October 18, 2012 - 10:17 AM
We’ve been reporting on a lot of positive numbers for the housing market – pending sales are looking good across much of the country, prices are rising as a result of steady demand and low housing inventory. But what about the old elephant in the room – the shadow inventory of foreclosures? Is it still Read More
We’ve been reporting on a lot of positive numbers for the housing market – pending sales are looking good across much of the country, prices are rising as a result of steady demand and low housing inventory. But what about the old elephant in the room – the shadow inventory of foreclosures? Is it still casting gloom over what looks to be a housing recovery?
October 17, 2012 - 9:51 AM
September can be hit or miss for homesellers. Families have generally settled prior to school starting; people begin thinking about the holidays; rain returns to many landscapes. But the San Francisco Bay Area doesn’t suffer from any of these factors, at last not according to ZipRealty’s year-over-year data Read More
September can be hit or miss for homesellers. Families have generally settled prior to school starting; people begin thinking about the holidays; rain returns to many landscapes. But the San Francisco Bay Area doesn’t suffer from any of these factors, at last not according to ZipRealty’s year-over-year data.
September 27, 2012 - 11:09 AM
We’re continuing our fall predictions today, moving to the West Coast to look at how many pending transactions on homes for sale there were in August 2012 compared to the year before. Today’s post comes on the heels of some great news for the housing market: July home prices posted the highest gains since Read More
We’re continuing our fall predictions today, moving to the West Coast to look at how many pending transactions on homes for sale there were in August 2012 compared to the year before. Today’s post comes on the heels of some great news for the housing market: July home prices posted the highest gains since 2005 according to the Case-Shiller index!
September 24, 2012 - 8:43 PM
In this fall outlook series, we’re drawing predictions for the coming season, traditionally a slower one than summer, from pending sales. These are transactions which haven’t closed yet, but for which an offer has been accepted and transfer of title is in progress. Pending sales aren’t guaranteed sales— Read More
In this fall outlook series, we’re drawing predictions for the coming season, traditionally a slower one than summer, from pending sales. These are transactions which haven’t closed yet, but for which an offer has been accepted and transfer of title is in progress. Pending sales aren’t guaranteed sales—anything can go wrong with the escrow process. However, they, along with home prices and days on the market data, offer important information for predicting the future performance of any localized real estate market.
September 20, 2012 - 1:48 PM
The inventory shortage is nothing new. We’ve written a few times about how fewer homes for sale means more competition, bidding wars, and a lot of disappointed buyers. The upside of the limited supply is that it should push prices up, and though it would mean less chance of getting a “steal”, that’s better Read More
The inventory shortage is nothing new. We’ve written a few times about how fewer homes for sale means more competition, bidding wars, and a lot of disappointed buyers. The upside of the limited supply is that it should push prices up, and though it would mean less chance of getting a “steal”, that’s better for the market and buyers’ investments on the whole.
September 6, 2012 - 2:23 PM
With election season in full swing, there’s been a lot of talk about how the past four years have gone, and whether American people feel “better off” today than in 2008.
While Republicans contend that the American people are worse off, and recently took to Twitter to prove their point – promoting the hashtag Read More
With election season in full swing, there’s been a lot of talk about how the past four years have gone, and whether American people feel “better off” today than in 2008.
September 4, 2012 - 10:12 AM
As the Democratic Convention is this week, we’re studying President Obama’s handling of the country’s real estate industry. Some legislation and programs generated under this administration have been more publicized than others (though even popular programs deserve further study, so we’ll return to them in a Read More
As the Democratic Convention is this week, we’re studying President Obama’s handling of the country’s real estate industry.
August 30, 2012 - 10:25 AM
Our latest Powered by Zip partner is Illustrated Properties in Palm Beach. Check out this infographic for ten reasons we're loving this Florida city!
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Sarah Louise Green lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and writes about national real estate trends, home financing, advice Read More
Our latest Powered by Zip partner is Illustrated Properties in Palm Beach. Check out this infographic for ten reasons we're loving this Florida city!
August 29, 2012 - 10:49 AM
Price-per-square foot: the amount a certain area’s homes fetch-- per square-- tells you a lot about the market in that area, about how much the location means to the buyer. If people are willing to pay more for less space, that generally indicates a popular place in high demand with homebuyers.
Of course, we Read More
Price-per-square foot: the amount a certain area’s homes fetch-- per square-- tells you a lot about the market in that area, about how much the location means to the buyer. If people are willing to pay more for less space, that generally indicates a popular place in high demand with homebuyers.
August 24, 2012 - 10:08 AM
As we wrote yesterday, we are really excited to be partnering with Prudential Tropical Realty to provide real estate services for the Tampa Bay area. Here are some of the reasons we're excited to have homes for sale in Tampa, FL on our website!
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Sarah Louise Green lives in Read More
