Not exact matches
Reliable
housing market statistics are hard to come by, but a number of private surveys of home
prices in various cities
now suggest at least a halt to the 20 % annual
increases, and in some cases precipitous drops.
New Zealand's booming
housing prices are
now 45.4 % above the previous market peak of late 2007, and officials warn the rapid
increases pose a risk to financial stability.
All 50 states saw home values
increase, and
prices are
now higher than they were at the peak of the last
housing boom, although that does not account for inflation.
I live in a low almost deflationary enviroment (Europe) and was checking out some retirement software and something keep throwing me off, took me a bit to figure it out but it was inflation, like WTF is that and then I remembered I lived in Spain during the
housing bust and
now in Germany with negative real interest rates and I'm simply not used the idea that
prices increase each year simply because time goes by.
Nationally, the index (which showed 15 years of
house price increases up to its peak early in 2006) is
now back to the levels of summer 2003.
This report confirms what what I have been saying for some time
now — that home
prices in the Minneapolis / St Paul area are
increasing, the market is stabilizing, and that especially in the sub $ 200,000
price range, good
houses are going fast with multiple offers above asking
price just days on the market.
Then what happens is they
increase the purchase
price of the home to compensate for the commission and
now it becomes practically impossible to sell your
house when it's at or over market value in such a short time.
Today, however, in light of
increasing housing prices in many parts of the country, rising college costs and low interest rates for most counselors
now recommend up to 20 times their household income.
Bernanke will wait for the
housing inventory to decrease to a normal level before doing all this (we aren't too far off
now) so
increased demand leads to more drastic
increases in home
prices leading to a wealth effect.
After the
housing crash in 2008, the best news
now may be that home
prices are
increasing and that homeowners again have equity in their homes, giving them the option of renovating or moving.
This
increase in
housing prices back to their natural level hasn't resulted in an immediate
increase in rent, but if you're renting in Pittsburgh you probably want to sign or re-sign your lease
now to lock in the low rent you're paying currently.
Now is the perfect time for some government to intervene and impose a tax on the
increase in
house prices, and rescue society from a trend that hurts almost everyone.»
Many are saying that the time to buy a home is
now, since property
prices in the U.S. overall are expected to
increase in value following the
housing bust.
She said
housing prices in both Leander and Cedar Park have
increased drastically in the past several years but are leveling off
now.
As the
housing market in Canada begins to cool and the federal government talks of a soft landing for home
prices, rather than a hard crash, attention is turning to the factors that fed record borrowing and contributed to overheated sales and
price increases — and the risks that
now lie within the financial system.
Despite an 11.9 percent
increase, Pittsburgh at $ 79,700 is still the nation «s least expensive
housing market — as well as the only one with an average
price now under $ 80,000.
Following the rising
price of new
housing, used home (existing home sales)
prices in Colombia have continued to
increase and have
now reached an historical high.