Just one week after reports of Existing Home Sales and New Home Sales plunging, the housing market signaled that the next few months may fare better than did May and June.
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Home Sales Are Back On The Rise After A 2-Month Pullback
September 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Tags: Economy · New Jersey · Pending Home Sales · Pennsylvania · Real Estate
Home Affordability Rankings For 225 Metropolitan Statistical Areas
September 1st, 2010 · Comments Off on Home Affordability Rankings For 225 Metropolitan Statistical Areas
With home prices holding firm and mortgage rates still dropping, home affordability is reaching new heights.
Tags: Home Values · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Real Estate
Home Builder Confidence Falls Again; Home Buyers Gain Leverage?
August 24th, 2010 · Comments Off on Home Builder Confidence Falls Again; Home Buyers Gain Leverage?
After reaching a 3-year high just 90 days ago, the National Association of Homebuilders’ Housing Market Index is now at a multi-year low after falling by almost half.
Tags: Homebuilders · Local · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Real Estate
Buyers Take The May 2010 New Home Sales Data All The Way To The Bank
June 28th, 2010 · Comments Off on Buyers Take The May 2010 New Home Sales Data All The Way To The Bank
The press is referring to the May New Home Sales report as “poor”. A closer look, however, shows that may not be the case.
Tags: Consumer Interest · New Home Sales · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Real Estate
Good News For Sellers : Housing Starts Fall To 1-Year Low In May 2010
June 21st, 2010 · Comments Off on Good News For Sellers : Housing Starts Fall To 1-Year Low In May 2010
Single-family housing starts plummeted to a one-year low in May, just 30 days after soaring to a 20-month high. It’s no wonder home builders are confused.
Tags: Economy · Housing starts · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Real Estate
The Home Buyer Tax Credit Extension Has Not Been Passed Into Law (Yet)
June 20th, 2010 · Comments Off on The Home Buyer Tax Credit Extension Has Not Been Passed Into Law (Yet)
Contrary to what you may have read (or heard), the federal home buyer tax credit has not been extended past June 30, 2010. At least not yet.
Tags: Mortgage Lending · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Real Estate · Tax Tips
Loan Application Alert : Conforming, Interest Only Mortgages Guidelines Change Next Week
June 20th, 2010 · Comments Off on Loan Application Alert : Conforming, Interest Only Mortgages Guidelines Change Next Week
If you plan to finance your home with a conforming interest only mortgage, get your loan application submitted no later than this Friday, June 18. Starting next week, Fannie Mae is clamping down on the popular loan product.
Tags: Mortgage Guidelines · Mortgage Lending · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Real Estate
Relocate America’s Top 100 Places To Live (2010 Edition)
May 20th, 2010 · Comments Off on Relocate America’s Top 100 Places To Live (2010 Edition)
Relocate America recently released its 2010 list of Top 100 Places To Live In America. The rankings are topped by some cities you may expect, and some you may not.
Tags: New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Rankings
Foreclosure Activity Slows For The First Time In Several Years
May 18th, 2010 · Comments Off on Foreclosure Activity Slows For The First Time In Several Years
According to foreclosure-tracking firm RealtyTrac.com, the number of foreclosure notices dropped 2 percent between April 2009 and April 2010. 2 percent may not seem like much, but it’s the first time in the history of the RealtyTrac report that the annual foreclosure rate has dropped.
Tags: foreclosures · New Jersey · Pennsylvania
Housing Starts Data Hints That Housing Will Expand Even After The Tax Credit Expires
April 28th, 2010 · Comments Off on Housing Starts Data Hints That Housing Will Expand Even After The Tax Credit Expires
A Housing Start is a new home on which construction has started and, over the last 6 months, home builders are averaging one half-million starts per month. This marks the highest 6-month average since 2008 and a reading one-fifth percent better from 12 months ago. Revisions to prior data have all been higher, too.
Tags: Consumer Interest · Economy · Housing starts · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Real Estate