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
2012 Georgia Housing Market
For more than a decade Georgia boomed in most areas of the state and was one of the fastest growing regions in the U.S. but a bottom to the housing market appears to be developing in some areas, indicating that after years of negative news the area finally has something to look forward to in… Continue reading 2012 Georgia Housing Market
2012 Illinois Housing Market
Big job losses and business closings contribute to conditions in Illinois real estate markets as homeowners who have lost their jobs are learning that bankers’ are just around the corner to foreclose. The U.S. foreclosure crisis is devastating Illinois’ economy as mortgage holders flee their homes unable to reach modification agreements with their banks. The… Continue reading 2012 Illinois Housing Market