04.11.2011
Inventory of New Homes Hits 50-Year Low
Home builders have greatly cut back on production in the past four years, resulting in historically low levels of new-home inventory. That will soon create a problem for the subset of consumers who insist on…
Read More04.04.2011
Second-home Market Holds Steady
The market share of vacation- and investment-home sales held steady in 2010, although the sales volume declined with the overall market. NAR's™ 2011 Investment and Vacation Home Buyers Survey, covering existing- and new-home transactions in…
Read More03.23.2011
Home Sales Drop After Seeing Gains
Existing-home sales fell 9.6 percent in February percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.88 million, from an upwardly revised 5.40 million in January, NAR says. The sales rate is 2.8 percent below this…
Read More03.02.2011
Commercial Stabilizing, But Rents to Stay Soft
A stabilization trend is taking place in commercial real estate sectors, but in most markets rent will remain soft except for multifamily rentals. "Very limited construction of new commercial real estate over the past few…
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