Austin, TX (PRWEB) January 21, 2012
The NAR has just released the December Existing-Home Sales figures which Homes.org has analyzed for its readers, highlighting the key findings and discussing what buyers and sellers can likely expect in the year to come based on the market performance in December. Though the numbers aren't quite as strong as they were in December 2009, they are promising that home sales will continue on in the right direction in the coming year.
Overall, the December Existing-Home Sales figures reveal positive trends continued in the last month of 2011 with existing home sales continuing to increase over last month.
Key Findings December 2011 Existing Home Sales and Start Ups Reports Include:
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Carmel, IN (PRWEB) December 27, 2011
Pocket neighborhoods are gaining popularity in housing markets across the country to meet the growing trend of right-sizing, according to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal. New home communities such as Inglenook in Carmel, IN, are meeting this demand with floor plans that concentrate on the areas of the home where the family spends the most amount of time.
Right-sizing is not about learning to live in a smaller house. Its improving ones quality of life through efficiency, design, and a sense of space. Right-sizing doesnt compromise lifestyle, it elevates it, says Ross Chapin, award-winning architect and author of the best selling book, Pocket Neighborhoods.
Pocket neighborhoods of cottage style homes are attracting buyers who are also looking for an improved quality of life beyond their house. The eco-friendly design of pocket neighborhoods is meeting the growing buyer demand for energy efficiency and responsible land use.
What differentiates pocket neighborhoods is that the philosophy of efficient, comfortable, and livable design spills out from the home and into the entire neighborhood. Every part of the outdoor space is meant to be livable and promote a sense of shared community, says Casey Land of Land Development and Building, the company that is developing Inglenook. Inglenook is the only pocket neighborhood offering new construction, cottage style homes designed by Ross Chapin in the entire Midwest.
We see a clear future for expanding this type of development into other markets as the demand for right-sizing continues. We are finding that it is not just about buyers who want a smaller home. Pocket neighborhoods fulfill the needs of buyers who are reshaping the quality of their entire life and rethinking priorities, says Land.
For more information about pricing and current availability at Inglenook in Carmel, IN, contact Sam Hawkins of F.C. Tucker at (317) 580-7854 or email sam(at)talktotucker(dot)com. View photos and floor plans at http://www.inglenookcarmel.com.
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Palm Beach Premier Real Estate Is Slated To Give a Presentation on Short Sale Advice at the 2011 Housing Expo
Boca Raton, FL (PRWEB) September 29, 2011
Boca Raton’s leading luxury Real Estate Broker, Palm Beach Premier Real Estate has signed on as a Gold Sponsor of the 2011 Housing Expo presented by The Realtors Association of the Palm Beaches, and will present a 30-minute workshop on Short Sale Advice entitled “Understanding Short Sales and The Short Sales Process”.
“For more than a decade, Palm Beach Premier Real Estate has been helping high-end home sellers and buyers to fully understand the complex short sale process, so it’s only natural that we would support the 2011 Housing Expo in a significant way,” said short sale expert Grant Freer, Founder and President of Palm Beach Premier Real Estate. “It represents an unparalleled opportunity for Palm Beach Premier Real Estate to help home owners and home sellers by sharing some insider knowledge with them, providing them with step-by-step short sale advice. We’re absolutely delighted to be able to partner up with the Realtors Association of The Palm Beaches for this community event.
The 2011 Housing Expo – A Homeownership Journey – will be held in Lake Worth at the John Prince Park Center Drive Pavillion on Saturday, October 1, 2011 and will enable home owners, buyers and sellers to meet with Short Sale Specialists, bankers, credit counselors, and a range of community experts.
According to Palm Beach Premier Real Estate Broker Gia Freer, who will present the 30-minute workshop on Understanding Short Sales and The Short Sale Process, “topics will include What is A Short Sale, How To Short Sell Your Home, Government Programs such as the HAFA Program and HAFA Short Sales, followed by a general discussion on Short Sale versus Foreclosure and a Q&A session.”
The 2011 Housing Expo is a free event for consumers, with booths, activities and educational sessions on Foreclosures, Short Sales, Government Programs, Mortgage options/financing and more. The Expo is meant to provide assistance to anyone that has questions about buying, selling, foreclosure assistance, and home ownership.
About RAPB
The REALTORS® Association of the Palm Beaches (RAPB) is the leading resource for homeownership in Palm Beach County. They are a community of real estate professionals participating on all levels of the community, business, and governments and in all aspects of the real estate industry, providing valuable knowledge and industry expertise to real estate buyers and sellers.
About Palm Beach Premier Real Estate
Palm Beach Premier Real Estate is one of the leading luxury real estate & Short Sale Experts in Palm Beach County, specializing in Palm Beach Short Sales and helping home owners and home sellers navigate through the complicated short sale process.
For more information, access http://www.PalmBeachPremierRealEstate.com
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A Primer on U.S. Housing Markets and Housing Policy (Areuea Monograph Series)
A Primer on U.S. Housing Markets and Housing Policy is the first book that explains the economics of housing policy for a general audience. Planners, government officials, and public policy students will find that the economic perspective is a very powerful and useful way to examine these issues. The authors provide a broad review of the market for housing services in the U.S., including a conceptual framework, an overview of housing demand and supply, methods for measuring prices and quantities
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Housing Loan Unemployed: Finance for the Cherished Abode
Article by Scarlette Riley
Loans for unemployed help one to be a homeowner who has a low income or is unemployed. It extends housing loans for constructing, rehabilitating and buying housing purpose structures. It's difficult to get a house loan for the one who is unemployed since there is nothing which can be kept a security for repayment. Unemployed cannot promise such a condition, therefore to cater to these segment loaning market have devised housing loan for unemployed.
ARE YOU TEMPORARILY UNEMPLOYED?
No problem, still you can get unemployed housing loan. Housing loan for unemployed has some of the exquisite benefits attached to them like low interest rate and easy repayment terms. People who are homeless and have very low income due to unemployment and living on government benefits can apply for housing loan unemployed.
Housing loan for unemployed is typically a secured loan . Since you are investing a lifetime of your saving for unemployed housing loan, a prudent decision becomes the prime requisite. If you want to check credibility for housing loan for unemployed, you can contact various firms either physical or online.
HOW TO APPLY
Application is an easy procedure where in you are required to fill a simple form stating your requirements and personal details. It is always sensible to ascertain whether you can make repayments comfortably on housing loan before applying for housing loan for unemployed. Taking housing loan that you cannot repay will just prove to be an additional burden on your already tight position. However, if you are unemployed with a hope of going back to job then you can apply for housing loan for unemployed. To check affordability you can take the help of housing loan calculator. This will help you to decide if should go for it.
The amount and rates of interest rates are variables depending on the type of loan (secured or unsecured) and on your credit history.
So an unemployed status should not deter you from having your own house…
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Scarlette started on a horse back and had a few falls herself. Therefore, she knows Financial decisions are to be made after considerable thought and backed by good financial understanding. To find loans for unemployed, student loan unemployed, personal loans, cash loan unemployed visit http://www.loansforunemployed.co.uk
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The Coming Crash in the Housing Market : 10 Things You Can Do Now to Protect Your Most Valuable Investment
Today's real estate market is a house of cards–learn what homeowners can do to prepare for its pending collapse Soaring home prices and 50-year low interest rates have lulled homebuyers into a false sense of security. But plummeting consumer confidence and record-high personal debt threaten to blindside overextended homeowners and real estate investors. The Coming Crash in the Housing Marketshows homeowners how to avoid owing more to lenders than their houses are worth–known as an "under
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Housing Industry Gets a Boost in Coventry – The UK Knack Group
(PRWeb UK) February 27, 2011
The coming 16 months will see a major makeover for an old contaminated industrial site in Coventry, as 70 new houses are built there.
The Windmill Road site, which understandably had been wasteland for several years, is to be built on by the Cassidy Group for the Jephson Homes Housing Association in conjunction with the Coventry City Council, with funds contributed also by the Homes and Communities Agency.
The new estate of family houses, disabled accommodation, flats and maisonettes will be positioned adjacent to Longford Park, and UK Knack Group’s managing director is happy with the employment prospects, saying, “A lot of young fellows from the Coventry City College should be able to put their training into practice, and again the various service industries will have their slices of the cake as the project gets larger and makes more demands of community facilities and resources.
“In something like this, everyone wins.”
Ian Woodland Jephson’s development and property asset manager, was quoted as stating “Projects of this magnitude need finely tuned working partnerships, and this has certainly been one such. The city council, HCA, Cassidy’s and ourselves, we’ve all toiled conscientiously to bring this new housing community together and we’re very proud of the achievement.”
Ross Manford, investment and regeneration manager for the HCA Midlands added that this can only help reinforce North East Coventry’s urban regeneration.
About The UK Knack Group
Built on decades of experience the Knack team consists of some of the most experienced professionals in the UK and abroad who have helped thousands of businesses and people to be more successful.
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Housing Market News Summer 09 (2)
Article by Danny Luke
Is The Housing Market On The Route To Recovery?
Just read a good blog on The Telegraph website from its economics editor, Edmund Conway (Sorry – the house price crash isn't over yet), reflecting much of our thought on the future of the housing market and house prices.
The blog argues that house price crashes don't show consistent falls in prices – some months will shows rises before further falls. It says that unlike the equity market, the property market takes longer to recover, acting sluggishly and spending a long time at the bottom of its slump before gathering pace and slowly recovering with a property crash usually lasting 5 years.
It also mentions the current low turnover and activity in the housing market that could be giving a false impression of a recovery. Sure, some prices have risen, particularly in London, but from a very small number of sales.
Mortgage Approvals Up 23%
Mortgage approvals jumped 23% in June compared with May's figures, just 6% lower than June 2008.
The Council of Mortgage Lenders' figures show that mortgage approvals was the highest since July last year. The CML seems the mortgage market stabilising, rather than this being a return to a booming housing market.
The figures also show first-time buyers still being squeezed – the average deposit required by lenders in 2008 was 13% – first time buyers are now having to find a 25% deposit.RICS Sees Possbility of House Price Rises for 2009RICS has revised its house price forecast for 2009, now saying that there is a 'possibility' of house prices rising overall in 2009 – its previously forecasted a fall of between 10 – 15% in prices.
It put the revision down to a 'considerable shift' in the housing market, but warned that prices could fall again in 2010 if economic conditions worsened with increases in unemployment playing a large factor.
The housing market still remiains in a fragile state, with very low levels of activity. Mortgage lending still remains tight and there is a lack of availability of houses, meaning that demand if short stock is the main driver of recent house price increases.
House Prices Show First Quarterly Rise Since 2007
The latest report from the Halifax shows the first quarterly rise for UK house prices since October 2007.
Prices rose by 0.8% in the 3 months to July. In July, itself, prices rose by 1.1%, but still show a decline of 12.1% on the previous year.
It seems that much of this rise is fuelled by high demand and low supply of property.
Housing market activity level is still less than half of what is was in 2007 with mortgage approvals down 58% on June 2007. Expects expect prices to cool off in the autumn when more prperties come onto the market.
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eFinanceDirectory.com Releases Southern California Housing Market Report
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) August 14, 2007
eFinanceDirectory.com (http://efinancedirectory.com), a news hub for real estate and mortgage markets, recently released an updated Southern California Housing Market Report. The report offers year-to-year comparisons of various aspects of the market including, median home prices, home sales, and foreclosures.
Report Summary:
Median home prices and asking prices are slipping in Southern California. In a year-over-year comparison, the median home price is down 6.9 in Ventura and 5.9 percent in Riverside. Asking prices have declined even more, falling 7.5 percent in Los Angeles compared to the same time last year.
Home sales are down as well, declining 36.2 percent in a year's time. This marks the slowest pace for home sales in Southern California since 1993. The biggest drops occurred in San Bernardino, where sales fell 50.1 percent, and in Riverside, where the decline was 47.2 percent.
Meanwhile, foreclosure activity has increased by more than 100 percent, and in areas like Riverside and San Bernardino, nearly 200 percent. Homeowners throughout Southern California were an average of five months behind on their mortgage payments before the default process began.
Note to Editors:
The full Southern California Housing Market Report, including data charts, can be viewed at: http://efinancedirectory.com/articles/Southern_California_Housing_Market_Report.html
Other housing news for the So Cal area is viewable at:
http://efinancedirectory.com/article_directory/Housing_News_-_Southern_CA.html
About eFinanceDirectory.com
eFinanceDirectory.com is an online news hub dedicated to providing reliable information about real estate, mortgage financing, and property investment. The company currently focuses on publishing unbiased daily news stories that relate to the U.S. housing market.
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MTS Sensors Introduces New Housing Options for Sensors Using Ethernet/IP Interfaces
Cary, NC (PRWEB) November 17, 2011
MTS Systems Corp., Sensors Division, recently expanded housing options for its new line of Temposonics
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