Home Sales Rise, Low Inventory Concerns:

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%

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Vacancy Rates Drop over 9%:

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

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Sellers are holding all the cards this Spring Home Buying Season:

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

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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

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Rising Rents Make Ownership More Attractive:

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,”

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December Existing Home Sales Jump:

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

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Home Builders Remain Optimistic

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

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Top 5 States People are Moving to Live:

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

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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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