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Real Estate News: The Home Prices Triple-Dip is Coming

Stephanie in Foreclosures, Homes for Sale, Listings, Market Trends, Median Home Price, Northern California, Real Estate, Southern California   •   1 comment Nov 1, 2011

Here we go again: Financial analytics company Fiserv is predicting that America’s home prices are heading for a triple-dip. The most recent real estate news from this organization calls for another 3.6% drop in home prices by June 2012, which means that they will have dropped from their 2006 peak down to 31% (2009), then…

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Check Out 2011′s Top 5 Best and Worst Housing Markets in America

Stephanie in Discounted Homes, Florida, Homes for Sale, Market Trends, Median Home Price, Real Estate   •   0 comments Oct 25, 2011

Here’s something you probably already knew: The real estate market stinks like a dead skunk in the middle of the road. Shocking, I know, but it’s very true. Just try hopping in your car and taking a drive through any given residential neighborhood. You’re essentially guaranteed to see a number of “For Sale” signs that,…

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Rising Home Values Make These 10 Metro Markets Hot

Stephanie in Homebuyers, Homes for Sale, Market Trends, Median Home Price   •   1 comment Oct 3, 2011

If you’ve been keeping up with the state of real estate as of late, you might have the impression that the U.S. real estate market as a whole is terrible and that home prices are falling faster than a skydiver without a parachute (unless you happen to be in the market for an extravagant luxury…

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2012 Housing Market: 10 Areas Anticipating Further Collapse This Year

Stephanie in Florida, Market Trends, Median Home Price, Opinions, Southern California   •   5 comments Sep 22, 2011

U.S. housing markets over the last several years have been dismal, to say the least. It’s my sad duty to report that the fortunes of the 2012 housing market aren’t looking much brighter, even in areas that have already suffered major losses. In fact, many of these same markets that have already significantly crashed are…

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Back to the Pre-Housing-Bubble Future?

Meg in Market Trends, Median Home Price, Mortgage   •   0 comments Feb 11, 2011

Another day, another report from the Wall Street Journal about how home prices continue to drop.  But perhaps this latest one has an extra-special attribute: time-travel. Home prices, it seems, are as low as they’ve been since 2002 or so.  (It’s almost like the housing bubble never happened!  Almost.) “Based on incomes, this is as…

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Why Sellers Sell

Movoto Team in Florida, Foreclosures, Homes for Sale, Inventory, Median Home Price, Mortgage, National Association of Realtors, Real Estate, Real Estate Agent, Seller Tips   •   0 comments Jan 7, 2010

On their 2009 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, the National Association of Realtors released a list of primary reasons why home sellers have put their home on the market. Job relocation, low square footage, and change in family situation rank somewhat high on the list, but the report also showed that 2% of all…

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Portland and Eugene, Oregon Real Estate Listing Prices Decrease, While Buyers Await Tax Credit

Movoto Team in Buyer Tips, Discounted Homes, Homes for Sale, Inventory, Market Trends, Median Home Price, Movoto.com, Real Estate, Real Estate Agent, Tax   •   0 comments Nov 6, 2009

On the tail-end of the anticipated extension of the Federal tax credit for first-time homebuyers—and the expansion of the credit to repeat homebuyers—the real estate markets of Portland and Eugene, Oregon have maintained a consistent percentage of distressed properties in their respective markets. The prospective extension may potentially add incentive to purchase a home in…

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Jacksonville and Miami Home Search Help

Guest Author in Florida, Homes for Sale, House Features, Inventory, Median Home Price, Movoto.com, Real Estate   •   1 comment Jul 1, 2009

When most people think of nice homes near the beach in Florida, they immediately think of Miami, however, a word that does not come to mind when thinking of Miami is cheap. But people looking for affordable housing in Florida close to the water are in luck. Jacksonville offers a budget-minded person with the average…

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CAR Report Suggests Seller’s Market

Movoto Team in Buyer Tips, Homes for Sale, Inventory, Market Trends, Median Home Price, Real Estate, Seller Tips   •   0 comments Jun 29, 2009

The California Association of Realtors’ data for the latest ‘Unsold Inventory Index’ suggests that the for-sale inventory of homes has dropped by more than 50% from May 2008 to May 2009. This may mean that the market has begun transition into a seller’s market. The ‘Unsold Inventory Index’ measures the rate of for-sale single family…

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Movoto Releases November 2008 California Home Market Statistics

Movoto Team in Foreclosures, Homes for Sale, Inventory, Los Angeles Real Estate, Market Trends, Median Home Price, Northern California, Real Estate, Southern California   •   1 comment Dec 15, 2008

http://www.movoto.com/, the spot on the internet to find and buy a home in Northern California and Southern California, today released the company’s monthly California home inventory report. Movoto’s report is drawn from nine different local California multiple listing services and gives a snapshot of local inventories of homes for sale, average list prices, time on…

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