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New home sales Despite a drop in builder confidence, D.R. Horton’s fourth quarter (2009) earnings call reveals a steady optimism within the company. Although...
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New home sales Despite a drop in builder confidence, D.R. Horton’s fourth quarter (2009) earnings call reveals a steady optimism within the company. Although...
Construction spending hits historic lows Construction spending continued the same downward trend it exhibited all of 2009 in December, as real estate, public and...
Obama’s attempt to reinvigorate the masses Debate the merit of the State of the Union address as you will- some say hooray to Obama’s...
Florida and California hurt in 2009 In 2009, RealtyTrac reports that Las Vegas had the largest number of foreclosure filings with 12.04% of homes...
Wobbling pending home sales After nine months of pending home sales inching up, November’s stats released today by the National Association of Realtors reveals...
Who’s in and who’s out? The Obamas and Ellen DeGeneres are among the most desirable famous celebrities while Octomom and the Gosselins rank as...
We reported just last month that new home sales were up over 6% in October of this year but news over the holidays from...
Booming states: CNN Money released their list of state populations in comparison to the past and the clear (and not surprising) winner is Texas...
The IHS Global Insight survey studied 330 metropolitan areas, and revealed that prices rose in 169 markets and fell in the remaining 161. The...
Huge stumbling block? Just when we thought maybe we were bouncing at the bottom and about to jump back up in the real estate...
Single family homes lookin’ good… Today, the U.S. Commerce Department released data showing that despite last month’s sharp drop of single family home starts,...
Time Mag’s Person of the Year The Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke was named today as Time Magazine’s Person of the Year. Time describes...
Foreclosure scene is changing Today, a new Harris Interactive poll shows the percentage of buyers at least “somewhat likely” to consider buying a foreclosed...
New builder trade group? It’s been a rocky year for new home builders, that’s pretty common knowledge. But did you know that beyond the...
For those of you that do rentals, credit reports are a necessary part of the experience. But, be very careful. According to federal law,...
The mortgage cramdown The financial reform bill amendment, a measure that would have allowed bankruptcy judges to change the terms of mortgages for troubled...
The outlook is slow but optimistic According to Reuters, CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) expects apartment vacancy rates to remain high through 2010 hovering around...
Foreclosures are down this month, up from ’08 Today’s RealtyTrac foreclosure data for November reveals that foreclosure activity is down for the fourth month...
Trulia, Zillow data shows promise: Media companies Trulia and Zillow release data this week that shows promise of a stabilizing real estate market. According...
When co-borrowing, who gets the $8,000? IRS eligibility guidelines for the $8,000 homebuyer tax credit are now refined when it comes to co-borrowers buying...
Bernanke expresses confidence In a speech this morning to the Economic Club of Washington, D.C., Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke discussed with the crowd...
What a state of affairs The recent Moody’s ResiLandscape issue points to the subprime crash “climbing” its way up the housing ladder by reviewing...
If you practice real estate near a wind farm, you should know: With the increasing methods of alternative energy American cities are seeking out...
Apps up, but why? Good news was released today by the Mortgage Banker’s Association that mortgage applications were up last week despite a dip...
The numbers are in… Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released construction spending data for October 2009, revealing that the real estate sector dropped 14.4%...