The Census Bureau released its quarterly report on residential vacancies and homeownership on January 31, 2011. The homeownership rate dropped .4% to 66.5%, its lowest level since 1998.
Still, the traffic online, where I imagine most folks go before even heading to an open house, is an important sign, as we head into the Spring market.
From this blog, yesterday: The 743 new contracts represents an increase of 4.8% over last year.
Las Vegas always wins the title for worst foreclosure rate in the country. But these 10 unexpected cities have the fastest-growing rates out of the 100 worst-hit places.
In a little bit of a contrarian view to whats happening.
"Eighty million baby boomers are about to retire," went the argument. "They're not going to hang around in places like Chicago, New York, Boston and Pittsburgh all winter if they can help it.
liminating the deductions for mortgage interest and real estate taxes would raise taxes disproportionately for middle-class households and make the tax system less progressive, according to a new study from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).
