Home Prices

The 10 Least Affordable Places To Buy A Home

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Bridgeport, San Jose, Ocean City, Home Sales, Case-Shiller Index, Los Angeles, Home Affordability, Nahb Index, New York, Santa Cruz, Home Prices, Home Market, San Luis Obispo, Housing Markets, Honolulu, San Francisco, Money News

The housing market, which began its decline in 2006 and brought the U.S. economy down with it, may finally be rebounding. According to the National...

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The 'Very Sluggish' Housing Market Recovery

Reuters | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Video, Housing Market, Recovery, Buying a House, House Sales, Home Prices, S&P Case-Shiller, Reuters, Financial Crisis, Cities, Housing Crisis, Business News

(Adds details, market reaction, quote) NEW YORK, May 29 (Reuters) - U.S. single-family home prices edged higher in March, the second m...

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What Would the White House Cost if it Were in Your Backyard?

David J. Cross | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: White House Worth, White House, Movoto, Koitz Group, Real Estate Prices, Value of White House, Home Prices, Cost of White House, The White House, DC News

The White House would be among the most expensive homes in the United State if it were to be listed on the open market.

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10 Cities Where Home Prices Are Collapsing

Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Collapsing Home Prices, Housing Prices, Housing Market, Home Prices, Case-Shiller, Real Estate, Slideexpand, Business News

24/7 Wall St.: Nationally, home prices are projected to decline 4% by the end of this year, according to Fiserv Case-Shiller’s latest report. Most o...

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10 Cities Offering The Best Deals On Foreclosed Homes

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Foreclosure Sales, Trulia, Foreclosure Crisis, Housing Market, Foreclosure Rentals, Home Prices, Detroit, Cities, Las Vegas, Realtytrac, Housing Bubble, Business News

One man’s foreclosure pain is another’s gain. Across the country, the foreclosure crisis has been bad news for the housing market, homeowners a...

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Home Prices Dropped In Major U.S. Cities For Sixth Straight Month

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Housing Market, S&P/Case Shiller Composite Index, Video, S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, S&P Case-Shiller, S&p/Case Shiller Index February 2012, Home Prices, Business News, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Home prices dropped in February in most major U.S. cities for a sixth straight month, a sign that modest sales gains haven't been enough...

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'We Might Not See A Major Turnaround In Our Lifetimes'

Reuters | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, Housing Market, Home Prices, Reuters, Mortgage Rates, Foreclosure, Housing Market Rebound, Case-Shiller Index, Robert Shiller, Housing Bubble, Money News

NEW YORK, April 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. housing market is likely to remain weak and may take a generation or more to rebound, Yale economics profess...

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Home Sellers Push Back

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Attorneys, Lawyers, New York Real Estate, Real Estate Appraisals, Home Sales, Homeowners, Contract Negotiations, Real Estate, Home Buyers, Mortgages, Long Island, NY Real Estate Market, Suburbia, Home Prices, NY Real Estate, Home Sellers, New York News

The undercurrent of disgruntlement running through residential real estate these days is decidedly different. Like the flowers that bloomed early, a number of sellers are trying to burst out of the basement and make their way above ground.

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Sell A House, Get A Benz

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Bloomberg, Home Buyers, Video, Greenwich, Video. Real Estate, Richmond Association of Realtors, Home Prices, Price Cuts, Versailles, Seller Concessions, Real Estate Brokers, New York Times, Mercedes-Benz, Ken Jenkins, Business News

Sell a mansion. Get a Benz. That's at least the deal that one homeowner is offering. Ken Jenkins of Powhatan County, Virginia is offering a brand ...

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A Sign Of Hope For The Housing Market

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Housing Market, Foreclosure Crisis, Mortgage Crisis, Bank of America, Homeowners, Home Foreclosures, Mortgages, Video, Rental Option, Home Prices, Distressed Mortgages, Foreclosure, Renters, Short Sales, Business News

Don't look now, but there's a sign of hope in the foreclosure crisis. There were more short sales than foreclosure sales in January, according to d...

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Be Picky! 5 Questions You Should Ask Before Hiring a Realtor

Stephen Shapiro | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Real Estate Market, La Real Estate, Los Angeles Real Estate, Housing Market, Luxury LA Real Estate, Realtors, Luxury Real Estate, Westside Estate Agency, Home Prices, Real Estate Brokers, Hiring a Realtor, Los Angeles News

With so many qualified agents available in the current market, what should you consider when shopping for a broker?

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Home Prices Are Up. Haven't You Heard?

Jed Kolko | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Trulia Rent Monitor, Mortgages, Housing Market, Subprime Mortgages, Rent Prices, Home Prices, Mortgage Crisis, Federal Housing Finance Agency, Trulia Price Monitor, Rising-Rents, Trulia, Housing Trends, Business News

Why do we see price increases in some places and price declines in others? What drives rent trends? Want to see the full list of price and rent changes for all 100 metros?

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Turning Foreclosures Into Rentals, The Federal Reserve Way

AP | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Lending Practices, Video, Foreclosure Crisis, Mortgage Lenders, Central Bank, Home Prices, Banks, Federal Reserve, Foreclosure, Ben Bernanke, Foreclosed Homes, Rents, Business News

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve has issued policy guidelines for banks turning foreclosed homes they own into rentals, a trend that could help boost...

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San Francisco Home Prices See Steepest Decline In The Nation

AP | DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 03.27.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Home prices fell in January for a fifth straight month in most major U.S. cities, as modest sales increases have yet to boost prices. T...

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The Housing Bottom Is In, Says Bank Of America

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Mortgages, Housing Crash, Housing, Home Prices, Bank of America, Banking, Banks, House Prices, Housing Crisis, Business News

Bank of America probably hopes its economists have this one right. In a new research report on Thursday, Bank of America-Merrill Lynch mortgage str...

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Why Location Matters If You're on the Fence About Renting vs. Buying

Jed Kolko | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Housing Market, Housing, Home Prices, Homeownership, Renting, Real Estate, Housing Crisis, Buying a Home, Rents, Business News

Marking a big shift from the boom years, the cost of buying relative to renting has fallen a lot. But just because prices dropped and rents held steady or rose in most places, does that make now a great time to buy? The answer depends on you and on where you live.

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Don't Call It A Comeback

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 03.19.2012

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The Ultimate Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything is 42. But there are only seven and a half things you need to know e...

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Springtime for Housing

Jed Kolko | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Construction, Housing Market, Housing, Seasonality, Real Estate, Home Prices, Home Sales, Real Estate Market, Business News

Seasonal patterns help show us what's really going on in the housing market, which is important because they give us hints about when we should search, list, buy, sell or build.

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Fed: You're Wealthier, Even If You Can't Tell

AP | DEREK KRAVITZ and DAVE CARPENTER | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Wealth, Economic Hope, Stock Rally, Home Prices, Net Worth, Economic Confidence, The Federal Reserve, Net Worth Rising, The Fed, Borrowing, Money News

WASHINGTON — Americans are climbing further out of the hole they sank into during the Great Recession. A stock rally at the end of 2011 helped ...

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Misery Loves Campaigning: The Housing Misery Index and the 2012 Election

Jed Kolko | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Home Prices, Housing Policy, Gop Primary 2012, Misery Index, Republicans Housing, Mortgages Foreclosures, Gop Housing, Mortgages Housing, Politics News

The housing crisis hurt some states especially hard. In Nevada and Florida, the Republican presidential candidates couldn't ignore housing. But in states that weathered the housing crisis better, the candidates won't spend precious money and attention on housing policy.

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The States Where Companies Are Hiring

24/7 Wall St. | Charles B. Stockdale, Michael B. Sauter | Posted 02.10.2012

Read More: Job Market, Labor Market, Unemployment, Home Prices, Employment, Jobs, Hiring, Economic Recovery, Job Crisis, 24/7 Wall St, Job Creation, Gallup, Business News

From 24/7 Wall St.: Companies across the country are hiring more workers, at least if you ask their employees. In 2011, 31 percent of U.S. workers rep...

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Economic Numbers Are Reminders of Frustratingly Lame Recovery

Mark Gongloff | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Consumer Confidence, Housing Market, Economics, Stocks, Stock Market, Home Prices, Economy, Stocks Fall, Manufacturing, Business News

Never wake a sleepwalker. That piece of advice is actually a myth, but the stock market sure wishes it was still asleep today. U.S. stock prices are...

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Home Prices Fell For Third Straight Month In Nearly All Major Cities

AP | By DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Business News, S&p Case Shiller November 2011, S&P/Case Shiller Composite Index, Housing Market, Video, Home Prices, Property Values, Business News

WASHINGTON -- U.S. home prices fell for a third straight month in nearly all cities tracked by a major index. The declines show that most homeowners a...

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GRAPHIC: America's Housing Market Divided Between Rich, Poor

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Housing Market, Housing Boom, Zip Codes, Home Prices, Home Sales, CreditSesame.Com, Mortgage Crisis, Foreclosure, Video, Business News

The United States is divided into 41,861 distinct zip codes. And the difference in housing prices pushes them even further apart. The truly drasti...

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Most Americans Want The Government To Combat Foreclosures: Poll

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.27.2012

With no end in sight to the foreclosure crisis, a majority of Americans are calling on the government to do something about it. Fifty-eight percent...

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