Troubled by one of the highest monthly rates of foreclosures in the nation, Idaho’s housing market is battling to find a bottom amid the worst real estate crash in U.S. history. Home sales rose while the federal government was offering a special tax credit to buyers, but then tumbled like an avalanche after the credit… Continue reading 2011 Idaho Housing Market
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2011 Delaware Housing Market
Troubled by the banking industry and its former appetite to take excessive risks, Delaware’s housing markets are in the midst of one of the nation’s toughest real estate crashes even after the federal home buyer tax credit increased home sales for a time. The collapse of the housing market is especially hard hit in the… Continue reading 2011 Delaware Housing Market
Major Metropolitan Market Forecasts in 2011
The annual metropolitan forecasts housing markets in the top 25 Greater Metropolitan Statistical areas in the U.S., and include housing and population densities. The forecasts are listed in order from the most populated major U.S. city to the least. Housing Predictor forecasts are issued in January of the New Year and updated as local market… Continue reading Major Metropolitan Market Forecasts in 2011
Recovery in Best 25 Housing Markets
As the U.S. undergoes the most severe down turn in its housing markets since at least the Great Depression, at least 25 local markets are progressing through the transition forecast to experience housing price inflation during the remainder of 2011. Driven by a U.S. military realignment program and a robust local economy El Paso, Texas… Continue reading Recovery in Best 25 Housing Markets
Best Real Estate Markets in 2011
The best real estate markets for investors to put down their money in 2011 are located in a cross section of areas across the U.S., many of which are supported by strong government jobs. Hubs for high-tech, health care and education also make up the ten best markets to buy a home to make a… Continue reading Best Real Estate Markets in 2011
2011 Connecticut Housing Market
Battling a 20-year low mark in home sales, Connecticut is dealing with the aftermath of the real estate crash with dwindling sales after the federal home buyer tax credit expired. But Fairfield County, home to four of the state’s largest cities is seeing a rebound in sales that could usher in a change in the… Continue reading 2011 Connecticut Housing Market
Worst Housing Forecasts in 2011
For a time government stimulus money combined with lower home prices and historically low mortgage rates to drive home sales and prices in some areas of the country higher, but the so-called second leg in the housing market downturn is underway in many regions of the U.S. Led by fourteen states, the worst 25 forecast… Continue reading Worst Housing Forecasts in 2011
2011 California Housing Market
Like suffering through a painful New Year’s hangover, California is slumbering through the fallout of the real estate crash after twin tax credits artificially boosted its housing market only to return to a slowdown. As the world’s sixth largest economy on its own, California isn’t exactly falling into economic ruin, but it isn’t making headway… Continue reading 2011 California Housing Market
2011 Arkansas Housing Market
Arkansas has one of the strongest economies with one of the best employment rates in the nation, which is propelling its housing markets to improving conditions much sooner than most of the U.S. Home sales haven’t been setting any records, but near record low mortgage rates have kept most markets active with homeowners who are… Continue reading 2011 Arkansas Housing Market
2011 Alabama Housing Market
Soaring unemployment and weak economic fundamentals are leading the Alabama housing market into a second down turn that is projected to pull home prices down further. Home sales have slowed after the federal tax credit for home buyers’ expired, leading to a growing series of problems for Alabama, which includes worries along the Gulf of… Continue reading 2011 Alabama Housing Market