Jim the Realtor is back with a bunch of foreclosures, REOs and short sales on the market in North County San Diego. Some of these places look pretty nice. In this particular video, the property is in Carmel Valley and on the market for $1.249 million. It is interesting for a couple of reasons.
The guy [...]
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Short Sales in North County: “Feeding Frenzy” as banks pretend and extend
Oct
London house prices at an all-time high
Oct
Further proof that the reflationary efforts of policy makers is taking hold comes from London in the form of record high house prices. The Guardian reports:
Property asking prices in London have broken through the record high set in November 2007 as the drought of homes for sale around the country continues to distort the market. [...]
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Housing: The “Euphoria Express” and More Euphoria
Oct
Here is some anecdotal evidence of the return of euphoria in housing via Jim the Realtor. Check out these videos of Carlsbad (North County section of San Diego) and the surrounding community to see what I mean – many but not all of these are going for well over list price. All of these are [...]
UK house prices up again in September
Oct
The Halifax reports that UK house prices rose for the third consecutive month in September, up 1.6% from August levels. Key to the rise has been a lack of supply coupled with increased demand (100% mortgages have helped as well). Last week, Nationwide had pointed to a rise in ‘accidental landlords’ who did not wish [...]
Case-Shiller: U.S. home prices up for third month in July
Sep
The most recent data from the widely-followed S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices was made available today. These data from July show house prices in the U.S. increasing for the third month in a row, suggesting that house prices have stabilized. Moreover, the trend was broad-based with only Seattle and Las Vegas showing house price declines in [...]
American Casino: How foreclosures breed mosquitoes
Sep
A number of new films have been produced chronicling the misadventures in America’s residential property markets and financial system. One such story is American Casino.
I have yet to see the film. However, below is a clip from the filmmakers Andrew and Leslie Cockburn on one unforeseen consequence of the recent financial crisis. Abandoned homes [...]
Existing home sales add to the parade of bullish data
Aug
Data on existing home sales were significantly above expectations with a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 5.24 million sales registered according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The NAR released a statement on the figures, an excerpt of which is below.
For the first time in five years, existing-home sales have increased for four months in [...]
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Nationwide: UK house prices up strongly for third month
Jul
UK house prices have now risen for three months consecutively and four months in five according to statistics released by Nationwide Building Society this morning. The rise for July was a very robust 1.3% month-on-month, which translates into almost 17% on an annualized basis. Clearly, housing is doing very well during this summer selling season.
While [...]
Revisiting Case-Shiller and seasonal adjustments
Jul
Yesterday, I mentioned that the housing data, while generally positive (the first uptick nationally in 34 months), contained some negative news due to seasonality.
The crux of the problem lies in the strong tendency for house prices to increase in the spring and summer because that is when demand for housing is greatest. Add in [...]
Case-Shiller: Price increases in 14 of 20 markets
Jul
The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices for May 2009 were released today and the data showed a marked contrast to previous months. Fully 14 of 20 markets showed an increase in home prices in that month, making it the first time since July 2006 that the overall index has risen month-to-month. On a year-over-year basis, home [...]
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