Most US cities saw home price gains in the second quarter, according to the latest report from the National Association of Realtors.
From April to June, 100 out of the 155 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) in the United States had higher median single-family home prices as compared to the second quarter of 2009.
And 14 saw double-digit [...]
We’ve already covered the top 10 cities to rent vs. buy, so now let’s look at the top 10 cities to buy vs rent.
While there are plenty of advantages to renting an apartment or a home, there may be more upside to buying one, depending on where you live.
Currently, mortgage rates are at all-time record [...]
Could this be the end of Zillow Zestimates as we know it?
First American CoreLogic Inc. has sued Zillow and seven other companies that provide automated house values.
The Santa Ana, CA-based company claims Zillow, Fiserv, IntelliReal, Interthinx, Lender Processing Services, Precision Appraisal Services, Real Data Inc, and Realec Technologies Inc. infringed upon a 1994 patent related [...]
More than 80 percent of first-time home buyers believe now is a good time to buy a home, according to a new survey from Realogy and parent company Century 21 Real Estate.
Which begs the question: why do only 80 percent of those buying a home think it’s a good idea? Are 20 percent buying [...]
I already touched upon the most overvalued cities in the United States, so let’s talk about undervalued areas. Those are the ones we might want to invest in, right?
As one may have guessed, the hard-hit, foreclosure-riddled Las Vegas metro is the most undervalued area in the United States, with a median home price of [...]
Plenty has changed over the past four years in the real estate world.
Home prices have plummeted, large banks and mortgage lenders have gone out of business, and millions have received foreclosure notices.
But as the dust begins to settle, opportunities will present themselves, and as I always say, real estate is local, so some areas will [...]
If you’re in the market for an investment property, you may be wondering where to buy in 2010.
Well, a company that specializes in analyzing the “best” investment properties could make your search a little bit easier.
FinestExpert.com gathers and analyzes data from over four million active properties nationwide, looking at things like employment, cash flow, rental [...]
If you want a good idea as to what your home might sell for, or what one may cost, you need to go local; forget about national home prices.
Who cares if home prices are falling in Denver if they’re rising in Boston, and vice versa? What about home prices sold in my neighborhood?
If you look [...]
There’s been plenty of talk of a housing bottom, but home prices may not rebound for another decade, according to a report from Celia Chen of Moody’s Economy.com.
She said home prices won’t return to their 2006 peak levels until 2020, and even later in certain hard-hit areas like California, Nevada, Arizona, Michigan, and Florida.
For some [...]
More real estate Q&A: “Are home prices still falling?”
Lately, a lot of Americans have been wondering if the home price carnage is going to continue throughout 2009, or finally turn around now that’s there been an uptick in home sales.
While there has been a rise in both existing and new home sales over the past [...]