International Sales Continue to Climb in U.S. Market, Realtors® Report

International Sales Continue to Climb in U.S. Market, Realtors® Report

From the National Association of Realtors®

WASHINGTON (June 11, 2012) – Due to low prices and the relative weakness of the dollar, international buyers continue to identify the U.S. as a desirable place to own property and make a profitable investment.

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Existing-Home Sales Constrained by Tight Supply in May, Prices Continue to Gain

From the National Association of Realtors®.

WASHINGTON (June 21, 2012) - Limited supplies of housing inventory held back existing-home sales in May, but sales maintained a strong lead over year-ago levels and home prices are on a sustained uptrend in all regions, according to the National Association of Realtors®.

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DC Metro Double-Digit Price Increase in May for the 2nd Straight Month

DC Metro Double-Digit Price Increase in May for the 2nd Straight Month

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Corey Hart

From :RealEstate Business Intelligence -  RBI 

 

Inventory in the Washington region continues to shrink.  In May, the level of active listings was at its lowest May-level since 2005.  Additionally, the number of distressed property listings (foreclosures and short sales) is at the lowest level since MRIS began tracking this metric in April 2009.  The reduction in supply is putting upward pressure on prices, as evidenced by the 11 percent rise in the median sales price from May 2011.  

 

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U.S. Housing Market Finally Reaches a Turning Point

U.S. Housing Market Finally Reaches a Turning Point


RISMEDIA, Monday, June 11, 2012— Home valuations will start to climb again while adjacent consumer industries will capture significant new growth opportunities in 2012 and beyond as the U.S. housing market finally turns the corner, concludes a major new study recently released by The Demand Institute. The recovery of the housing market will have far-reaching impacts in the coming years across the U.S. and international markets as U.S. consumers increase their spending on buying, renovating, furnishing and maintaining their homes.
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Nation’s Capital Continues to Lead Housing's Recovery

Inventory is shrinking and prices are rising, a new survey shows.

By John Caulfield - BUILDER 2012

Housing markets in the Washington, D.C./Northern Virginia metro area have been among the first to recover from the prolonged recession.

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Home prices up for 2nd straight month in April

CoreLogic plugging MLS data into new pending home sale price index 

By Inman News, Tuesday, June 5, 2012.

Inman News®

 

U.S. home prices rose on both an annual and monthly basis for the second month in a row in April, according to a home-price index compiled by data aggregator CoreLogic.

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All Commercial Real Estate Sectors Continue to Improve, Multifamily Strong ..

All Commercial Real Estate Sectors Continue to Improve, Multifamily Strong 

WASHINGTON (May 24, 2012) - National Association of Realtors

Shaking off a prolonged impact from the recession, fundamentals are gradually improving in all of the major commercial real estate sectors, according to the National Association of Realtors® quarterly commercial real estate forecast. The apartment rental sector has fully recovered and is growing.

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Posted at 11:18 AM ET, 06/05/2012 TheWashingtonPost

Home prices and rents on rise in Washington metro area

By Kathy Orton

Washington Post On Line

 

Trulia, a national real estate Web site and housing research firm, released a report today that indicates that after three months of increases, home prices are flat and rents are on the rise nationally. That’s not the case in the Washington metro area, where home prices have increased more than 3.5 percent year over year, while rents have risen to varying degrees, depending on where you live.

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U.S. Housing Moving in Right Direction, Zandi Says U.S. Housing Moving in Right Direction, Zandi Says

 Bloomberg.com

May 23 (Bloomberg) -- Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics Inc., talks about the U.S. housing market and economy. New home sales in April rose to a 343,000 annual rate, up 3.3 percent from a revised 332,000 in March.........

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Zillow: Home Values See Highest Monthly Increase Since 2006 

By: Tory Barringer

Zillow issued a released Friday reporting that both national home values and rents rose in the month of April.

According to the April Zillow Real Estate Market Reports, national home values rose 0.7 percent in April to a Zillow Home Value Index of $147,300. This is the largest monthly increase in home values since January 2006, and it makes April the second month in a row in which home values climbed up.

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