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Monthly Archives: August 2012
1 in 11 homes sold in NJ a foreclosure
From the Record: One in 11 NJ homes sold in second quarter were in foreclosure One in every 11 sales in New Jersey in the second quarter involved a foreclosed property, compared with almost one in every four nationally, RealtyTrac … Continue reading
Posted in Foreclosures, New Jersey Real Estate
133 Comments
Fed: Modest improvement in housing markets
From the Fed: Beige Book – August 29, 2012 – Second District–New York Construction and Real Estate Housing markets across the District have shown further signs of modest improvement since the last report. The housing market in the Buffalo area … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Housing Recovery
120 Comments
Reasons for optimism?
From NJBIZ: Housing data give reason for optimism The weak housing market has long handcuffed the economic recovery, but new data released today suggest a housing recovery may be gaining steam. The latest S&P/Case-Shiller Home Prices Indices show home prices … Continue reading
Posted in Housing Recovery, New Jersey Real Estate
122 Comments
June Case Shiller Day!
From the WSJ: Why Home Prices Are Rising: The ‘Distressed Share’ Tuesday’s measure of June home prices from the S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city index is likely to turn positive when compared with one year ago for the first time in two years, … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Housing Recovery, National Real Estate
91 Comments
Foreclosures? No big deal.
From HousingWire: Studies find home prices and crime rates not greatly impacted by foreclosures Furthermore, foreclosures have been portrayed as death knells for neighboring property values, but a recent working paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta says home … Continue reading
Posted in Foreclosures, Housing Recovery
97 Comments
Weekend Open Discussion – Deadly Foreclosures Edition
From the LA Daily News: Studio City woman says fetid pool in foreclosed home gave her West Nile virus Debbie Davis first noticed the algae-green pool behind the foreclosed house next door last spring and knew it could spawn West … Continue reading
Posted in Foreclosures
108 Comments
I ain’t afraid of no ghost
From the WSJ: Shadowboxing With the Recovery in Home Sales The salvo of distressed home sales that was supposed to sink the housing recovery hasn’t shown up yet. Perhaps it never will. The National Association of Realtors said Wednesday that … Continue reading
July Existing Home Sales
From Bloomberg: Sales of Previously Owned U.S. Homes Probably Climbed in July Sales of existing homes probably climbed in July from an eight-month low, adding to signs U.S. housing may pick up in the second half, economists said before a … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Housing Recovery, National Real Estate
91 Comments
Just when you thought the bailouts were over
From HousingWire: Obama to renew push for wider mortgage refinance plan The Obama administration will renew efforts to pass a wider refinance plan for more underwater homeowners when Congress reconvenes in September. “The housing market is beginning to pick back … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Housing Recovery, Mortgages, Politics
119 Comments
Bye bye tax cut
From Bloomberg: N.J. Revenue May Be $540 Million Off Target, Analyst Says New Jersey’s revenue collections were as much as $540 million less than targeted by Governor Chris Christie through the fiscal year ended June 30, according to a memo … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, New Jersey Real Estate, Politics, Property Taxes
118 Comments
Lenders really helping delinquent borrowers?
From the NY Times: Help for Distressed Homeowners LUIS CEREZO’s eyes welled up as he awaited the outcome of his latest attempt to resolve the 18-month backlog of mortgage payments he owes on the town house in Elizabeth where he … Continue reading
Axe falls on Jersey jobs
From NJBIZ: In dramatic reversal, N.J. posts 12,000 job losses for July New Jersey employers shed 12,000 jobs in July after months of gains, while the state’s unemployment rate ballooned to 9.8 percent, pushing it further above the national unemployment … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Employment, New Jersey Real Estate
96 Comments
BoA/Merrill raises housing price forecast
From HousingWire: BofAML revises home price forecast way upward Shrinking inventory and a shift toward short sales is causing analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch to dramatically revise their predictions of how high home prices will travel this year … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Housing Recovery, National Real Estate
87 Comments
Fewer monsters lurking in the shadows
From the WSJ: Shadow Inventory: It’s Not as Scary as It Looks The housing market is improving because there are more buyers chasing fewer homes. Skeptics of a housing bottom, however, often point to a scary set of numbers: the … Continue reading
Affordability moves in the other direction
From CNN/Money: Survey says: Fewer affordable homes It just got a little harder for most Americans to buy a home, according to an industry survey. Nearly 74% of the new and existing homes sold in the three months ended June … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Housing Recovery
108 Comments