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Warren Buffett says Housing Downturn to End in 2011

Buffett predicts downturn will end in 2011
NEW YORK - March 2, 2010 - Billionaire investor Warren Buffett predicted that the real estate market downturn would end by 2011 as the housing inventory declines.
“Within a year or so, residential housing problems should largely be behind us,” Buffett wrote in his annual letter to the shareholders of [...]

Short Sales - Stressful, Frustrating and LONG.

Short sales leave frustration in their wake
A couple years ago, few people in the housing market had ever heard of a short sale.
Mention the term today and people, whether they are homeowners or real estate agents, just roll their eyes.
The practice, which involves selling a property for less than the amount owed on the mortgage, [...]

Numbers Add Up - House Price Declines At Bottom And Turning Around

RISMEDIA, September 8, 2009-House prices in the U.S. continued to depreciate in the second quarter 2009 but at a much more moderate rate compared to the fourth quarter 2008, the peak of the collapse in home prices, according to a quarterly housing valuation analysis by IHS Global Insight. Prices fell at a 2.7% annualized rate [...]

The Paradigm Has Left The Station.

Make no bones about it, with respect to our real estate market, that was then and THIS is NOW.  As with any commodity market, values change.  In the grand scheme of things, real estate is just that, a commodity. 
The underlying force affecting price is supply and demand.  It really doesn’t matter what triggers it, it’s going [...]

CONDO SALES also on the RISE IN FLORIDA

Florida’s existing home sales rose in June - the 10th consecutive month that sales activity showed gains in the year-to-year comparison, according to the latest housing data released by the Florida Association of Realtors® (FAR). Statewide sales in June also increased over the previous month’s sales level in both the existing home and existing condominium [...]

The UPSIDE of FLORIDA Real Estate

The upside of Florida real estate: 15 market positives
Let’s take a look at some of the opportunities for today and the future of Florida’s real estate market.
1. Great prices. Statewide, the existing-home median sales price was $161,200 in the fourth quarter of 2008; a year earlier, it was $216,600 for a decrease of 26 percent.
2. [...]

How to take Advantage of the $8000 1st Time Home Buyer TAX CREDIT

WASHINGTON – Feb. 17, 2009 – How does a first-time homebuyer take advantage of the $8,000 tax credit that President Obama is expected to sign into law tomorrow? It comes with a few rules. According to the most recent analysis, the following rules will apply – though things could change as tax professionals weigh the [...]

New Home Starts Defy Economists Dim Forecasts

WASHINGTON  – March 17, 2009 – The number of new housing projects that builders broke ground on in February rose sharply, defying economists’ forecasts for yet another drop in activity.
The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that construction of new homes and apartments jumped 22.2 percent from January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 583,000 units. [...]

JUST IN - Florida’s existing home sales rose for 5th straight month in a row!

ORLANDO, Fla. – Feb. 25, 2009 – Florida’s existing home sales rose in January, making it the fifth month in a row that sales activity showed increases in the year-to-year comparison, according to the latest housing data released by the Florida Association of Realtors® (FAR). Existing home sales rose 24 percent last month with a [...]

Tampa Bay Real Estate Market Rebounds in January.

The last week in January 2009 saw a substantial slowing of falling prices for existing homes in Tampa Bay.
For the first time since November 2008, the average price reduction for residential property was under 9%.  This represents a substantial slowing of reported dropping prices. 
Add to this the stability in the number of homes on the [...]