Tag Archives: Phoenix

Case-Shiller report: Denver metro home prices rise 8.5 percent in 2012

Home prices in the Denver metro area rose 8.5 percent in December over December 2011, marking the 12th straight month of year-over-year gains, according to the SP/Case-Shiller Home Prices Index released Tuesday. It was Denver’s largest annual increase since 2001, … Continue reading

Posted in Denver Real Estate News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

New Housing Fears: Home Prices Are Rising Too Fast

As a result, home prices are now rising more and faster than most analysts predicted due to this short supply, up 7.4 percent year-over-year in November, according to CoreLogic. They are especially surging in some of the hardest hit markets … Continue reading

Posted in Real Estate News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Housing Already Shows Signs of a New Bubble

Barely a year in, home prices rose over eight percent annually in December, according to a new report from CoreLogic. While still down double digits from their 2006 peak, prices are suddenly soaring again and raising some serious red flags. … Continue reading

Posted in Real Estate News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Pending Home Sales Fall Due to Dwindling Supply

The Realtors’ monthly index fell 5.4 percent in the Northeast month-to-month, rose 0.9 percent in the Midwest, fell 4.5 percent in the South and fell 8.2 percent in the West. The West, and its severely distressed markets like Phoenix and … Continue reading

Posted in Real Estate News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Home Prices Rise, but Analysts See Pressure Ahead

While sales of existing homes are still on a bumpy road to recovery, home prices are seeing steady gains.  Nationally, prices rose 2.6 percent in August, according to a repeat sales index from Lender Processing Services. Prices are up an … Continue reading

Posted in Denver Real Estate News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

After Brisk Summer, Pending Home Sales Drop in August

Fewer Americans signed contracts to buy existing homes in August. After gains in home sales over the spring and summer, an industry survey surprised expectations, registering a 2.6 percent drop in pending home sales from July. This drop forecasts that … Continue reading

Posted in Denver Real Estate News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Why Rise in Home Prices May Not Mean Much—Yet

Average home prices through May increased for the second month in a row, according to the latest SP/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, which measure both the top ten and top twenty housing markets in the US. Prices are still down from … Continue reading

Posted in Denver Real Estate News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Some US metros ‘in the clear’ of housing crisis

David Zalubowski / AP Denver recorded a 7.2 percent asking-price increase year-over-year in June, according to the website’s own pricing metrics. Nearly 30 cities have been designated “in the clear” of the housing downtown, according to a report today by Trulia, … Continue reading

Posted in Denver Real Estate News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Zillow: Denver home values increase in May, outpaces national …

Denver home values increased 2.8 percent to $209,700 in May compared with the same month a year ago, according to the latest report by real estate website Zillow.com. Denver saw the third largest bump in home values across the country … Continue reading

Posted in Denver Real Estate News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Lack of Distressed Supply Continues to Hit Home Sales

The unexpected drop in signed contracts to buy existing homes in April should have come as no surprise. It is all about price point, supply, and where the action is/has been. Depending on which survey you follow, sales of distressed … Continue reading

Posted in Denver Real Estate News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off