Shaun Hamman's (shamman) Blog

Considering the current record low interest rates and high affordability of real estate due to lower home values, the housing market should be booming. Instead, NAR recently reported that the inventory of for sale homes is down 24% from July 2011. Many real estate pros feel that this drop is due ...

There is some good news from the folks at CoreLogic in regard to home prices. Figures from July revealed that national home prices increased 3.8 percent compared to July 2011. This is significant because it is the largest annual price gain since August 2006. This was especially good news for thes...

Perhaps you've heard the recent good news that the real estate slump is finally on the mend? A number of leading sources, such as The Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, the NAR, Zillow, and more, have all recently reported that across much of the country, sales and appreciation rates are up. The...