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By Dennis Norman, on March 8th, 2010
Dennis Norman
According to a report issued today by Zip Realty, sellers in Florida are slashing prices by more than 10 percent
South Florida has deals on homes! According to Zip Realty, sellers in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale have reduced their list price by an average of nearly 15 percent, or $36,000 in February 2010. In [...]
By Dennis Norman, on January 26th, 2010
Dennis Norman
Zip Realty’s “Home Hunter” Report for 4th quarter 2009 shows some housing markets heating up.
While some of the “hottest” real estate markets in the country — those where homes are selling most above their list prices — continue to be distressed areas dominated by heavily discounted prices, a report issued by ZipRealty [...]
By Dennis Norman, on January 26th, 2010
Dennis Norman
This morning the S&P/Case-Shiller Index report for November was released showing that home prices in their 10 city and 20 city composite indexes decreased 0.2 percent from October. The indexes include the major metropolition areas in the U.S. (details for metros included are in chart that follows).
This marks the tenth month of [...]
By Dennis Norman, on January 21st, 2010
Dennis Norman
Forecast is for further declines
In a report issued today by First American CoreLogic national home prices continue to decline with their HPI (Loan Performance Home Price Index) declining by 5.7 percent in November 2009 compared with the year before. If you take the distressed sales out (foreclosures, short sales, etc) the nation decline [...]
By Dennis Norman, on January 19th, 2010
Dennis Norman
Average price cut for homes drops to 11 percent off original price…discount increases to 15 percent off original price for homes priced above $2,000,000.
According to a report released by Trulia.com, 21 percent of the homes for sale as of January 1, 2010 have experienced at least one price cut. This makes the second [...]
By Dennis Norman, on December 28th, 2009
Dennis Norman
In a just a few days we will say goodbye to 2009; a year that has been brutal to the housing market. So as the new year comes in, what will 2010 hold in store for the housing market?
To answer this question I turned to the housing forecast just released by Fannie [...]
By Dennis Norman, on December 23rd, 2009
Dennis Norman
In spite of recent “upbeat” reports on the housing market and some people even saying the worst is over, when it comes to declining home values it appears the fat lady hasn’t sung yet
According to a report issued by First American CoreLogic national home prices continue to decline with their HPI (Loan Performance [...]
By Dennis Norman, on December 14th, 2009
Dennis Norman
As 2009 quickly draws to a close and the housing market continues to be in dismal condition, it would sure be nice to know what next year holds in store. Will the housing market finally see a recovery? Or, will the number of homeowners that are “underwater” on their mortgages sustain the record number [...]
By Dennis Norman, on November 24th, 2009
Dennis Norman
This morning the S&P/Case-Shiller Index report for September was released showing that home prices in the US increased in 3rd quarter 2009 by 3.1 percent (seasonally adjusted) from 2nd quarter. The 3rd quarter index shows a 8.9 percent decline from a year ago, however this is a marked improvement from the 14.7 decline [...]
By Dennis Norman, on November 19th, 2009
Dennis Norman
According to a report issued by First American CoreLogic national home prices continue to decline with their HPI (Loan Performance Home Price Index) declining by 9.8 percent in September 2009 compared with the year before. If you take the distressed sales out (foreclosures, short sales, etc) the nation decline in HIP for the same [...]
By Dennis Norman, on October 27th, 2009
Dennis Norman
This morning the S&P/Case-Shiller Index report for August was released showing that home prices in the 20 cities covered by their report fell 11.3 percent in August from a year ago. This is a smaller year over year decline than July when the index showed a 13.3 percent drop in home prices from [...]
By Dennis Norman, on October 22nd, 2009
Dennis Norman
By: Dennis Norman
Today the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) reported that U.S. home prices decreased 0.3 percent on a seasonally-adjusted basis from July to August and are down 3.6 percent for the past year. The U.S. home price index is now 10.7 percent below is April, 2007 peak.
The FHFA home price index is [...]
By Dennis Norman, on October 13th, 2009
Dennis Norman
By Dennis Norman
According to a report issued yesterday by ZipRealty, more than 44 percent of home listings in 28 major markets tracked by ZipRealty in September had at least one price reduction. Of those homes on the market with reduced prices the average have had their price cut an average of twice, according to [...]
By Dennis Norman, on September 29th, 2009
By: Dennis Norman
According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, home prices in July declined 12.8 percent from a year ago in their 10-city composite and 13.3 percent in their 20-city composite. On a positive note, all 20 metro areas showed an improvement in the annual rates of decline when comparing July to June.
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By Dennis Norman, on September 22nd, 2009
Dennis Norman
By: Dennis Norman
Today the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) reported that U.S. home prices rose 0.3 percent on a seasonally-adjusted basis from June to July and are down 4.2 percent for the past year.
Many of the reports I’ve seen in the press on this are saying this is a sign of the housing market [...]
By Dennis Norman, on September 15th, 2009
Dennis Norman
Before the sub-prime mortgage implosion Karen Weaver warned of the coming crisis. Karen Weaver, the Global Head of Securitization Research for Deutsche Bank, said last month that she expected home prices to continue to drop through the 1st quarter of 2011. She also predicted that nearly half of the homeowners with mortgages would end [...]
By Dennis Norman, on September 14th, 2009
Dennis Norman
By: Dennis Norman
I think by now almost all of us in the real estate business have a good awareness of the housing market and have retired our rose-tinted glasses for now. However, according to a report just released by Trulia, sellers may not be there yet.
According to the Trulia report, 26 percent of [...]
By Dennis Norman, on August 25th, 2009
By: Dennis Norman
Today the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices report was released which showed the S&P/Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index recorded a 14.9 percent deline in the second quarter of 2009 versus the 2nd quarter of 2008. While still a significant negative annual rate of return, this quarter is an improvement over the record decline [...]
By Dennis Norman, on August 20th, 2009
Dennis Norman
According to the Housing Market Report that was issued this morning by Radarlogic, home prices increased in June from the previous month in 23 out of the 25 metropolitan areas tracked by their company. The report also showed that it is not just first-time home buyers fueling the market right now, more expensive [...]
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