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Recently Published: Case Shiller: Thoughts From Around The Web According to the latest Realtors Confidence Index, the gap between the indices of Prospective Home Buyer Traffic and Prospective Home Seller Traffic has narrowed, with an increase in Prospective Buyer Traffic. read more.. Multi Family: A Recovering Market We all know whats happening to the single family home markets. Over supply and shadow inventory and the subsequent price declines will continue until fear is overcome and inventory is soaked up. Fannie and Freddie To Fade Away: Your Costs Rise The White House has a strategy to close shop. Fannie and Freddie will go away quietly and permanently. They are hoping to phase out the two GSE's within about seven years.Read more to get the impact homes and the benefit for apartments and renters. Rent vs Buy End Of Year 2010 The argument for affordability has a few key components. Price, cost of money and a comparison to a similar property rental.A new look at affordability in light of new home prices Apartment Sector: First One Out This is the one real estate area that seems to be looking up. There is no question that apartments really scream when it comes to actual performance and renewed investment confidence..read more... If you bought a foreclosed property.... What if someone who lost his home in foreclosure wins it back because of sloppy paperwork? You might not get to keep the foreclosure purchase. Sales of pre foreclosure and foreclosed properties, 31% of all sales, can dry up and distressed property inventory just grows....read more How Does The Foreclosure Freeze Impact Housing Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Ally Financials GMAC mortgage division and PNC Financial, have all suspended home seizures in all 23 states where courts oversee foreclosures. Here are two views...read more A Recent Survey: Is It Time To Buy Rental Property Morgan Stanley analysts expect housing prices to continue to slide, reaching new depths in 2012.Morgan Stanley expects 2011 home prices to fall 5% to 10% from this year with four years of flat prices after that. But rental property is looking well...read more National Apartment Survey: Rental Property The Better Investment Owners are beginning to see improvements in vacancy rates and rent rates are rising. We are coming off a low low bottom, but there is improvement. The study shows that 41% (31% in 2009) of owners responding to the survey think rent rates will improve over the next year and 70% feel that this is the time to buy. read more... The Stock Market Looks At Real Estate Well, we all have heard the bad news, housing sales down again, hugely - 23% in the quarter. NAR reports that sales are at their lowest since the sales series launched in 1999, and single family sales are at the lowest level since May of 1995. What does the stock market have to say? read more... The Rental Sector Is Looking Up This may be the brightest sector and only strong story in a dismal market. There is a real sense of confidence building in the rental sector based on a few strong factors not present in the rest of the housing market.read more... Real Estate Markets: Whats The Catalyst Delinquencies and Foreclosures remain stable but elevated with two loans deteriorating for every one that has improved. So Whats The Catalyst.... Federal HomeBuyers Tax Credit Extension The U.S. House has passed a bill giving home buyers an extra three months to complete their purchases and still qualify for a generous tax credit.The Senate is working to reach an agreement with Republicans to pass the House-passed homebuyer tax credit closing date extension early as today. Jobs Recovery and Rent If history is a guide, what happens with jobs will matter the most to the strength of the housing rebound, said Eric S. Belsky, executive director of Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies read more.. Strategic Defaults: A Strategic Option New research suggests that when a homes value falls below 75% of the amount owed, the owner starts to think hard about walking away,even if he or she has the money to keep paying. read more... Apartment Vacancy Rates Decline In The First Quarter Vacancy rates for all apartment buildings with 5 units or more declined to 12.1% from 12.5% in the previous quarter, according the NMHC. The national vacancy rate dropped to 7.2% from the prior quarters 8.2%. The apartment sector may well be the first to recover as the overall economy emerges from this great recession. read more... Stock Market Insights For The Housing Markets Existing-home sales was expected because of the tax credit inducement, and no doubt there will be some temporary fallback in the months immediately after it expires, but other factors also are supporting the market read more.. Case Shiller Price Observations The most recent Case Shiller report shows a slowdown and this is likely to continue and magnify, now that the tax credit is passed. That said the price bounce on many markets points to a lot of pent up demand....read more Housing: Where Are We Now With house prices expected to slid and unemployment to rise substantially further, this third foreclosure wave will grow larger. If house prices fall another 10% over the coming year,as Moody’s Economy.com currently forecasts...read more Rent Vs Buy Today Marcus & Millichap just completed a study and found the gap between monthly rents and mortgage payments are at their lowest level in 20 years. Years of declining prices and mortgage rates have created a buyer's market
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