With the highest median home price of any state, at $522,000, Hawaii’s rebounding real estate market should even out in the near future, according to experts. Financial and property information provider Corelogic predicts Hawaii home prices will rise 3.2 percent between the first quarter of next year and the first quarter of 2014. That ranks… Continue reading 2013 Hawaii Housing Market
2013 Indiana Housing Market
Last year was disappointing for Indiana’s real estate professionals and investors, but 2013 should offer a turnaround, said Kyle J. Anderson, Indiana University Kelley School of Business clinical assistant professor of business economics. “The Indianapolis-Carmel metropolitan area should expect to see a rebound in 2013 along with the rest of the country and state.” Still,… Continue reading 2013 Indiana Housing Market
2013 Vermont Housing Market
When it comes to its real estate market, where it isn´t seeing gains, Vermont is holding steady. In a Jan. 23, 2013 blog post, the real estate firm Conroy & Company wrote of 2013, ¨we expect greater equilibrium between sellers and buyers meaning it’s no longer a buyer’s market or that there is a surplus… Continue reading 2013 Vermont Housing Market
2013 West Virginia Housing Market
West Virginia led all states in year-over-year home price increases in August of 2012. According to CoreLogic, a real estate information firm, West Virginia ranked first with an 8.6 percent increase in home prices. The state was followed by Wyoming at 3.6 percent, and North Dakota at 3.5 percent. The news, said West Virginia broker… Continue reading 2013 West Virginia Housing Market
2013 Wisconsin Housing Market
Wisconsin’s real estate market is on the upswing, and experts say the trend will continue through 2013. The Wisconsin Realtors Association reported that February, 2013 was the 20th straight month of double-digit growth in sales of existing homes statewide, with the month’s final numbers indicating a 12 percent increase in sales over February, 2012. In… Continue reading 2013 Wisconsin Housing Market
2013 Missouri Housing Market
The Missouri real estate market is improving slowly but surely, and that is just fine with the state’s real estate professionals. “‘The recovery has been much more like the tortoise than the hare,’ said Stephen Blank, a senior resident fellow of the Washington-based Urban Land Institute. ‘We’ve become used to slow relief. But we have… Continue reading 2013 Missouri Housing Market
2013 North Dakota Housing Market
North Dakota´s oil boom is invigorating the state´s real estate market, with the growing number of new residents looking for housing. According to Realtor LaDonna Korstad, who is based in the Fargo-Moorhead area and licensed in North Dakota and Minnesota, “The number of active listings will remain steady throughout 2013 but the number of days… Continue reading 2013 North Dakota Housing Market
2013 Utah Housing Market
Utah may be on the verge of a housing market resurgence. “Home prices are expected to build during the next two years, increasing slowly in the first half of the year and accelerating during the second half of 2013 and into 2014, according to an analysis of indexes from Fiserv Case-Shiller, which measures the average… Continue reading 2013 Utah Housing Market
2013 Maryland Housing Market
Expect to hear more sounds of new construction in Maryland in coming months. A recent report by Metrostudy, a national housing data and consulting firm, indicates there will likely be increases in new house construction in the near future. Much of the reason for that is rebounding employment. “The Baltimore MSA (metropolitan statistical area) saw… Continue reading 2013 Maryland Housing Market
Worst Housing Markets 2012
Little by little even the worst U.S. housing markets forecast for the year are getting better. The hardest hit 25 cities projected by Housing Predictor in 2012 have had some major changes, including the elimination of Las Vegas, Nevada as Sin City makes its way back from the worst real estate crash in the nation’s… Continue reading Worst Housing Markets 2012