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Denver home prices just 4.5 percent below ’06 peak
Denver’s home values are only 4.5 percent below their peak levels in 2006, according to the SP/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices and accompanying analyses released this week. Low interest rates and limited inventory helped lift Denver home values 9.2 percent in … Continue reading
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Tagged Blitzer, Case Shiller Index, Dean Baker, Downturn, Economist, Economists, Federal Officials, Home Values, Housing Bubble, Local Brokers, Long Haul, Low Interest Rates, Managing Director, National Trend, Peak Levels, Price Indices, Ra, Sp Index, Substantial Recovery, Taking Shape
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More Coloradans paid off home loans in 2012
The number of home loans paid off in Colorado was up 49.1 percent from the fourth quarter of 2011 to the fourth quarter of 2012, and they were also up 29.4 percent measuring the full year of 2012 compared to … Continue reading
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Tagged 30 Year Mortgage, 30 Year Mortgage Rate, Alamosa, Colorado Division Of Housing, Decline, Deed Of Trust, Deeds Of Trust, Economist, Estate Loan, Fourth Quarter, Home Loans, Loan Refinance, Morgan County, Public Trustees, Real Estate, Refinancing, Report Said That, Summit, Teller County
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Apartment Demand Ebbs as ‘Avalanche’ of New Units Open
One of the biggest upsides to the downturn in housing has been a surge in demand for apartments. Whether burned by foreclosure or afraid of losing money in homeownership, Americans have run in droves to rent. That resulted in a … Continue reading
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Tagged Absorption, Accounting, Apartment Vacancies, Basis Points, Delays And Cancellations, Department Of Commerce, Downturn, Droves, Economist, Foreclosure, Housing Starts, Investors, Money, New Apartments, New Projects, Open Doors, Reis Inc, Rents, U S Department, Veritable Avalanche
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Home prices rise
Home Sales A home is advertised for sale in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. U.S. home prices are making slight gains, an industry group reported Tuesday. (AP PHOTO/DAMIAN DOVARGANES) Posted: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 4:00 am Home prices rise … Continue reading
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Tagged Ap Photo, Associated Press, Best News, Blitzer, Case Shiller Index, Consumer Spending, Damian Dovarganes, Economist, Foreclosures, Global Insight, Hollywood Section, Housing Bubble Burst, Industry Group, Lowest Mortgage Rates, Major Cities, Metro Areas, Newport, Plunge, Tax Credit, U S Home
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Home prices fell in December in most US cities
Home prices fell in December for a fourth straight month in most major U.S. cities. The Standard Poor’s/Case-Shiller home-price index showed prices dropped in December from November in 18 of the 20 cities tracked. The steepest declines were in Atlanta, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bust, Case Shiller Home Price Index, David M Blitzer, Declines, Denver Post, Denver Prices, Early Spring, Economist, Economists, Fall And Winter, Gauge, Home Price Index, Inflation, Metro Area, Metropolitan Denver, National Decline, Pankratz, Period Of Decline, Slowdown, Staff Writer
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Plunging Mortgage Rates Won’t Juice Housing
The one positive in all the uncertainty surrounding the nation’s debt was a plunge in Treasury yields, which in turn sent mortgage rates to record lows. The 30 year fixed hit a near-low of 4.45 percent last week from 4.57 … Continue reading
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Tagged 30 Year Mortgage Rates, Application Volume, Borrowers, Constraints, Credit Criteria, Distressed Sales, Economist, Foreclosures, Geeks, Lows, Mba, Mortgage Bankers Association, Negative Equity, Plunge, Purchase Applications, Tight Credit, Treasury Yields, Unemployment Rate, Vp, Year Mortgage
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Mortgage Interest Deduction Big in Budget Play
It’s not like the housing market needs any more headwinds, so here’s the government potentially giving us another: The mortgage interest deduction is back in big play in the budget deal. It never exactly came off the table, but the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bipartisan Commission, Budget Deal, Economist, Existing Home Sales, First Million, Headwinds, Home Builders, Home Equity Loans, Housing Market, Loan Borrowers, Mortgage Bankers Association, Mortgage Debt, Mortgage Deduction, Mortgage Interest Deduction, Personal Residences, Principal Residences, Taxable Income, U S Treasury, Vacation Home Owners, William Wheaton
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Can Lack of Inventory Save Housing?
The current supply of homes on the market is the best indicator of the future health of the housing market. Let me say that again: Inventories matter. Despite the fact that inventories of newly constructed homes fell to a 7.3 … Continue reading
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Tagged Current Supply, Economist, Existing Home, Future Health, Holes In The Ground, Home Builder, Housing Market, Housing Starts, Inventories, Job Creation, National Climatic Data, New Job, Price Improvement, Redfin, Roadblock, Sales Pace, Severe Weather, Southeast Region, Tornadoes, Weather Story
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Commercial Market Exceeds Forecasts
Meanwhile, mortgage defaults for office, retail, and industrial building loans are decreasing for the first time since 2005 in the fourth quarter. Real Capital Analytics economist Sam Chandan expects they will fall even further, adding that the “worst-case scenarios have … Continue reading
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Tagged April, Chandan, Commercial Mortgage, Commercial Real Estate, Economist, First Quarter, Landlords, Loans, Mortgage Defaults, Usa Today, Vacancy Rates, Worst Case Scenarios
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