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Roughly 48% of property managers surveyed by TransUnion said rental prices increased over the last 12 months on the majority of their properties.
The credit firm surveyed more than 1,200 large and small managers. Last year, less than 40% of respondents said rents were...
The Atlanta housing market consistently showed weakening results in recent home price and foreclosure reports, while similar markets began to show signs of stabilizing, if not rising, toward a full recovery.
This quizzical outlier left some economists wondering what may be happening there...
It requires a little bit of courage in this bearish economy to share optimistic views about any U.S. housing market, but Mark Dotzour with the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University is doing just that.
Dotzour says the Lone Star...
Lennar ($43.82 0.88%) second-quarter earnings surged on an increase of the homebuilder's deliveries and new orders, as well as a tax adjustment...
Home contract signings rose for the 13th straight month, according to the National Association of Realtors, which reported pending home sales rising 13.3% over May 2011 and up nearly 6% over April 2012.
"The housing market is clearly superior this year compared with the...
The median home price in Phoenix hit a 41-month high in May as sales increased in both the mid- to high-end segments of the housing market, accordiing to research firm DataQuick
In fact, the median price paid for a home rose for the sixth consecutive...
Products that protect the value of homes in an uncertain market are springing up to help wary homeowners cope with potential price depreciation.
"The financial impact of the loss of equity has been devastating, both to the national economy and to millions of homeowners who rely upon their...
Home prices across the nation increased 1.3% on average when comparing both of Standard & Poor's Case-Shiller price indices to year-ago levels, S&P said Tuesday.
The latest report from S&P Case-Shiller shows new price data...
U.S. residential property values are up for the second month in April, according to FNC Inc.'s latest Residential Price Index, out Monday. Nationwide, home prices were up 0.6% from March.
The numbers are evidence that home prices are strengthening amid rising demand and...
The Federal Housing Finance Agency filed a lawsuit against the state of Illinois and several counties to shield Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from real estate transfer taxes.
The Illinois Department of Revenue and six clerk...
Home prices in the U.S. edged up 1.1% to an average price of $200,000 in April, while falling a slight 0.1% from year ago levels, Lender Processing Services Inc. said Friday.
LPS...
Existing home sales declined 1.5% in May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.55 million in May from 4.62 in April due to limited supplies of housing inventory, according to the National Association of Realtors. While they are down from last month, the numbers are still 9.6...
Karen Nicolai, clerk of the Hernando County Circuit Court in Florida, filed a federal lawsuit against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac seeking to recover at least $75,000 in real estate transfer taxes the mortgage giants avoided.
The suit seeks class-action...
Karen Nicolai, clerk of the Hernando County Circuit Court in Florida, filed a federal lawsuit against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac seeking to recover at least $75,000 in real estate transfer taxes the mortgage giants avoided.
The suit seeks class-action...
Single-family housing starts in May rose 28.5% over last year, with 708,000 starts recorded in the month compared to 551,000 units a year earlier, the government said Tuesday.
The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development...