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Florida Real Estate - Sellers Still Slashing Prices

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 [...]

Some Housing Markets Getting Hot Again

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 [...]

November home prices flattening out in many major metro areas

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 [...]

U.S. Home prices continue to decline

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 [...]

Home price reductions by sellers drop for second consecutive month

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 [...]

What does 2010 hold in store for the Housing Market?

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 [...]

Home prices in US declined 7.8 percent in past year...expected to fall another 4.2 percent

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 [...]

What will be the best real estate markets in 2010? How about the worst?

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 [...]

US home prices increase 3.1 percent in 3rd quarter; down 8.9 percent from a year ago

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 [...]

Home prices in U.S. drop in September; Forecast is for 1.1 percent appreciation in next 12 months

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 [...]

Home prices finally leveling off

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 [...]

U.S. Monthly House Price Index Estimates 0.3 percent decline in August; Price index about the same as February 2005

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 [...]

Nearly half of all homes for sale have reduced prices

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 [...]

Average home prices across US are about where they were six years ago

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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US Home Prices show modest 0.3 percent increase from June to July according to Federal Housing Finance Agency

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 [...]

Deutsche Banks’ Weaver says housing market has not hit bottom yet

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 [...]

Sellers still don’t get it

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 [...]

U.S. Home Prices down 14.9 percent in 2nd quarter from a year ago; Better than 1st quarter’s decline of 19.1 percent

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 [...]

House prices increase in June in 23 of 25 metros; Move-up home sales picking up pace

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 [...]