Analysis Topic: Housing Market Price trends
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Monday, May 13, 2013
Sign of Another U.S. Housing Market Bubble? / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Money_Morning
All you have to do is look at a price chart of Lennar Corp (NYSE: LEN) to see the proof that the U.S. housing market is on the mend.
Since January 2012, shares of the Miami, Fl.-based new homebuilder have more than doubled.
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Friday, May 10, 2013
What Every Home Buyers Need to Know About the U.S. Housing Market / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Money_Morning
The U.S. housing market's recovery is gaining momentum, but there are still a number of issues for homebuyers to be cautious of.
To get to the bottom of what's really going on in the housing market, we talked to Gerri Willis, author of "Home Rich" and host of FOX Business Network's The Willis Report (6 p.m. weekdays), about the key things homebuyers need to know in today's challenging market.
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Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Is the U.S. Housing Market Shortage Just a Mirage? / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: DailyGainsLetter
John Whitefoot writes:Thanks to the near-record-low interest rates, many Americans are ready to jump back into the housing market. Unfortunately, many are running into one obstacle—there aren’t enough homes for sale. That’s a good sign, though! After all, a leading indicator of economic growth is a healthy housing market, and a lack of housing should mean that builders can’t keep up with demand.
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Tuesday, May 07, 2013
Another U.S. Housing Market Crisis on the Horizon? / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: InvestmentContrarian
George Leong writes: Home prices are heating up, as the flow of new homes and permits continue to steadily increase and the attraction of historically low mortgage rates motivates buyers.
The buyers that are driving up the housing market are not only the buyers of principal homes, but also the investors who are attracted to the relatively lower home prices and cheap financing.
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Sunday, May 05, 2013
U.S. Housing Market Shell Game - Prices Up Ownership Down / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Mike_Whitney
Why are housing prices rising when the homeownership rate has dropped to its lowest level in 18 years?
Actually, it’s not as confusing as it sounds. The Fed’s low interest rates have triggered a flurry of home buying by Private Equity firms and other speculators which has reduced already-tight supply and pushed up prices. Of course, there is a downside to all this speculation, which is that real, “organic” demand from ordinary working people looking for a place to live, has dropped off sharply. That’s why the homeownership rate is in the dumps. It’s also why existing homes sales declined 0.6 percent in March and “the volume of purchase applications is at levels last seen in 1998″, because as prices edge higher, more people are opting to rent rather than own. Who can blame them?
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Friday, May 03, 2013
The 10 Best U.S. Housing Markets 2013 / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Money_Morning
Ben Gersten writes: The percentage of Americans optimistic about the U.S. housing market has reached levels not seen since rumblings of the financial crisis began.
A new Rasmussen Reports national survey found 37% of homeowners believe the value of their home will increase in the next year - thehighest since September 2008.
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Friday, May 03, 2013
Lumber Sales Forecasting Stronger U.S. Housing Market / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: DailyGainsLetter
Mitchell Clark writes: Reflecting the strength in the U.S. housing market, Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE/WY) reported very good financial results in its first quarter.
The company’s 2013 first-quarter revenues leapt to $1.95 billion, way up from $1.49 billion in the same quarter last year, on solid demand from all its business lines.
Friday, May 03, 2013
UK Interest Only Mortgage Mis-Selling Scandal - How to Claim Compensation / Housing-Market / Mortgages
By: Nadeem_Walayat
First worthless payment protection insurance, then crushing interest rate swaps on small businesses and now the latest unfolding mis-selling scandal that could dwarf them all is the one of over 3 million interest only mortgages taken out by would-be home buyers during the housing boom years as desperate buyers were forced to over leverage themselves to get themselves onto the housing ladder.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Own or Rent Your Home - The Cost of Posession / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: DailyWealth
Mark Ford writes: In the mid-1980s, a few years after I "decided to be rich," I bought my dream house. It was a 4,000-square-foot chateau-styled, custom-built, five-bedroom home in a very nice gated neighborhood called Les Jardins in Boca Raton, Florida.
The cost of the house was about $600,000 – more than I ever imagined I could afford. But thanks to the success of a business I had started, I had socked away about $125,000. That was enough to cover the down payment and closing costs.
Friday, April 26, 2013
Investing in Housing Market REITs Instead of Property: Our Pick / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Don_Miller
I get a lot of questions from readers about holding real estate as an investment. Indeed, many are in response to another newsletter editor who was recently advocating that the only way for retirees to make decent income was to own property.
Personally, I wouldn’t hold physical property in our portfolio for three reasons.
First, it’s very illiquid; that makes it an instant failure on our Five-Point Balancing Test.
Second, you won’t get yield from a property for three to five years, but will instead pay to own it.
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
UK Mortgage Market Record Low Fixed Interest Rates, Current Best 5 Year Mortgages / Housing-Market / Mortgages
By: MoneyFacts
Moneyfacts research has revealed a shift in the mortgage products lenders want to sell as the number of five-year fixed rate mortgages increased by 73% in the last 12 months.
By comparison, the traditionally popular two-year fixed rate mortgages have only increased by 33%.
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Sunday, April 21, 2013
Tax "Loophole" That Will Help You Pay for Your Dream Vacation Home / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: DailyWealth
Dr. David Eifrig writes: I bet you've never heard of this...
It's a special government loophole... that allows you to earn extra cash, totally tax-free. It's 100% legal and simple to use. It can even help you pay for a dream vacation home.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Safer Way to Get Exposure to U.S. Housing Market / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Profit_Confidential
George Leong writes:
I’m talking about the housing market and the continued recovery taking hold. The housing market is well off its early 2009 lows and is striving higher on the chart.
The number of foreclosures across America is declining, and this is a good sign, as a high foreclosure rate tends to place downward pressure on home prices.
Friday, April 12, 2013
Dutch Housing Bubble Delusion - Europe's Core Rots Some More / Housing-Market / European Housing
By: Raul_I_Meijer
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Today's report comes hot on the heels of a study issued Wednesday by a government commission, which took a full year to prepare and 121 pages to explain what went wrong in the Dutch housing bubble, and what should be done now to correct it.
Thursday, April 04, 2013
Is Wall Street Creating Another U.S. Housing Market Bubble? / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes: Where there's smoke there's fire.
When it comes to rising home prices, the question is whether the on-fire price increases are a healthy sign of a housing recovery or a smoke screen masking another investor-led real estate bubble.
The answer is it's both.
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