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Real Estate Outlook: Sales Jump in Ailing Markets

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

It all depends on where you are right now in real estate, and whether you recognize the signs of the cycle bottoming out in some of the once-most distressed local markets.

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L.A. home sales soar 119%

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

Home sales soared 118.9 percent in the Los Angeles area in October, compared with the same period a year ago, while the median home price fell 32.2 percent to $366,520, according to figures released today.

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Massachusetts home sales are up

Saturday, November 29th, 2008

The Massachusetts Association of Realtors released its October 2008 housing numbers for single-family homes and condominiums.

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Home sales heat up in the west

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Sales of existing homes jumped dramatically in the Western region in October as buyers scooped up foreclosed homes and other bargains.

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Hot Market: Elmira, NY — Stable Economy, Moving Prices

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Any business observer who believes U.S. manufacturing is dead in America only needs to visit the Elmira, New York area in Chemung County to find it in thriving existence. Top employers in the area have prevented the region from plunging economically like many other areas, shoring up housing prices in a town that manufactures everything from flat-screen monitors to railroad equipment to unmanned aircraft.

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Home sales plunge in Indy metro area

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Home sales in the Indianapolis metropolitan area plunged 24 percent last month despite signs that the nation’s housing market is starting to recover.

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Home prices tumble by record in 3Q

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Two widely watched indexes released Tuesday showed home prices dropping by the sharpest annual rate on record in the third quarter.

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These Are the ‘Best of Times’ for Multifamily TIC Providers and Investors: Part II

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

[Note: To follow is an excerpt of an interview with Elliott Eisenberg, senior economist of the National Association of Homebuilders in Washington, DC, and Michael Anderson, Managing Member and Founder of Salt Lake City-based RealSource, a leader in multifamily research and tenant in common deals [www.realsource.net/bestoftimes]. To listen to the show archive or download an MP3, go to www.IncomePropertyInvestmentTalk.com/110508.]

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Living in HOA Harmony

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

While conflict is inevitable in homeowner associations, we do have choices about how we are going to deal with it. When handled in a constructive manner conflict can be a catalyst for new awareness, new understanding, creative solutions and enhanced relationships.

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Real Estate Outlook: Sales Picking Up Tempo

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

Here’s a key question about the current market: Do you look at home prices to figure out where we are in the real estate recovery cycle, or do you focus on sales?

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Canadians, Relax: No ‘U.S.-Style’ Housing Bust

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

If you’re concerned about the downturn in the Canadian real estate market, Michael Polzler, regional director and executive vice-president of Re/Max Ontario-Atlantic Canada, has some advice for you: “Stop reading newspapers and stop watching TV. The market hasn’t really slowed that much. We’ve gone from going 150 mph to 120. It feels slow, but it’s still a very healthy market.”

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Condo Trends: What Recession? Hottest Deal Headed to Settlement

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

In the midst of a financial meltdown, stock market crash and foreclosure-dominated real estate market, comes news that one of the most expensive condominiums in Brooklyn went under contract.

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October existing home sales fall by 3.1 percent

Monday, November 24th, 2008

Nationwide sales of existing homes fell more than expected last month, as economic fears made buyers leery even though prices plunged to the lowest level in more than four years.

The National Association of Realtors said Monday that sales of existing homes fell 3.1 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.98 million units in October, from a downwardly revised pace of 5.14 million in September.

Sales had been expected to fall to a rate of 5.05 million, according to economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters.

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Washington Report: Buydowns?

Monday, November 24th, 2008

It seems that everybody is looking to Capitol Hill right now for a bailout: the Big Three auto manufacturers, banks, insurance companies, Wall Street titans.

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Housing market declines

Monday, November 24th, 2008

A decrease in home sales throughout central Wisconsin is consistent with the rest of the state, local real estate agents say.

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