Tag Archives: home prices
Home prices, mortgage rates soar
Is this what a hot housing market is supposed to look like? Continue reading
Home prices on a tear
Annual price increases are pointing toward a sustained housing recovery. Continue reading
Home prices continue to climb
The upward trend in home prices continues, providing some hope for a recovery. Continue reading
Home prices rise again
Don’t believe the housing recovery in underway? Here is more evidence that home prices are rising. Continue reading
Bright spot in dark economy
The housing market is a bright spot in the dark economy, Fannie says. But how bright is it? Continue reading
Turning point for home prices?
Home prices jumped in 51 percent of metro markets; vacation home sales are rising. Continue reading
Springing forward?
Fits and starts still plague housing, even heading into the spring buying season. Continue reading
Homeownership demand up
The monthly cost of owning a median-priced home (including taxes and insurance) is lower than the average cost to rent in 12 metro areas, according to a Wall Street Journal survey. In 15 of the 27 cities surveyed, it is still less expensive to rent, bu… Continue reading
A bit of housing good news
How about a little good news on the housing front, for a change? Signs of economic improvement were reported in 30 housing markets, up from 23 markets a month ago, as tracked by the National Association of Home Builders, NAHB, and First American Financ… Continue reading
Home prices: up but not enough
Home prices increased 0.9 percent in July compared to June, according to the latest Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller home price index. Try using that to cheer up a home seller whose house is worth about 30 percent to 50 percent less than in 2006. … Continue reading