Category Archives: Housing Recovery

America loves houses again

Posted on May 16, 2017 by grim

From HousingWire: Realtors: Homebuyers flooded housing market in first quarter The first quarter of 2017 saw the strongest quarterly home sales pace in a decade, according to the latest quarterly report from the National Association of Realtors. This increase in … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, Housing Recovery, National Real Estate | 101 Comments

Will Trump help NJ home prices?

Posted on May 8, 2017 by grim

From the Star Ledger: The Trump Effect: What will the president mean for Bedminster real estate? Residents of Bedminster are used to getting a blank look whenever they tell people the name of their hometown, followed by a quizzical, “Where?” … Continue reading →

Posted in Housing Recovery, New Jersey Real Estate | 70 Comments

Just Kidding

Posted on May 4, 2017 by grim

From CNBC: Home prices will not fully recover until 2025, and a new report explains why Check out any one of the many national home price reports, and headlines scream of new peaks and growing gains each month. Home prices … Continue reading →

Posted in Housing Recovery, National Real Estate | 147 Comments

What bust?

Posted on May 3, 2017 by grim

From HousingWire: CoreLogic: Home prices continue upward trend in March Home prices, to no surprise, continued their upward trend in March, increasing both year over year and month over month, according to the Home Price Index from CoreLogic, a global … Continue reading →

Posted in Housing Recovery, National Real Estate | 39 Comments

Not the best in a decade?

Posted on April 19, 2017 by grim

From HousingWire: Here’s why the housing market continues to struggle with low inventory Tight housing inventory supply could put a strain on this year’s spring home-buying season, according to the monthly Outlook released Tuesday by Freddie Mac. The low supply … Continue reading →

Posted in Housing Recovery, National Real Estate, Where's the Beef? | 72 Comments

Best spring market in (almost) a decade?

Posted on April 17, 2017 by grim

From CNBC: Homes this spring are selling faster than ever Homes are flying off the shelves this spring, as demand rises and supply continues to drop. Record high prices in some local markets are not thwarting hungry buyers, as they … Continue reading →

Posted in Housing Recovery, National Real Estate | 40 Comments

Going to be a good year for NJ real estate

Posted on April 2, 2017 by grim

From the Otteau Group: NJ Home Sales Showing More Balance In February, the number of contract purchases by home buyers exceeded the same month in the prior year for the 30th consecutive month, reflecting an 8% increase over February 2016. … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Housing Recovery, New Jersey Real Estate | 78 Comments

Annual home prices accelerating … with rates higher?

Posted on February 8, 2017 by grim

From MarketWatch: Home prices accelerating in the face of rising mortgage rates U.S. house prices rose at an accelerated pace in December, a sign that higher mortgage rates aren’t yet diminishing outsize demand for properties. Data provider CoreLogic said its … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Housing Bubble, Housing Recovery, National Real Estate | 146 Comments

What bubble? What bust?

Posted on February 1, 2017 by grim

From the WSJ: Home Price Growth Showed No Signs of Slowing in November, Case-Shiller Says Home prices climbed strongly in November, as price growth showed no signs of slowing even after mortgage rates began to tick up during the month. … Continue reading →

Posted in Housing Bubble, Housing Recovery, National Real Estate | 79 Comments

Luring millennials with sushi

Posted on January 30, 2017 by grim

From the WSJ: Suburban Offices Woo Millennials With Food, Fitness and Fun Suburban landlords trying to compete with sleek urban office settings are finding new ways to step up their game. Property owners in New York’s suburbs are investing heavily … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Housing Recovery, New Development, New Jersey Real Estate | 69 Comments

A Trump Housing Market

Posted on December 19, 2016 by grim

From the WSJ: Trump Win Makes It Tricky to Foresee Path of Housing Market Before the presidential election, economists anticipated the housing market would continue its steady recovery in 2017. Growth in home prices and sales likely would slow after … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Housing Recovery, National Real Estate, Politics | 39 Comments

Fewer and fewer underwater owners

Posted on December 9, 2016 by grim

From National Mortgage News: Homeowner’s Equity Rises 11% from 2015 Levels: CoreLogic The amount of equity homeowners hold grew by $726 billion, or 10.8%, in the third quarter of 2016 versus the year before, according to data from CoreLogic. On … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Housing Recovery, Mortgages, National Real Estate | 33 Comments

What bust?

Posted on November 30, 2016 by grim

What now, shut down the blog? From the WSJ: Home Prices Recover Ground Lost During Bust U.S. home prices have climbed back above the record reached more than a decade ago, bringing to a close the worst period for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Housing Bubble, Housing Recovery, National Real Estate | 90 Comments

Yes, if only America didn’t hate small homes

Posted on October 24, 2016 by grim

From the LA Times: Op-Ed Could micro-apartments solve the affordable housing crisis? Cities across America are facing a devastating housing affordability crisis. One obvious potential solution is micro-units. Adding density without affecting the skyline, they offer housing at a lower … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Housing Recovery | 57 Comments

Tiny Houses? Yeah Right.

Posted on October 2, 2016 by grim

From Fox News: Why the Recession Brought So Many Supersized Homes to the U.S. Market Since the Great Recession, more new homes have been selling at what we’d call the extra-large size: 4,000 square feet or bigger. Given that many … Continue reading →

Posted in Housing Recovery, National Real Estate, New Development | 46 Comments