Home sales are returning with a punch in Pennsylvania, despite a slowdown after the federal tax incentive expired. Lower housing prices coupled with record low mortgage rates are driving markets, which are showing signs of entering a recovery. A large number of retirees moving to Pennsylvania for its lower cost of living and low tax… Continue reading 2010 Pennsylvania Housing Market
2010 Florida Housing Market
The impact of the BP oil disaster is making a devastating impact on the Gulf Coast region of Florida, while other areas of the state are seeing little fallout in their real estate markets. Florida’s housing market was seeing a rebound in sales, jettisoned by federal tax credits, near record low mortgage rates and lower… Continue reading 2010 Florida Housing Market
2010 West Virginia Housing Market
From the shambles of being one of the two worst economies in the nation, West Virginia is pulling out of its slump. The state’s economy grew at three and a half times the national rate in 2008 and housing markets are bracing for a long sought after recovery. Home prices didn’t hit double-digit rates of… Continue reading 2010 West Virginia Housing Market
2010 Oklahoma Housing Market
Despite a slowdown in the energy business and accompanying job lay-offs, Oklahoma housing markets are holding up strongly in the wake of the financial crisis. The first time buyers’ tax incentive produced a swell of home sales, which resulted in a reduction of inventory. The state’s housing markets maintain their protection from the massive downfall… Continue reading 2010 Oklahoma Housing Market
2010 New Jersey Housing Market
Vast numbers of New Jersey residents fleeing the state as a result of rising job losses and one of the highest two tax bases in the country is projected to delay any come back in the housing market through the year. However, home sales are expected to rise as the states housing markets move towards… Continue reading 2010 New Jersey Housing Market
2010 Louisiana Housing Market
Housing sales in Louisiana are being seriously impacted by the double-punch of the BP oil disaster and the expired federal tax credit. Before the oil hit the southern coastal region of the state progress was building in the wake of the devastating destruction left in the wake of Hurricane Katrina five years ago. However, now… Continue reading 2010 Louisiana Housing Market
2010 Ohio Housing Market
Pushed by the federal tax credit, home buyers got off the fence to purchase homes earlier than they would have usually, but in Ohio the expiration of the tax credit may be having a huge impact on Ohio housing markets. The tax credit, intended to some how push the housing market into a recovery has… Continue reading 2010 Ohio Housing Market
2010 Montana Housing Market
Protected by more conservative mortgage lending standards and less outside influences, Montana’s housing markets haven’t crashed like many other areas of the country. Few foreclosures and lower priced homes have had a stabilizing impact. But the slowdown in home sales is nagging at markets. Housing sales slowed in most of the state and then got… Continue reading 2010 Montana Housing Market
2010 Maine Housing Market
The Maine housing market, aided by federal tax credits for first time buyers has seen home sales rise. But those who work the market wonder if it was just a temporary shot in the arm to push markets forward. Maine home sales rose as a result of government efforts, but have already begun to show… Continue reading 2010 Maine Housing Market
2010 Hawaii Housing Market
As the second biggest vacation home market in the country right behind Florida, Hawaii has seen major ups and downs in real estate cycles, but it’s mainly been upward until the financial crisis slammed its markets. Fallout from the crash in housing is likely to have a lingering hold on Hawaii. But bargain priced properties… Continue reading 2010 Hawaii Housing Market