to CoreLogic. They are especially surging in some of the hardest hit markets … Continue reading

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Condo sales picking up in Bay Area

Beth Hood, 32, decided this year to buy her first home, wanting to take advantage of super-low interest rates and to get in before a rising market priced her out. But single-family homes within commuting distance of her job at … Continue reading

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Rate of Recovery for Bay Area Real Estate Speeds Up

La Jolla, CA. – January 16, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — The pace at which the Bay Area housing market is making up for lost ground quickened at the end of 2012 as sales increased year-over-year for the 18th month in … Continue reading

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Rentals Chip Away at Home Builder Gains

“Single family starts did ‘improve’ suddenly early in 2012 on the Twist gap down in mortgage rates, but it quit ‘improving’ several months ago. Once 2013 data start to come in, the segment could quickly go from year-over-year positive to … Continue reading

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One Overlooked Fact About the Housing Recovery

As federal regulators and banks argue over whether new lending standards will make mortgage credit too tight or too expensive, one important fact about the housing market goes largely overlooked: More than 20 million American homeowners own their homes outright. … Continue reading

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