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2017 

On January 23, 2017, PropertyRadar reported that home sales sllightly lower 0.34% in December of 2016 from in November of 2016, and down 8.76% of from December of 2015, and the median home price increased 3.0% to $500,000 in December of 2016 from November of 2016, and jumped 11.1% from December o...
01/31/2017
On January 30, 2017, National Association of Realtors® (NAR) reported that nationwide pending contract signed home sales gained 1.6% to an index of 109.0 in December of 2016 from an index of 107.3 in November of 2016, and higher 0.3% to an index of 108.7 from December of 2015.Pending home sales i...
01/30/2017
On January 18, 2017, National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) lower two points to 67 points in January of 2017 from 69 points in December of 2016.The HMI buyer traffic index down one point to 51 points, the HMI gauging current sales decreased three points to 72...
01/30/2017
On January 24, 2017, National Association of Realtors® (NAR) reported on median home value price was $232,200 in December of 2016 higher 4.0% from the price of $223,200 in December of 2015.Single family home sales dropped 1.8% to annual rate of 4.88 million unit in December of 2016, from the annu...
01/28/2017
On January 24, 2017, the California Association of Realtors (C.A.R) reported that pending home sales Index (PHSI) gained 3.3% to 118.1 in December of 2016 from 114.4 index in November of 2016, and higher 1.9% from Index of 115.8 in December of 2015 on an annual basis based on signed contracts.Reg...
01/28/2017
On January 13, 2017, Daniel Tonkovich & Emily Starbuck Crone of NerdWallet published the following helpful tips about month of January is the best time to buy a home.1. Prices are likely to only go higher,2. Less competition,3. Mortgage rates expected to rise,Chief economist at Realtor.com Jonath...
01/27/2017
On January 26, 2017, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Census Bureau reported nationwide new single family home sales dropped 10.4% to an annual rate of 536,000 homes in December of 2016 from 598,000 homes in November of 2016, and down 0.4% from in December o...
01/27/2017
On January 25, 2017, The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that the U.S. house prices higher 0.5% in November of 2016 from October of 2016, and higher 6.1% from November of 2015, based on home sales values obtained from mortgages sold to or guaranteed by FNMA and Freddie Mac.Nationw...
01/26/2017
On January 24, 2017, National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported that regional existing home sales in the Northeast declined 6.2% in December of 2016 to an annual rate 760,000 homes from November of 2016, and higher 2.7% from December of 2015. The median price in the Northeast was $245,900 in...
01/25/2017
On January 24, 2017, National Association of Realtors® (NAR) reported that nationwide existing home sales dropped 2.8% to annual rate of 5.49 million homes in December of 2016 from 5.65 million homes in November of 2016, but higher 0.7% from December of 2015.There were 1.65 million homes supplies...
01/24/2017