Spring has officially sprung, but the spring housing market started about a month ago, according to most real estate agents. With the supply of homes for sale not even close
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The Existing Home Sales report (homes that have been previously occupied) is hot off the press. The National Association of Realtors released the data this morning for the largest segment
Is a new Trader Joes or WholeFoods moving into your neighborhood? Then you are in luck! Not only is it great to shop at them, but data reveals they can
Rising home prices are bringing more house flippers out of the woodwork. The number of active home flippers last year was the highest in nearly a decade, and it is
The National Association of Realtors reported that their Pending Home Sales Index rose 1.4% from this point last year. And the Existing Home Sales Report showed an annual increase of 7.5%
Out of nearly 85 million residential properties (1 to 4 units) nationwide, more than 1.3 million (1.6 percent) were vacant at the beginning of February 2016, down 9.3 percent from
President’s Day marks the beginning of the important Spring Home Buying Season and Monday’s open to the season has the Sellers sitting pretty. Buyers that try low ball offers or waiting
Home values are rising and homeowners are taking advantage of that, finally tapping into that equity again in the form of cash-out mortgage refinances. They are doing so, however, by
For 2016 experts predict rents will rise faster than inflation, increasing around 3%-5% on a national level. “We are already in a rental affordability crisis, and 2016 won’t let up,”
Sales of existing homes jumped 14.7 percent in December compared to November, according to the National Association of Realtors. The nearly 11 percent monthly drop in home sales in November
A monthly survey of builder sentiment held steady in January. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) stands at 60, in positive territory, and well above 50
Oregon was the top moving destination in 2015 for the third year in a row, according to a study of 123,000 moves from United Van Lines. Almost 70% of the
Nearly all young renters want to own a home, even if many are also pessimistic that economic conditions will allow them to, finds a new survey by the National Association
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