When it looks bad and it looks like things are going to get worse thats the time to pull the trigger and buy real estate to have the highest probability of making top profits investing in real estate. Thats the consensus of veteran real estate investors, who have made fortunes investing. The best buyers market… Continue reading Best Buyers Market Forecast in 2008
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Hottest 10 Real Estate Buyers Markets in 2009
The hottest buyers housing markets are places you may find comfort in the worst housing crash since at least the Great Depression. The top 10 buyers markets listed by Housing Predictor at mid-year are markets that aren’t necessarily big arts and entertainment centers, mostly found in smaller communities. Amarillo, Texas takes the first position as… Continue reading Hottest 10 Real Estate Buyers Markets in 2009
Buyers Market Housing Forecast
The best time to buy property in many of the nations housing markets will be through the end of 2008, Housing Predictor forecasts. Markets in many areas are bottoming out and have the highest level of properties listed for sale on the market in years, causing downward pressure on pricing levels. Housing markets in California,… Continue reading Buyers Market Housing Forecast
Winning in Real Estate Crisis
by Robert Jones Construction workers are re-tiling their bathrooms, real estate agents are taking jobs as waiters and waitresses, and mortgage brokers are sitting around watching TV. The collapse of the housing market has been brutal on just about everyone, it seems, with any connection to the industry. Well, almost everyone. Attorneys are busier than… Continue reading Winning in Real Estate Crisis
First Time Home Buyers Edge Higher
By Mike Colpitts First time home buyers made up more than one out of three home purchases in July to compose the highest number of buyers in months, according to the National Association of Realtors. The slim hike in first time buyers, however, is still below any sort of normal pace on an historic basis.… Continue reading First Time Home Buyers Edge Higher
Home Sale Inventory Slashed to 6 Months
By Mike Colpitts The dog days of summer usually bring a frenzy of home sales activity, but a reduced inventory of homes to sell in many regions of the U.S. is slowing sales, despite record low mortgage rates. The inventory has been slashed to just a 6.6 month supply, which would usually be a positive… Continue reading Home Sale Inventory Slashed to 6 Months
Foreign Real Estate Buyers Drive Recovery
By Mike Colpitts Cash flush foreign real estate buyers are driving the U.S. housing market into a recovery, producing $82.5 billion in sales in the last year alone. International residential sales are gaining momentum and are divided between recent U.S. immigrants and non-resident foreigners who are buying a piece of America at deep discounts. Low… Continue reading Foreign Real Estate Buyers Drive Recovery
New Home Sales Jump
By Mike Colpitts Single family new homes sales rose 7.6% in May to a seasonally adjusted rate of 369,000 units, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The data reflects the first jump in actual new home sales in three months after disappointing spring home sales soured home builders. The Northeast and South posted a solid… Continue reading New Home Sales Jump
Home Builders Confidence Reaches 5 Year High
By Ryan Jackson Home builder confidence rose to the highest point in nearly five years in June as builder sentiment grew with an increase in walk-in traffic. The National Association of Home Builders Index reached 32, hitting its highest level since the housing downturn started in May of 2007. The components measuring sales expectations in… Continue reading Home Builders Confidence Reaches 5 Year High
Survey Shows Time to Buy Real Estate
A large majority of respondents to a new Housing Predictor survey say now is the time to buy real estate, despite uncertainty over the U.S. economy. Nearly two-out-of-three surveyed said it’s time to buy a home or other real estate now. Only 38% said the current economic environment makes it too risky to take the… Continue reading Survey Shows Time to Buy Real Estate