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CoreLogic Home Price Index Continues Climbing

Posted: May 7, 2013 at 8:40 am

Home prices rose 10.5% in March, compared with the same month a year ago, the largest monthly increase since March 2006, according to research firm CoreLogic Inc. (NYSE: CLGX). The ...
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The Housing Recovery According to Fannie Mae

Posted: April 8, 2013 at 12:29 pm

The pick-up in house prices continues offer encouragement to Americans that it will continue according a recent survey by Fannie Mae. The results appear to contradict a survey released last ...
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Where Has Consumer Confidence Gone?

Posted: March 26, 2013 at 11:35 am

Today’s report from the Conference Board on consumer confidence was disappointing, to say the least. As we noted, it may not be a shock to many observers, but consumer confidence ...
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UBS Very Bullish on Home Depot and Lowe’s (HD, LOW, TOL)

Posted: February 22, 2013 at 8:20 am

The homebuilding stocks were battered this week when luxury builder Toll Brothers Inc. (NYSE: TOL) released lower-than-expected earnings despite reporting revenues that were up 32% from last year. Does this ...
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Home Prices Continue Rising in November: CoreLogic

Posted: January 15, 2013 at 11:06 am

Home prices rose 7.4% in November compared with the same month a year ago, the largest monthly increase since May 2006 according to research firm CoreLogic (NYSE: CLGX). The firm ...
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October Homes for Sale Declines, Prices Flat: Realtor.com

Posted: November 14, 2012 at 9:33 am

According to data released today by Realtor.com, the number of homes for sale fell by 17% year-over-year in October. And instead of rising prices, the real estate website says that ...
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As Rentals Rise, Another Blow to Housing

Posted: July 5, 2012 at 6:00 am

Real estate research firm Reis reports that the average U.S. vacancy rate of 4.7% for rental properties is the lowest since the fourth quarter of 2001. The data cover the first ...
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Housing Price Declines Slower in March

Posted: May 29, 2012 at 9:55 am

Today’s release of the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices indicate that housing prices across the US are down -1.9% from March 2011 and down -2% for the first quarter of 2012 ...
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Negative Equity Continues Fight Against Housing Prices

Posted: November 29, 2011 at 1:57 pm

Housing prices are back to where they were at the start of 2003, and things are not getting any better.  CoreLogic showed that negative equity data showed that 10.7 million, ...
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Case-Shiller Housing Price Gains Actually Losses

Posted: October 25, 2011 at 9:39 am

There is already a debate over whether or not the underwater mortgage bailout plan can do any good at all.  Now we have data from the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices that some ...
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Federal Agency Reports Rise in House Prices

Posted: July 21, 2011 at 1:34 pm

Conflicting signals from the US housing market are nothing new. For every forecast that the situation is improving, there is at least one competing forecast that things are getting worse. ...
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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, And The Housing Crisis

Posted: February 9, 2011 at 6:11 am

Housing prices may not return to pre-credit crisis levels for another five years, so experts say. They may never recover to those levels at all in  hard-hit areas such as ...
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