Home Price Decline Slows In February Per Case-Shiller
Home prices continued to fall in February, although at a slower pace than in January, according to Standard & Poor's Case-Shiller Index which tracks home prices for single-family homes.
“While the declines in residential real estate continued into February, we witnessed some deceleration in the rate…
Homes Become More Affordable - But Will People Buy?
More Americans can afford to buy a $200,000 home, at least on paper.
The National Association of Home Builders announced today that 55 million families can afford a $200,000 home when you take into account their incomes, home prices and mortgage interest rates. That's up from about 38 million…
Home Prices Decline 19 Percent In January
Existing home prices for 20 cities fell 19 percent in January compared with a year earlier, according to the Standard & Poor's Case-Shiller Index released today.
Fourteen of the the 20 localities showed declines greater than 10 percent in home prices. Nine of them declined by more than 20 percent.
The…
What Happens When A Property Is Worth Less Than The Date You Inherited It?
On the show today, we had a call from someone who wanted to know about selling a home his Dad owned in California. The son, a resident of Georgia, is the executor of his father's estate.
The son wanted to know how selling the property would affect his taxes. His father's total estate is worth less…
Will messy neighbors lower your property value? Here's the video from Good Morning America weekend edition!
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=5023439
June 8, 2008.
Is Zillow.com Redlining Black And Latino Neighborhoods?
The thing I've always loved about the Internet is that it's by and large color blind. Whoever you are, whatever you do, you could go anywhere, tap into any base of knowledge and avail yourself of all resources that are available online.
But now some folks think that the Internet color-free zone may…
I received this email last night:
I always enjoy your concise accurate info on so many subjects from you. I've heard there's a web site that has info on what homes have sold for recently in various parts of the country, do you know of one?
These days, everyone is flocking to Zillow.com, for somewhat…
The Price Of Luxury Just Got A Little Higher
The Coldwell Banker Luxury Home Market report is out for 2005 and the numbers are eye-popping.
First, a definition: For CB, "luxury" means homes costing more than $1 million. In 2005, Coldwell Banker participated in more than 13,000 sides (meaning the agent got either the buy or the sell, or…
