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
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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
2012 Pennsylvania Housing Market
Strong home sales and lower average home prices are driving the Pennsylvania housing market out of its modest downturn, with appreciation forecast to develop in most of the state by the end of the year. The Pennsylvania housing market has seen little change in many regions of the state compared to other areas of the… Continue reading 2012 Pennsylvania Housing Market
2012 Ohio Housing Market
Homes are selling for less than they did a decade ago in many places in Ohio as the tough economy, weak demand and high unemployment trouble the region. But home prices aren’t falling as much as they have been in Ohio and aren’t forecast to decline as much in 2012. The federal home buyers’ tax… Continue reading 2012 Ohio Housing Market
2012 Massachusetts Housing Market
Mortgage holders who took out home loans at the height of the housing market are quietly walking away from homes in growing numbers in Massachusetts as the foreclosure crisis shifts into high gear. The crippling impact of foreclosures has affected few neighborhoods as severely in Boston like others in the U.S., but is projected to… Continue reading 2012 Massachusetts Housing Market
2012 Wyoming Housing Market
Rich coal laced energy fields combined with growth in manufacturing are pushing Wyoming housing markets higher, despite economic troubles elsewhere. Home sales are rising in most of the state along with housing prices, which are being aided by record low mortgage rates. Home prices in the state’s largest city of Cheyenne are seeing healthy gains… Continue reading 2012 Wyoming Housing Market
2012 Missouri Housing Market
Homeowners in default on their mortgages and underwater mortgage holders trouble the housing markets in Missouri, pressuring home prices as foreclosures pile-up. Distress sales are increasing in most of the state even as many residents leave its major cities to seek work elsewhere. Foreclosures are a major issue in St. Louis, home to the Mississippi… Continue reading 2012 Missouri Housing Market