Tag Archive: new home sales

Apr 16

Time to buy real estate?!

Forget stocks. Don’t bet on gold. After four years of plunging home prices, the most attractive asset class in America is housing. That’s a direct quote from a fasinating article by Shawn Tully, entitled, Its Time to Buy Again from Fortune magazine. His article starts with information from Mike Castleman, the founder and CEO of Metrostudy, …

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Nov 06

Seattle area home prices have corrected to what year? And, you say that’s good…??!

Did you know that the Portland and Seattle housing markets have corrected the least as compared to the rest of the national housing market? Click on the link to check it out. Real estate values for cities that had the biggest “bubble markets” are back to 2000 to 2002 median prices—with Detroit back to 1995 prices… Ouch. Yet some cities …

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Sep 05

Home buyers and sellers walking different paths

Should be more home sales nationwide given the persistence of low interest rates, but not the case. Many sellers are forced to play ‘the waiting game,’ renting out their property until better pricing surfaces in real estate. But will it?

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