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on November 19,2010
The Obama administration’s monthly Housing Scorecard for November indicated that although the housing market remains fragile, home prices continue to stabilize and home affordability is up. The...
on November 16,2010
Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes improved slightly in November, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI),...
on November 16,2010
A survey by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) showed a major increase in the number of first-time home buyers in 2010. The 2010 NAR Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers surveyed consumers who...
on November 12,2010
After gaining ground for two straight months, pending home sales dipped slightly in September, according to the National Association of Realtors.
on November 11,2010
Nearly half of the metropolitan areas tracked by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) showed modest increases in single-family home prices compared to last year. NAR’s latest survey showed that...
on November 05,2010
ServiceMagic.com, a website that connects homeowners to prescreened, customer-rated contractors nationwide, released its annual Home Modeling & Repair Index for the third quarter of 2010. The...
on November 03,2010
The U.S. homeownership rate is at its lowest level since 1999, said a report by the Wall Street Journal. According to the Census Bureau, 66.9 percent of households owned their homes. In...
on November 02,2010
American homeowners may not spend significantly on home improvements in the near future, according to report by the Wall Street Journal. Americans tend to spend more on home improvement...
on October 28,2010
NAHB's Remodeling Market Index stays flat in the third quarter, showing no growth in business for remodelers
on October 26,2010
Existing home sales increased 10 percent in September according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), said a report by Forbes.com. There were 4.53 million existing home sales last month,...
on October 21,2010
After three years of decline in the market, remodeling is poised for a comeback in 2011, according to the Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies
on October 20,2010
A new look at housing starts based on data from the Census Bureau finds that single-family homes in the U.S. continued to get smaller last year, and the downward trend is likely to last significantly...
on October 15,2010
Despite the stagnant and uncertain economy, renters are returning to the market in massive numbers, the Wall Street Journal reported. Nationwide, the vacancy rate fell 0.7 percent during...
on October 15,2010
Nearly a third of Americans probably can’t qualify for a mortgage and less than half can qualify for the best rates, even with a large down payment, according to a new report from real estate website...
on October 15,2010
A new survey of nearly 10,000 consumers across 43 states by John Burns Real Estate Consulting reveals several interesting findings on what buyers want in a home and community today. For instance,...
on October 14,2010
Toll Brothers, Inc. has announced the purchase of a property located at 132 East 65th Street, at the southeast corner of Lexington Avenue, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. Plans...
on October 14,2010
Federal housing regulators must stop obstructing programs that make energy efficiency upgrades and renewable energy projects affordable for American homeowners, according to a lawsuit filed by the...
on October 13,2010
Consumers continue to lack confidence that the economy is going to turn around any time soon, according to the Gallup Economic Confidence Index.
on October 13,2010
Nearly a third of Americans probably can’t qualify for a mortgage and less than half can qualify for the best rates, even with a large down payment, according to a new report from real estate website...
on October 13,2010
Home sales were up from July, but still down from 2009
