Total Number of News: 6369
  • 11/28/2005 - Real Estate News
    California real estate defaults rise
    "As interest rates rise, we'll see an end to the price boom of the last several years," McGee stated. "But we won't see a price crash like we did in the '90s. The high inventory just isn't there. We will see an increase in mortgage defaults for several ...
  • 11/28/2005 - Real Estate News
    Real estate inventory climbs in October
    The supply of existing homes available for sale nationwide increased to its highest point of the year in October, with particular increases in the supply of condos and co-ops, the National Association of Realtors trade group reported today. The estimat...
  • 11/28/2005 - Real Estate News
    Help-wanted advertising stands pat
    The Conference Board help-wanted advertising index, a key measure of job offerings in major newspapers across America, remained at 38 in October, the same as in the previous month. In the last three months, help-wanted advertising declined in eight of ...
  • 11/28/2005 - Real Estate News
    Ohio home sales jump in October
    The state's average sale price (January-October) of 157,017 marks a 3.3 percent increase from the $151,975 average price posted during the period a year ago, the OAR said. The total dollar volume of more than $19.5 billion is 8.8 percent ahead of the $...
  • 11/28/2005 - Real Estate News
    California luxury real estate values break records
    The average luxury home in San Diego is now $2.07 million, up $215,000 from a year ago. Values have posted seven consecutive quarters of double-digit, year-over-year gains, according to the index. San Francisco Bay Area values rose 1.8 percent from the...
  • 11/28/2005 - Real Estate News
    Consumer confidence improves on lower gas prices
    Consumer confidence ended a three-month plunge in November with substantial improvements from previous months due to declines in gas prices, according to the University of Michigan's Survey of Consumers. "The recent rise in consumer confidence was due ...
  • 11/28/2005 - Mortgage Headlines
    Mortgage Rates Remain Status Quo
    U.S. Treasury securities opened to the downside on Monday due to early reports of a robust start to the holiday shopping season. But the negative tone evaporated on news of a sharper-than-expected decline in October Existing Home Sales (EHS) mixed with s...
  • 11/23/2005 - Commercial Real Estate News
    Harmon Specialty Signs Seven-Year Pact
    BILLERICA, MA-Sound system manufacturer Harmon Specialty Group signs a seven-year deal to take 30,000 sf of warehouse and distribution space under a build-to-suit. The company will move into the multi-million dollar Billerica facility early next year once construction is completed.
  • 11/23/2005 - Real Estate News
    Overnight real estate rates trickle lower
    Long-term mortgage interest rates continued to fall Tuesday, and the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield dipped to 4.43 percent. The 30-year fixed-rate average sank to 5.79 percent, and the 15-year fixed-rate slipped to 5.36 percent. The 1-year adjus...
  • 11/23/2005 - Real Estate News
    Consumers are the judge at real estate ratings site
    Home buyers and sellers can rate the attributes of real estate agents at a free Web site that is the brainchild of a title company employee in Ohio. Mike Primeau, who created RealtyRators.com, said he wants to empower consumers by providing them with a ...