The Portland real estate market is generally trending towards a recovery, although some weaknesses remain, especially in the realm of home price figures. According to a November 11, 2009 article in the Oregonian, “The Portland area and Oregon are still doing better than the national average in mortgage delinquencies and foreclosures. But the troubles here [...]
Entries from November 28th, 2009
Marin real estate market news
November 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Real Estate Markets
The Marin real estate market is very closely linked to the Bay Area real estate market in general, meaning that the region is undergoing a relatively slow and steady recovery. According to an article released by the Prudential California Realty Research Division, “The San Francisco Bay Area real estate market continued to show signs of [...]
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Seattle real estate market
November 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Real Estate Markets
Seattle real estate seems to be on a slow recovery, although there are still some negative indicators in the regional real estate market. According to a November 5, 2009 article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencier, home sales have been increasing in the most recent period recorded. The article, written by Gerry Spratt, stated that “Pending home [...]
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Phoenix real estate market
November 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Real Estate Markets
Phoenix real estate continues to struggle, facing a mixed bag of positive and negative market indicators. According to an article by ABC 15 News entitled “Expert: Housing market strength depends on location, price” by Christina Boomer, “Stanley Fosha is a realtor with the JD Sameulson Group and he has been finding a lot of deals [...]
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Santa Rosa real estate market
November 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Real Estate, Real Estate Markets
The Santa Rosa real estate market is best viewed as a microcosm of the larger Bay Area real estate market, which has been experiencing some unusual combinations of market forces in recent months. Specifically, Santa Rosa has seen an increase of foreclosures, coupled with rising home sales and relatively stable home prices. According to an [...]
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Houston real estate market
November 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Real Estate Markets
The Houston real estate market seems to be in continued trouble, despite some distortions in the market caused due to a recent hurricane strike. According to the business portion of the Houston Chronicle published on October 20, 2009, “September ended a two-year run of monthly home sales declines, but it didn’t have much to do [...]
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Boston real estate market
November 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Real Estate, Real Estate Markets
The Boston real estate market faces a major but diminishing challenge in the form of foreclosures as well as a hopeful sector in terms of home sales. WBUR News, an affiliate of National Public Radio, found that foreclosures have been declining since last year. According to the article, published on October 20, 2009, “Foreclosures in [...]
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Santa Fe real estate market
November 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Real Estate, Real Estate Markets
The Santa Fe real estate market is closely related to the state of the overall New Mexico economy, and seems to have only enjoyed a limited boost from the federal stimulus efforts. However, the benefits of that program have been sufficient to induce additional efforts from government officials to extend the first time home buyer [...]
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Dallas real estate market news
November 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Real Estate Markets
The Dallas real estate market is facing mixed signals from the key economic indicators for the region. Some positive news was reported by a November 10, 2009 article in the Star-Telegram, especially relating to home sales in the Dallas-Fort Worth region. The piece, composed by Sandra Baker, found that “Sales of existing homes in North [...]
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Palm Springs real estate market news
November 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Real Estate Markets
The Palm Springs real estate market is being boosted primarily by the government actions taken to counteract the current economic downturn. According to an article published on November 6, 2009 in the Desert Sun, “Congress sweetened the deal for house-hunters on Thursday, extending the deadline beyond Nov. 30 for first-time homebuyers to collect up to [...]
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