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Monthly Archives: September 2012
August Otteau Report
From the Otteau Group: Home Purchases Accelerating Home purchase demand continues to rise in New Jersey where purchase-contracts increased in August by 29% y-o-y for the 11th consecutive month. Going back to May 2011, housing demand has increased in 15-of-16 … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Housing Recovery, New Jersey Real Estate
102 Comments
August contracts down nationally, but up in the Northeast
From the NAR: Pending Home Sales Decline in August After reaching a two-year peak, pending home sales fell in August but are at elevated levels compared with a year ago, according to the National Association of Realtors®. The Pending Home … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Housing Recovery, National Real Estate
139 Comments
Dems pound Christie on HomeKeeper mismanagement
From the Record: Democrats say NJ’s foreclosure prevention program falls short The state’s main foreclosure prevention effort – the HomeKeeper program – has used less than 10 percent of its federal funding since it was started in May 2011, drawing … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Employment, Foreclosures, New Jersey Real Estate
141 Comments
Those peaks look far, far away
From CNN/Money: Home prices may not return to peak until 2023 Home prices are showing signs of life, but have a long way to go to make up for losses from the housing bust. U.S. home prices dropped by a … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Housing Recovery, National Real Estate
263 Comments
Case Shiller & FHFA Home Price Indicies out this morning
From CNBC: Housing Recovery Should Show Up in Prices Real estate price data Tuesday should confirm that housing continued to stabilize this summer, even as the rest of the economy remained tepid. The S&P/Case Shiller home price index is expected … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Housing Recovery, National Real Estate
212 Comments
Are we expecting too much, too soon?
From the NY Post: Jersey’s hangover Earlier this year, Gov. Chris Christie declared that New Jersey’s comeback had begun. Since then, the state’s unemployment rate has risen and tax collections have slowed. Last week, Standard & Poor’s revised its outlook … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, New Jersey Real Estate, Politics
97 Comments
Romney housing plan still short of specifics
From the Huffington Post: Mitt Romney Housing Plan Short On Details (Again) If elected president, Mitt Romney would reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, sell 200,000 vacant foreclosed homes owned by the government and promote “sensible, not overly complex” financial … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Housing Recovery, Politics
47 Comments
Who to blame? Christie or the Survey?
From the Daily Record: Why is the NJ unemployment rate rising while the state gains jobs? Another increase in New Jersey’s unemployment rate — this time to 9.9 percent — prompted the Christie administration Thursday to wonder aloud if there … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, New Jersey Real Estate
166 Comments
Appears that the bottom is now behind us
From the WSJ: The Housing Recovery Keeps Rolling Along. August existing-home sales and construction of single-family homes jumped to the highest level in more than two years. Meanwhile, a separate report showed housing starts in August rose 2.3% on a … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Housing Recovery, National Real Estate
108 Comments
Hey Christie – How about focusing a little bit on NJ now?
From Bloomberg: New Jersey Housing Suffers as Defaults Exceed Nevada: Mortgages New Jersey’s judicial review of all foreclosures, which delays seizures to help borrowers, threatens to hold down prices for years as properties remain subject to repossession and then may … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Employment, Foreclosures, New Jersey Real Estate
144 Comments
Many borrowers locked out of lower rate mortgages
From the LA Times: Two-thirds of Americans with mortgages pay 5% interest or higher US. interest rates are at rock-bottom levels, but that’s not helping most Americans with mortgages. And those high-cost loans remain a big drag on the economy, … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Housing Recovery, Mortgages, National Real Estate
193 Comments
Inept banks blamed for poor HAMP performance
From the Huffington Post: Banks’ Disorganization Pushed 800,000 Homeowners Into Unnecessary Foreclosure: ProPublica Over the past several years, we’ve reported extensively on the big banks’ foreclosure failings. As a result of banks’ disorganization and understaffing — particularly at the peak … Continue reading
Posted in Foreclosures, Mortgages, National Real Estate, Risky Lending
111 Comments
White House shows support for HARP 3
From the White House Blog: Infographic: The Plan to Help Homeowners Refinance Congress is currently considering a plan that would help millions of responsible homeowners save hundreds of dollars each month by refinancing their mortgages. The plan to expand access … Continue reading
Posted in Housing Recovery, Mortgages, Politics
120 Comments
Increased cancelations – Big deal or not?
From HousingWire: 15% of home sales fail: Capital Economics Many parties are forming real estate deals only to watch their transactions fall through before the closing date, Paul Diggle, a property economist with Capital Economics, said Thursday. Diggle released a … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Housing Recovery, National Real Estate
237 Comments
Foreclosures up, but still at a very low level
From the Philly Inquirer: Foreclosure filings up in Pa., N.J., other states States that process home foreclosures through the courts, including Pennsylvania and New Jersey, experienced an increase in filings in August over July’s levels, RealtyTrac, which tracks foreclosures nationwide, … Continue reading
Posted in Foreclosures, New Jersey Real Estate
191 Comments