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Why I Don't Like Case-Shiller

On March 2, 2011 By

This data puts December’s “home values” at the levels of early 2003. Now everybody just stop. Case-Shiller is an awful report. Here’s are a few reasons:

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The Home Price Index Shows Flat For November

On January 26, 2011 By

Home values were reported unchanged in November 2010, on average, according to the Federal Home Finance Agency’s Home Price Index.

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Housing Starts Show 8 Consecutive Steady Months

On March 18, 2010 By

According to the Commerce Department’s report, February marked the 8th straight month in which straddled the half-million marker, dating back to June 2009.

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Housing: Permits Up, Starts Down

On January 22, 2010 By

A “ Start” is a privately-owned home on which construction has started. It’s an important gauge of health becuase it forecasts future supply.

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10 Cities For Home Bargains

On January 13, 2010 By

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As the market improves across the country, certain cities are emerging as relative bargains. Some areas, like Miami, were hit [...]

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There"s A Very Good Reason Why The New Home Sales Data Plunged In November

On December 24, 2009 By

Yesterday’s November Sales revealed strength in the market.

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Foreclosures Drop for 4th Straight Month

On December 10, 2009 By

Since hitting highs in July of this year, we’re now at four consecutive months with drops in the national level of foreclosure activity.

On a month-to-month basis, November’s foreclosure activity dropped another 8 percent.

We’re still seeing foreclosure activity concentrated in just a few states.

As reported by RealtyTrac.com, more than half of November’s foreclosure-related [...]

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Green? Frugal? A few good ways to save on energy.

On December 9, 2009 By

The average family spends $2,200 per year in electric bills and the average home is responsible for twice the amount of greenhouse gases than the average automobile.

Whether you want to save money or save the environment, this 5-minute piece from the NBC Today Show is for you. In it, you”ll learn that just by [...]

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Home Price Predictions Point Higher

On December 2, 2009 By

When a home goes from listed or active to sold, it hits a middle stage of “pending.”

Pending homes are important and utterly irrelevant.

The irrelevance is that they are not Closed.

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Great News For Sellers–Housing Starts Are Down

On November 19, 2009 By

A “ Start” indicated a home where construction has started and, for the 4th straight month, national single-family held steady last month.

This is great news for home sellers.

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