The lowest mortgage rates on record and the lowest home prices in more than a decade are driving the Wisconsin housing market out of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Home prices are even beginning to show some signs of movement, and are forecast higher in most of the state through the remainder… Continue reading 2012 Wisconsin Housing Market
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2012 North Dakota Housing Market
Driven by growing energy markets in natural gas and oil exploration, North Dakota was virtually immune from the Great Recession. The state is also seeing its biggest boom in history as thousands of newcomers flock to the region, but that doesn’t leave North Dakota in perfect shape either. The same booming scenario is forcing some… Continue reading 2012 North Dakota Housing Market
2012 Indiana Housing Market
Higher prices paid for corn and soy beans to farmers are having a major impact on the Indiana economy as it makes strides to improve from its housing downturn. Lower home prices combined with close to record low mortgage rates are driving a reemergence of home buyers in some areas of the state. The decline… Continue reading 2012 Indiana Housing Market
2012 Montana Housing Market
Despite being one of the strongest areas in U.S. home value stability, Montana saw home prices decline during the real estate collapse, but record low mortgage rates are driving the state that claims the title as Big Sky Country to recover from the downturn and is forecast to see additional gains the remainder of the… Continue reading 2012 Montana Housing Market
2012 Kentucky Housing Market
The bloated inventory of homes listed for sale in Kentucky is showing some evidence of shrinking as more first time buyers purchase homes with historically low mortgage rates. But in most areas of the state home prices are still falling at nearly unprecedented rates as high joblessness unsettles the region. In Louisville home sales are… Continue reading 2012 Kentucky Housing Market
2012 Delaware Housing Market
Occupy Wall Street protestors in one Delaware community are so upset with the massive foreclosure crisis that they are disrupting sheriff foreclosure auction sales. The Occupy Delaware protestors stood as the sale was about to start at a New Castle County sheriff’s sale and read a prepared statement demanding a halt to the home sales… Continue reading 2012 Delaware Housing Market
2012 Virginia Housing Market
What seemed like rock bottom home prices Virginia homes were getting are projected to slip further as the region encounters greater economic turmoil recovering from the real estate collapse. The housing market in most of Virginia seemed as though it was on the mend, but an uptick in foreclosures is troubling the region and sending… Continue reading 2012 Virginia Housing Market
2012 Maryland Housing Market
A busier housing market is developing in Maryland as home buyers shopping for deals pour out to find discounted properties. After years of decline, housing markets throughout most of the state are signaling signs of improvement even though better signs are from foreclosure sales and bank assisted short sales, which make up half of all… Continue reading 2012 Maryland Housing Market
2012 Louisiana Housing Market
It’s been six long years that the people in Louisiana have been battling to recover from Hurricane Katrina, and it finally looks as though the Louisiana housing market is making a turn for the better. Home sales are moving higher and home prices in many areas of the state are on an up-swing. Sales shot… Continue reading 2012 Louisiana Housing Market
2012 Kansas Housing Market
Pushed by an historic spike in farm profits as U.S. farmers enjoy “the best of times” in decades, Kansas home sales are increasing, and prices on homes throughout the state are also rising. The demand for existing homes is growing as lower home prices coupled with close to record low mortgage rates combine to heal… Continue reading 2012 Kansas Housing Market