Is it a good time to buy a home? A good time to sell? Time to sit on your hands and do nothing? Looking at simple statistics such as new home sales, existing homes sales, and housing starts may not tell the entire story or provide any real insight! So is there a metric that […]
What is happening and what has happened in the real estate sector? Here’s this weeks calendar of real estate-related economic releases along with last weeks performance within a variety of real estate-related stock market sectors. Courtesy of Zelman and Associates: Looking Ahead And Looking Back Tuesday, A Possible Confusing Existing Home Sales Message: The NAR releases its estimate […]
The following major real estate-related reports are due to be released in the coming week! In addition, this article reviews the performance housing industry stocks in the prior week. The information provided below is courtesy of Zelman Associates. Zelman is a real estate research firm that leverages extensive industry experience, unparalleled industry contacts and rigorous financial […]
While cash sales are still an extremely important segment of the transactional real estate market, the percentage has been declining! Since the financial crisis the stories of investors swooping in to purchase properties for cash along with foreign buyers from countries such as China and Russia have been common. Add to that mix the fact that tighter […]
With debate constantly swirling about the condition of the Manhattan, New York residential real estate market, here are some facts! From April 2015 to May 2015… FOR COOPS Average sales price increased to $1,328,430 from $1,306,695 Median sales price increased to $900,000 from $732,500 Discount from Original Asking Price decreased to 4.0% from 4.2% Discount […]
When a consumer is about to make a huge financial expenditure such as the purchase of real estate, using every potential edge is critical! Of course for many homebuyers the option to pick the time of year that a purchase is going to be made is often mitigated by outside factors such as the school […]
Over 1,500 visitors to the Realtor.com website took part in a survey showing that 67% plan some type of home renovation immediately! Additionally, of the two thirds who plan to renovate one or more parts of their home, 20% of them say that they plan on listing their home for sale prior to the end of 2014. […]
Follow @Hallmark Abstract Service And, in addition, who isn’t buying and what are some of the reasons for them staying out of the market? Is an issue preventing the purchase of real estate an inability to save for a down payment or possibly qualify for a mortgage? Is it the other debt on the books […]
Since the worst days of the economic crisis in 2008-2009 the statistics presented by the media concerning the level of new foreclosure filings in New York have indicated that borrowers are on the mend and that the tidal-wave effect of the financial crisis was over! But is this actually correct? For those of us whose […]
