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Market News Too Early To Call Bottom, But Things Are Looking Up Right now, the talk around Seattle, where I live and work, is all about the long-awaited rise in home prices. On a local, as well as national, basis there is clear evidence of...
Market News Markets in Recovery I have to say, as I pore over the streams of real estate related data that I receive every day, the world appears to be in a better position now than I have seen in several years. Certainly,...
Market News The Gardner Report: First Quarter, Volume XVII (Oregon & Southwest Washington) Windermere Real Estate is proud to partner with Gardner Economics on this analysis of the Oregon and Southwest Washington real estate market. This report is designed to offer insight...
Market News The Gardner Report: First Quarter, Volume XVII (Western Washington) Windermere Real Estate is proud to partner with Gardner Economics on this analysis of the Western Washington real estate market. This report is designed to offer insight into the...
Market News Real Estate Investors May Be Indicator Of Recovery I have often found that following a prolonged decline, residential real estate investors tend to re-enter the housing market ahead of buyers who are looking for a home for their own use. This is because investors are generally less concerned with timing the bottom of a market perfectly and more focused on the longer term financial benefits.
Market News The Gardner Report (Fourth Quarter 2011, VOLUME X V I) Windermere Real Estate is proud to partner with Gardner Economics on this analysis of the Western Washington real estate market. This report is designed to offer insight into the realities of the housing market.
Buying An Optimistic Outlook: 2012 Market Insights The real estate data that I have reviewed suggests some markets are likely to exhibit positive price growth in 2012. Markets that are seeing sustained employment growth and price stability in the second half of last year are the ones most likely to see some very modest price growth this year.
Market News Federal Housing Agency Announces Changes to Mortgage Refinancing Program Yesterday the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac announced several changes to the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP).
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Buying Then and Now, Comparing Home Ownership Costs In recent years, real estate has become something of a polarizing topic; there are those who argue that it’s still a worthy long-term investment with tangible benefits; and others who don’t see the value of owning a home, financial or otherwise.
Market News Whatever you may think of the Case-Shiller Index, it is worth watching Personally, I am not a fan of the U.S. housing index that was created by Karl Case and Bob Shiller back in the 1990s. That said, it is a highly watched gauge and worthy of commentary.
Buying Apples and Oranges – Do we have short memories? In recent weeks, I have been reading much about the lack of confidence in the housing market that is demonstrated by declining transactions and prices. Although it is clear that we are far from “out of the woods” at this point, I would like to suggest that this news may not be as dire as everyone is thinking.
Market News Thoughts for 2011 As we approach the end of 2010, I like to pause and reflect on the events of the year relative to both the economy as a whole, and the real estate markets in particular.
Market News GDP Growth – The Good and the Bad I was just looking at figures released this morning relative to how our economic output is doing. Gross Domestic Product is a figure that is very important as it shows how we, as a nation, are growing economically by looking at the value of all the goods and services that we generate inside the U.S.
Market News Reconsidering Expectations I was fascinated to read my associate Karl Case’s article on housing published in the New York Times a couple of weeks ago. In it he suggests that the “American dream” of home ownership, rather than being dead in the water, is actually alive although somewhat battered!
Buying What do you think about the recent market news? There is no question the economy and the housing market has slowed down over the last few years and the recent deluge of articles for and against homeownership is impossible for us to ignore. Ultimately, we believe that the American dream of homeownership is alive and well.
Buying The Future of Homeownership Homeownership has been pushed by the past two presidents and certainly contributed to the financial meltdown that we experienced in 2008 and are still recovering from.
Market News Vacation Homes: looking better all the time Whether you’re in the market for a lakeside cottage, a mountain cabin, a ski chalet or an island retreat, the vacation home market is warming up.
Market News Report’s dramatic predictions for home values A recent report from Goldman Sachs has many people talking and asking questions about where home prices are headed as we head into the latter half of 2010 and look forward toward the next few years.
Market News Life After The Homebuyer Tax Credit Much has been said about the expiration of the homebuyer tax that occurred at the end of last month.
Market News We are actually starting to create jobs! The U.S. economy created a significant number of jobs in March. The Labor Department indicated that the economy added 162,000 jobs in March which is the strongest growth rate in over three years.