One month of positive real estate sales is encouraging, but sometimes it can be a fluke. That’s why we’re always so thrilled when positive numbers one month carry over into the next month. And that’s just what we saw with the recent release of May sales numbers. According to a recent USA Today article, existing […]
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Baby Boomers Setting New Trend on National Real Estate Market: All Cash Deals
As more Baby Boomers retire, real estate experts all across the United States are seeing more cash deals, according to a recent report from Bloomberg. Evidently, these Baby Boomers (defined as anyone born between 1946 and 1964) are opting to purchase their homes with all cash instead of taking out a mortgage. Experts credit this […]
Report: U.S. Home Sales Increase for the First time in 2014
Real estate experts all across the country were thrilled to hear the latest numbers on the national housing market recently. That’s because sales of existing U.S. homes showed a slight increase between March and April, reversing a 12-month trend in which home purchases had been dropping. This wasn’t the only good news that the National […]
Time to Get Off the Fence
The housing markets are dynamic to say the least. And Palm Coast is certainly no exception. It’s a well known fact that the U.S. Census Bureau ranked Flagler County as the fastest growing county in the country from July 1, 2003 through July 1, 2005. Most of this growth occurred in the City of Palm […]
Optimism About US Real Estate At Highest Level in 7 Years, Polls Show
The numbers don’t lie: Americans are growing increasingly confident about the overall health of the national real estate market, according to a recent report. Evidently, a recent Gallup poll showed that 56 percent of Americans expect average home prices in their area to increase, which is up 33 percent from just two years ago. And […]
Report: US Housing Market Needs More Available Homes for Sale
The national housing market is dealing with an issue of supply and demand right now and it’s impacting both buyers and sellers. Specifically, the national housing market has too few people selling their homes compared with the number of people who want to buy homes, according to a recent report from Standard & Poor’s/Case Shiller. […]
Expect to See an Exceptionally Busy Spring Home Buying Season in 2014
If you’re currently trying to sell your home on the local housing market, great news: it’s about to get very, very busy for you. That’s because national real estate experts are projecting that this spring will see even more home buying activity than is already expected for this time of year. Why? Because of pent-up […]
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Report: US Home Prices Rose In January After December Decline
Corelogic just released some exciting news from the national housing market: Home prices are back on the rise! The real estate data provider reported that home prices increased 0.9 percent in January after falling 0.1 percent in December. And this is indicative of a larger trend, Corelogic reported. After all, over the last 12 months, prices […]
Report: National Home Buyer Enthusiasm Helped Drive Up Prices in 2013
Home buying fervor has driven home prices to their largest annual gain since 2005, according to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal. Evidently, home buyer interest – fueled by low mortgage rates as well as reduced inventories – helped drive prices up in 2013. Now, experts are saying that home buyers and home […]