| By Dennis Norman,on January 20th,2012 Today’s existing home sales report from the National Association of REALTORS® shows existing home sales in December were at at a seasonally adjusted-annual rate of 4.61 million units which is an increase of 5.0 percent from the month before and an increase of 3.6 percent from a year ago. The actual number of homes sold in December was 350,000 which is 4.5 percent more than the month before and 1.4 percent more than December 2010 when there were 345,000 homes sold. [...] By Robert Fishel,on January 4th,2012 The National Association of Realtors’research staff recently released its comprehensive annual report:Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers for 2011. Market researcher,Paul C. Bishop,Ph. D.,Vice President and Jessica Lautz,Manager of Consumer Survey Research state that they’ve identified “trends that have not been seen in the last 10 years,”which will affect the housing market as we enter 2012. [...] By Dennis Norman,on December 13th,2011 Today CNBC reported that the National Association of REALTORS,the country’s leading source of existing home sales data,will be revising their home sales numbers from 2007 through October of this year downward because of “double counting,indicating a much weaker housing market than previously thought”. [...] By Dennis Norman,on December 1st,2011 The National Association of REALTORS Pending Home Sales Index for October shows an increase of 10.4 percent in the index from the month before (seasonally adjusted),and a 9.2 percent increase from a year ago. This is the first time in four months that the index has increased and marks the highest level the index has achieved since April 2010 when it was at 110.9. [...] By Dennis Norman,on November 21st,2011 Today’s existing home sales report from the National Association of REALTORS® shows existing home sales in October were at at a seasonally adjusted-annual rate of 4.97 million units which is an increase of 1.4 percent from the month before and an increase of 13.5 percent from a year ago. [...] By Dennis Norman,on November 15th,2011 Seventy-eight percent of recent home buyers said their home is a good investment,according to the 2011 Survey of Home Buyers and Sellers conducted by the National Association of REALTORS. [...] By Dennis Norman,on November 9th,2011 This morning the National Association of REALTORS released a report showing the median sales price of homes for metropolitan areas throughout the U.S. in the third quarter as well as a report showing total home sales by state for the quarter. The reports showed mixed results,with metro median home prices in the U.S. declining by 4.7 percent from a year ago and total home sales in the U.S. increasing 17.0 percent from a year ago. [...] By Dennis Norman,on October 27th,2011 The National Association of REALTORS Pending Home Sales Index for September shows a decrease of 4.6 percent in the index from the month before (seasonally adjusted),and a 6.4 percent increase from a year ago. This is the third consecutive month the index has decreased from the month before and,and the year over year numbers continue to show decline in the rate of improvement from last year. [...] By Dennis Norman,on October 20th,2011 Today’s existing home sales report from the National Association of REALTORS® shows existing home sales in September were at at a seasonally adjusted-annual rate of 4.91 million units which is a decrease of 3.0 percent from the month before,an increase of 11.3 percent from a year ago and is the second highest rate of home sales since March 2011 when it was 5.09 million. [...] By Dennis Norman,on September 29th,2011 The National Association of REALTORS Pending Home Sales Index for August shows a decrease of 1.2 percent in the index from the month before (seasonally adjusted),and a 7.7 percent increase from a year ago. This is the second consecutive month the index has decreased from the month before and,while the year over year numbers are still better,this month’s year over year increase was only half of what last months was. [...] By Dennis Norman,on September 21st,2011 Today’s existing home sales report from the National Association of REALTORS® shows existing home sales in August were at at a seasonally adjusted-annual rate of 5.03 million units which is an increase of 7.7 percent from the month before,an increase of 18.6 percent from a year ago and is the highest rate of home [...] By Dennis Norman,on September 16th,2011 National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) President,Ron Phipps,wrote a letter to Shaun Donovan,Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development,Timothy Geithner,Secretary of the Treasury Department and Edward DeMarco,Acting Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency with suggestions on how to improve the Real Estate Owned (REO) asset disposition programs [...] By Dennis Norman,on August 29th,2011 Dennis Norman The National Association of REALTORS Pending Home Sales Index for July shows,after two consecutive months of increases,a decrease of 1.3 percent in the index from the month before (seasonally adjusted),and a 14.4 percent increase from a year ago (last month’s index was up 19.8 percent from the year before). [...] By Dennis Norman,on August 18th,2011 Today’s existing home sales report from the National Association of REALTORS® shows existing home sales in July were at at a seasonally adjusted-annual rate of 4.67 million units which is a decrease of 3.5 percent from the month before,an increase of 21.0 percent from a year ago and is the lowest rate of home [...] By Dennis Norman,on July 29th,2011 Dennis Norman The National Association of REALTORS Pending Home Sales Index for June shows an increase of 2.4 percent in the index from the month before (seasonally adjusted),and a whopping 19.8 percent increase from a year ago. This is the second month in a row that the index increased on a year-over-year basis. [...] By Dennis Norman,on July 20th,2011 Today’s existing home sales report from the National Association of REALTORS® shows existing home sales in June were at at a seasonally adjusted-annual rate of 4.77 million units which is a decrease of 0.8 percent from the month before,a decrease of 8.8 percent from a year ago and is the lowest rate of home [...] By Dennis Norman,on June 29th,2011 Dennis Norman The National Association of REALTORS Pending Home Sales Index for May shows an increase of 8.2 percent in the index from the month before (seasonally adjusted),and a 13.4 percent increase from a year ago. This is the first time since April 2010 that the index increased on a year-over-year basis,and [...] By Dennis Norman,on June 21st,2011 Today’s existing home sales report from the National Association of REALTORS® shows existing home sales in May were at at a seasonally adjusted-annual rate of 4.81 million units which is a decrease of 3.8 percent from the month before and is a decrease of 15.3 percent from a year ago and is the lowest rate [...] By News Desk,on May 25th,2011 The improving economy and job creation mean growing demand for commercial real estate,according to the National Association of Realtors®. Lawrence Yun,NAR chief economist,said job creation will be the biggest factor moving forward. “Job growth creates demand for commercial space,and the economy should be adding between 1.5 million and 2 million jobs [...] By Dennis Norman,on May 19th,2011 Today’s existing home sales report from the National Association of REALTORS® shows existing home sales in April were at at a seasonally adjusted-annual rate of 5.05 million units which is a decrease of 0.8 percent from the month before and is a decrease of 12.9 percent from a year ago. [...] By Dennis Norman,on May 13th,2011 Speaking yesterday at a forum at a meeting of the National Association of REALTORS (NAR),several industry “experts”had reasonably optimistic opinions of the housing market and expect home sales to continue on an uptrend through 2012. Among the experts at the forum was,of course,Lawrence Yun,the chief economist for NAR,who said [...] By Dennis Norman,on April 28th,2011 Dennis Norman The National Association of REALTORS Pending Home Sales Index for March shows an increase of 5.1 percent in the index from the month before (seasonally adjusted),and a 11.4 percent decrease from a year ago. This is the third-consecutive month over month increase for the pending home sales index. [...] By Dennis Norman,on April 20th,2011 Today’s existing home sales report from the National Association of REALTORS® shows existing home sales in March were at at a seasonally adjusted-annual rate of 5.1 million units which is an increase of 3.7 percent from the month before and is a decrease of 6.3 percent from a year ago. [...] By Dennis Norman,on April 4th,2011 According to a study,the Community Preference Survey,conducted for the National Association of Realtors®,Americans favor walkable,mixed-use neighborhoods,with 56 percent of respondents preferring smart growth neighborhoods over neighborhoods that require more driving between home,work and recreation. [...] By Dennis Norman,on March 28th,2011 Dennis Norman The National Association of REALTORS Pending Home Sales Index for February shows an increase of 2.1 percent in the index from the month before (seasonally adjusted),and a 8.2 percent decrease from a year ago. There were some wide swings regionally in this months statistics as the Northeast region had a 10.9 [...] By Dennis Norman,on March 21st,2011 Today’s existing home sales report from the National Association of REALTORS® shows existing home sales in February were at at a seasonally adjusted-annual rate of 4.88 million units which is a decrease of 9.6 percent from January and is a decrease of 2.8 percent from a year ago. [...] By Dennis Norman,on February 28th,2011 Dennis Norman The National Association of REALTORS Pending Home Sales Index for January shows a decrease of 2.8 percent in the index from the month before (seasonally adjusted),and a 1.5 percent decrease from a year ago. [...] By Dennis Norman,on February 23rd,2011 Today’s existing home sales report from the National Association of REALTORS® shows existing home sales in January were at at a seasonally adjusted-annual rate of 5.36 million units which is an increase of 2.7 percent from December and is an increase of 5.3 percent from a year ago. [...] By Dennis Norman,on January 27th,2011 Dennis Norman The National Association of REALTORS Pending Home Sales Index for December shows an increase of 2.0 percent in the index from the month before (seasonally adjusted),and a 4.2 percent decrease from a year ago. [...] By Dennis Norman,on January 20th,2011 Today’s existing home sales report from the National Association of REALTORS(R) shows existing home sales in December were at at a seasonally adjusted-annual rate of 5.28 million units which is an increase of 12.3 percent from November and is a decline of 2.9 percent from a year ago. Preliminary numbers for 2010 show 4,908,000 existing [...] | |