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Even as Housing Revives, Apartment Growth to Boom

“Despite overtures of the headwinds from new supply, our April survey results showed positive gains in both occupancy and rents ahead of expected seasonal trends,” she wrote in a report to clients. (Read More: Apartment Building Bubbles as Single-Family Homes … Continue reading

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Investors Pile Into Housing Even as Prices Rise

Los Angeles-based Colony Capital, which boasts approximately ten thousand single-family rental homes in its portfolio, had centered its investments largely in the Southwest and West, but is now shifting to other markets. (Read More: US Pending Home Sales Tick Upward … Continue reading

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Denver still a profitable market for property flippers

Denver ranked among the 25 most profitable markets last year for people flipping single-family homes, according to a report Thursday from Realty Trac. Denver investors flipped 3,842 single-family homes last year, a 7 percent increase from 2011. The average price … Continue reading

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Study: Neighborhood zoning helped cause crisis

  A new study published in the journal Housing Policy Debate may have identified another contributing factor to the financial crisis: neighborhood zoning. A new study published in the journal Housing Policy Debate may have identified another contributing factor to … Continue reading

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US Pending Home Sales Tick Upward in March

“Contract activity has been in a narrow range in recent months, not from a pause in demand but because of limited supply,” said Realtors chief economist Lawrence Yun in a release. “Little movement is expected in the near-term sales closings, … Continue reading

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Housing’s Spring Bloom ‘Stuck’ Due to Short Supply

“If I am underwater in my equity and now suddenly I’m not, but I’m up 5 percent and the market around me is appreciating 6,7,8,9, 10 percent, why don’t I wait and perhaps get a 10 percent return on my … Continue reading

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Mortgage rules may put chill on Canada’s spring buying season

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Denver home prices rebound to 2007 levels

DENVER – A new report shows Denver home prices have rebounded to their 2007 levels. Denver’s SP Case-Shiller home price index for December was 134.14, meaning that local home resale prices averaged 34.14 percent higher than they were in the … Continue reading

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Home prices make largest year-over-year jump in 6 years

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Housing Recovery ‘Fundamentally Strong’: Lennar CEO

Miller also said he is not concerned by the huge number of investor-owned single-family rental homes. He believes that renters may end up as buyers of these homes, but others are not so sure. (Read More: Housing Recovery Leaves Some … Continue reading

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