Real Estate News

Case-Shiller: Housing market now officially, completely recovered

Home prices increased in November, making the argument the housing market recovered completely from the housing crisis. According to the latest data released Tuesday by S&P Dow Jones Indices and CoreLogic, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, which covers all nine U.S. census divisions, increased 5.6% annually, up from 5.5% from the previous month. The

How to Negotiate Repairs After a Home Inspection

Most would-be buyers and sellers believe the real estate “deal” is done at the signing of the contract. In many cases, the deal-making and negotiations only start at the contract signing. Even in more competitive real estate markets, negotiations still happen once in escrow. Issues typically arise after the home inspection, and those issues tend to

How to Negotiate Repairs After a Home Inspection

Most would-be buyers and sellers believe the real estate “deal” is done at the signing of the contract. In many cases, the deal-making and negotiations only start at the contract signing. Even in more competitive real estate markets, negotiations still happen once in escrow. Issues typically arise after the home inspection, and those issues tend to

Black Knight: Home prices so close to a new national peak

The Data & Analytics division of Black Knight Financial Services released its latest Home Price Index  report, based on November 2016 residential real estate transactions. The company finds that after rising 5.7% from the start of 2016, U.S. home prices are now within just 0.3% of a “new national peak.” [Need more proof? Infographic here.] The Black Knight HPI reports

Realtors pick their top 10 hottest housing markets for 2017

January, typically the slowest month of the year for real estate, is anything but at the start of 2017. With inventory at record lows, the median age of property listings on realtor.com is expected to decrease four days from last year to 96 days. The median home price increased 10% from last January to $250,000. Normally,

Pending home sales close out 2016 on a high note

Hopes are high for this year as 2016 closed out pending home sales on a high note, however low inventory continues to dampen the high spirits. Pending home sales increased in December by 1.6% to 109, up from 107.3 in November, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors. That is an

Buying a home in 2017? Pro Teck says it will be hard to find a house

Housing inventory shortages already plagued 2016, and given that houses don’t crop up overnight, it’s not likely 2017 will be much better, as a new report from Pro Teck shows exactly how dry the housing market is. To get a pulse of the market, Pro Teck tracks the Months of Remaining Inventory in communities it

Declutter Your Way to a More Organized, Intentional Home

Although I have always been organized, there were two significant moments in my life that taught me how to manage clutter. The first was when I returned from a backpacking trip around the world. Having visited homes in many developing nations, I no longer wanted to have such excess in my own home. My possessions

Declutter Your Way to a More Organized, Intentional Home

Although I have always been organized, there were two significant moments in my life that taught me how to manage clutter. The first was when I returned from a backpacking trip around the world. Having visited homes in many developing nations, I no longer wanted to have such excess in my own home. My possessions

Trump’s Mortgage Nation – an inside look at HousingWire’s webinar

HousingWire hosted our first webinar of 2017 in high spirits with our second highest number of sign ups of all time. T-minus 40 minutes till @JacobGaffney @mgic @rcwhalen @brentnyitray discuss what to expect from Trump and mortgages in 2017! pic.twitter.com/ZndnZ1drDG — Brena Swanson (@BrenaSwanson) January 26, 2017 You had questions, we had answers. In the webinar,