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70 US Cities Forecast with Higher Home Prices

By Mike Colpitts Nearly mid-way through the year 70 U.S. cities housing markets are forecast to recover in 2012, and some of them are already making successful inroads on their way with appreciating home prices. The cities include five that were forecast by Housing Predictor at the beginning of the year to appreciate in value,… Continue reading 70 US Cities Forecast with Higher Home Prices

2013 Florida Housing Market

Along with Arizona, Nevada, and California, Florida took a beating when the housing bubble burst nearly six years ago. Floridas home prices dropped more than 48 percent from the first quarter of 2007 to the first quarter of 2013. Experts chalk up the devastation to overbuilding combined with high unemployment. According to RealtyTrac, Florida ranks… Continue reading 2013 Florida Housing Market

Bulk Government Foreclosure Sales Start

By Mike Colpitts The U.S. government is starting to sell-off its massive over-supply of foreclosed homes to investment equity firms at major discounts in a controversial trial program that could result in the future sale of hundreds of thousands of similar homes for pennies on the dollar. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced the… Continue reading Bulk Government Foreclosure Sales Start

News Releases from Housing Predictor

News releases are posted from the newest to the oldest. The news releases posted here are for the use of news organizations, web site owners and bloggers, who want to keep their visitors up to date on the latest Housing Predictor news. They are provided here for you to copy and paste on to your… Continue reading News Releases from Housing Predictor

U.S. Real Estate Market Rebound

Recovery Forecast Not Until 2011 The U.S. real estate market will take at least three years to recover from its massive slump and it wont fully rebound from the mortgage mess until at least some time in 2011, Housing Predictor forecasts. Housing Predictor analysts forecast the overall U.S. economy will suffer from a recession as… Continue reading U.S. Real Estate Market Rebound

Weak U.S. Dollar Gives Foreign Buyers Edge

By Robert Jones With real estate prices in most U.S. cities heading south, many would-be sellers are looking south for their salvation. They’re also looking north, east, and west any place, where there might be buyers with wads of currency that isn’t colored green. The weak dollar may be emboldening foreigners to buy in… Continue reading Weak U.S. Dollar Gives Foreign Buyers Edge

News Releases from Housing Predictor

Foreclosure Sales Explode

Sales of foreclosed homes are exploding amid the housing downturn as banks price properties at prices to get them off the books quickly. The surplus of foreclosed properties is at all-time high and the troubled lending industry is cutting prices to where they have to be in order to attract buyers. The homes are attracting… Continue reading Foreclosure Sales Explode

Ways to Invest without Lots of Cash

By Cathy Salustri With houses, condos and apartment buildings selling for a fraction of what they did a few years back, now just might be the time to invest. But how can a potential investor take advantage of the current real estate market without plunking down a lot of cash? While buyers won’t find a… Continue reading Ways to Invest without Lots of Cash

Better Market Forecast in Housing

Housing markets will experience increasing sales in 2010 aided by the government’s extension and expansion of the first time home buyers federal tax credit, and more government-backed lending assistance, according to the new Housing Predictor national forecast for 2010. Markets will improve in most of the U.S. with average housing deflation forecast at 8.7% nationally.… Continue reading Better Market Forecast in Housing