In another positive sign that the health of the new homes market is beginning to mend, construction activity in April showed a hefty leap from a year prior, with gains in permits, housing starts, and home completions. The data, released … Continue reading →
On the back of a stabilizing real estate market, new home construction definitely appears to be on the rise with some of the most recent news, and it’s exciting to hear about. If you’ve recently applied for a new building … Continue reading →
Uncertainty and anxiety over the purchase of a home is normal even in the best of economic times, and considering the wild economic ride we’ve all been on over the past five years, it’s no wonder that many buyers – … Continue reading →
A recent article in NAHB’s Eye on Housing blog points to recently released data from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) that provides a slightly more optimistic view of the direction of local house prices than the national headlines typically … Continue reading →
Wow, we are ALMOST sick of blogging about interest rates, because sometimes we sound like a broken record. Well, believe it or not, interest rates are yet again at another record low. Just when you think the bottom can’t go … Continue reading →
Often the hardest part of buying a home is finding the right home, in the right place, at the right price. With so many ways to search out information about which homes are on the market and what new homes … Continue reading →
The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contract signings, increased 7.3 percent to 100.1 in November from an upwardly revised 93.3 in October and is 5.9 percent above November 2010 when it stood at 94.5. The October … Continue reading →
The number of improving housing markets continued to expand for a fourth consecutive month in December, rising from 30 to 41 on the latest National Association of Home Builders/First American Improving Markets Index (IMI), released today. The December list featured … Continue reading →
Trying to figure out what to give your child for the holidays? For many Baby Boomers, the answer is a house. Twenty percent of Baby Boomer couples have already given at least one of their children the means to purchase … Continue reading →
The U.S. will not become a nation of renters; there are just too many benefits, both financial and otherwise, to own versus rent. That’s according to the combined findings of several recent studies presented during the “Buyer or Renter Nation?” … Continue reading →