Analysis Topic: Housing Market Price trends
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Sunday, May 05, 2013
U.S. Housing Market Shell Game - Prices Up Ownership Down / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Mike_Whitney
Why are housing prices rising when the homeownership rate has dropped to its lowest level in 18 years?
Actually, it’s not as confusing as it sounds. The Fed’s low interest rates have triggered a flurry of home buying by Private Equity firms and other speculators which has reduced already-tight supply and pushed up prices. Of course, there is a downside to all this speculation, which is that real, “organic” demand from ordinary working people looking for a place to live, has dropped off sharply. That’s why the homeownership rate is in the dumps. It’s also why existing homes sales declined 0.6 percent in March and “the volume of purchase applications is at levels last seen in 1998″, because as prices edge higher, more people are opting to rent rather than own. Who can blame them?
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Friday, May 03, 2013
The 10 Best U.S. Housing Markets 2013 / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Money_Morning
Ben Gersten writes: The percentage of Americans optimistic about the U.S. housing market has reached levels not seen since rumblings of the financial crisis began.
A new Rasmussen Reports national survey found 37% of homeowners believe the value of their home will increase in the next year - thehighest since September 2008.
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Friday, May 03, 2013
Lumber Sales Forecasting Stronger U.S. Housing Market / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: DailyGainsLetter
Mitchell Clark writes: Reflecting the strength in the U.S. housing market, Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE/WY) reported very good financial results in its first quarter.
The company’s 2013 first-quarter revenues leapt to $1.95 billion, way up from $1.49 billion in the same quarter last year, on solid demand from all its business lines.
Friday, May 03, 2013
UK Interest Only Mortgage Mis-Selling Scandal - How to Claim Compensation / Housing-Market / Mortgages
By: Nadeem_Walayat
First worthless payment protection insurance, then crushing interest rate swaps on small businesses and now the latest unfolding mis-selling scandal that could dwarf them all is the one of over 3 million interest only mortgages taken out by would-be home buyers during the housing boom years as desperate buyers were forced to over leverage themselves to get themselves onto the housing ladder.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Own or Rent Your Home - The Cost of Posession / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: DailyWealth
Mark Ford writes: In the mid-1980s, a few years after I "decided to be rich," I bought my dream house. It was a 4,000-square-foot chateau-styled, custom-built, five-bedroom home in a very nice gated neighborhood called Les Jardins in Boca Raton, Florida.
The cost of the house was about $600,000 – more than I ever imagined I could afford. But thanks to the success of a business I had started, I had socked away about $125,000. That was enough to cover the down payment and closing costs.
Friday, April 26, 2013
Investing in Housing Market REITs Instead of Property: Our Pick / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Don_Miller
I get a lot of questions from readers about holding real estate as an investment. Indeed, many are in response to another newsletter editor who was recently advocating that the only way for retirees to make decent income was to own property.
Personally, I wouldn’t hold physical property in our portfolio for three reasons.
First, it’s very illiquid; that makes it an instant failure on our Five-Point Balancing Test.
Second, you won’t get yield from a property for three to five years, but will instead pay to own it.
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
UK Mortgage Market Record Low Fixed Interest Rates, Current Best 5 Year Mortgages / Housing-Market / Mortgages
By: MoneyFacts
Moneyfacts research has revealed a shift in the mortgage products lenders want to sell as the number of five-year fixed rate mortgages increased by 73% in the last 12 months.
By comparison, the traditionally popular two-year fixed rate mortgages have only increased by 33%.
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Sunday, April 21, 2013
Tax "Loophole" That Will Help You Pay for Your Dream Vacation Home / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: DailyWealth
Dr. David Eifrig writes: I bet you've never heard of this...
It's a special government loophole... that allows you to earn extra cash, totally tax-free. It's 100% legal and simple to use. It can even help you pay for a dream vacation home.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Safer Way to Get Exposure to U.S. Housing Market / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Profit_Confidential
George Leong writes:
I’m talking about the housing market and the continued recovery taking hold. The housing market is well off its early 2009 lows and is striving higher on the chart.
The number of foreclosures across America is declining, and this is a good sign, as a high foreclosure rate tends to place downward pressure on home prices.
Friday, April 12, 2013
Dutch Housing Bubble Delusion - Europe's Core Rots Some More / Housing-Market / European Housing
By: Raul_I_Meijer
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Today's report comes hot on the heels of a study issued Wednesday by a government commission, which took a full year to prepare and 121 pages to explain what went wrong in the Dutch housing bubble, and what should be done now to correct it.
Thursday, April 04, 2013
Is Wall Street Creating Another U.S. Housing Market Bubble? / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes: Where there's smoke there's fire.
When it comes to rising home prices, the question is whether the on-fire price increases are a healthy sign of a housing recovery or a smoke screen masking another investor-led real estate bubble.
The answer is it's both.
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Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Take Advantage of U.S. Housing Market Recovery; Avoid Real Estate and Homebuilders / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: DailyGainsLetter
John Whitefoot writes: The Dow Jones Industrial Average continues to climb into uncharted territory, trading above 14,500. This is in spite of weak underlying economic indicators. On Main Street, unemployment remains high, consumer confidence is low, and gross domestic product (GDP) remains bleak. On Wall Street, it’s confetti, unicorns, and a raging bull.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Proof U.S. Housing Market Recovery is for Real and Just Beginning / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Money_Morning
Ben Gersten writes: The housing market has rebounded in a big way, with home prices increasing the most since the housing bubble burst in 2006.
Prices aren't the only indicator pointed toward recovery.
Housing barometers including sales, permits and housing starts have surged well beyond their recession troughs and back into healthy territory - and bullish analysts say there's plenty more room for growth after years of decreased activity.
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
U.S. House Prices About to Soar... Don't Wait a Moment Longer! / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: DailyWealth
Steve Sjuggerud writes: "We're only one year into this recovery..." Doug Yearley said on Bloomberg TV yesterday morning.
"Remember, we had seven of the worst years in housing that this country has ever seen. This recovery, we believe, should be a lot longer than just one or two years."
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
George Osborne Boosts UK Subprime Housing Market Ahead of Election Boom / Housing-Market / UK Housing
By: Nadeem_Walayat
George Osborne announced a series of additional measures in along stream of give away's aimed at inflating the UK housing market the most significant of which is the policy of zero interest rates which artificially depresses UK interest rates as a consequence of inflationary Bank of England QE Money Printing to the tune of more than £500 billion to date.
Saturday, March 16, 2013
How to Make Millions From U.S. Real Estate Market Without Paying Taxes / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Investment_U
Mark Skousen writes: “How do you make a million? Borrow a million, invest it in real estate, and pay it off.” - Jack Miller
I just returned from a weeklong Royal Caribbean cruise on the “Freedom of the Seas” (great ship) sponsored by The Real Estate Guys Robert Helms and Russell Gray, who have their own radio show and are regular speakers at FreedomFest. Most of my family joined me and we had a great time.
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Monday, March 11, 2013
U.S. Housing Market Mania Bidding Wars Are Back / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: EWI
Home-bidding wars have erupted in Washington D.C., a reminder of the days of the real estate frenzy.
Read full article... Read full article...While much of the nation is still struggling to emerge from a historic housing-market meltdown, the District is reliving its boom days. High rents, low interest rates, low inventory, and a flood of new residents in their 20s and 30s are making parts of the city feel like it's 2005 again.
Tuesday, March 05, 2013
UK Mortgage Market Set for Major Change / Housing-Market / Mortgages
By: MoneyFacts
Moneyfacts research reveals that the mortgage market has literally turned on its head in the last five years.
In 2008, everyone wanted to sell to first-time buyers (FTBs); out of 2,096 mortgage products, 957 were aimed at anyone with at least a 10% deposit and only 24 mortgages sought those with a large deposit.
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Monday, March 04, 2013
Spain Housing Market Price Crash Has A Long Way Further To Drop / Housing-Market / Spain
By: Raul_I_Meijer
Ilargi: I received another entry from Dave Fairtex, who delves into Spanish houding data this time around. We had a nice discussion about it, since I question some of the assumptions on which he bases his interpretation of the data. In particular, I think Dave assumes 2 things:
1) That, during the - ongoing - bust, Spanish home prices will fall to the level they were at when the boom began (a drop of 55%), and then stop falling right there.
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Friday, March 01, 2013
Is a Bubble Developing in U.S. Housing Market? / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: InvestmentContrarian
George Leong writes: Recently in these pages, I talked about how the government, the Treasury, and the Federal Reserve were creating an artificial economy that was supported by cheap money and low interest rates.
One of the major benefactors of this cheap money was the housing sector, which is now sizzling hot. The median price of an existing home in the U.S. was $173,600 in January, up 12.3% from an average of $154,600 a year earlier. (Source: United States Census Bureau web site, last accessed February 27, 2013.)
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