Daily Real Estate News | Wednesday, April 11, 2012
More home buyers may jump off the sidelines this spring as they get more urgent about purchasing a home, fearing that home price and mortgage rate increases are on the horizon.
Housing surveys in recent weeks have shown that more Americans are seeing now a great time to purchase a home. In the most recent survey, 73 percent of Americans say now is a good time to buy.
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Daily Real Estate News | Tuesday, April 03, 2012
Real estate economists and analysts are increasingly optimistic that the housing market will have a dramatic recovery in the next two years....
The economists predict that the national average for home prices will stop falling by this year and a subsequent turnaround will occur. By next year, they project that home prices will begin to rise by 2 percent, and then get a larger boost of 3.5 percent by 2014. The economists also predict that housing starts will nearly double by next year.
Herald-Tribune By Doug SwordPublished: Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 12:01 p.m.
Real estate sales regionally surged to more than $1 billion during the first two months of 2012, a gain of one-fifth over last year.
Sales totaled $1.05 billion for the year's initial two months in Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties, a 20 percent jump compared with $874 million during the same period of 2011, county records show.
Residential real estate may still be soft in some places nationally, but not in Sarasota and Manatee counties.
The number of homes under contract — the best indicator of current home-sales activity — rose to nearly a 12-month high.
Prices are rising, too.
In a growing number of housing markets, sellers are facing less competition now compared to a year ago.
Inventory of for-sale homes has dropped by about 23 percent compared to this time last year.
Meanwhile, as inventory is falling, the median list price has been on the rise.
Herald-Tribune By Michael BragaPublished: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 6:08 p.m.
Spring might mark a turning point for home sales in both Southwest Florida and nationally, with the housing market flashing signs of health.
— the number of homes under contract is surging by as much as 50 percent in the region and 38 percent statewide..........,
Daily Real Estate News | Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Foreclosures can offer big bargains, but buyers need to be careful that they don’t get over their heads in purchasing a home that may need more repairs than they bargained for.
In Sarasota County, there was a 4.3-month supply of available properties based on the current rate of pending sales, down from a 6.6 months in December and a nearly 7-month supply a year ago.
Median list prices nationwide have risen 4.05 percent on a year-over-year basis. So where have prices risen the most in the last month?.....6 are in Florida.
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