Sentences with phrase «growing home prices in some areas»

«This is likely a combination of sharply growing home prices in some areas, the uptick in home sales this year and the strong refinance market overworking the already reduced number of practicing appraisers.

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Ohio's largest metro area, Columbus has seen a steady increase in median home prices, although prices do experience a seasonal rise and fall as demand grows during the spring and summer.

The Dallas residential real estate market grew by leaps and bounds in 2015, with home prices rising by double digits across the metro area.

Baltimore - area home prices rose 6.5 percent in February from the same month a year ago, reflecting growing sales volume amid reduced inventory, according to a new housing report.

Ohio's largest metro area, Columbus has seen a steady increase in median home prices, although prices do experience a seasonal rise and fall as demand grows during the spring and summer.

By the end of last year, the benchmark price had grown almost 24 % for a single - family home in the Victoria area.

The forecast projects home prices nationally growing at a rate of 3.9 percent, down from 2016's 4.9 percent estimate, and an appreciation slowdown of 1 percent or more in nearly half of the U.S.» top 100 metropolitan areas.

A growing number of metropolitan areas had higher median home prices in the fourth quarter, with the national price showing the strongest year - over-year increase in seven years, according to the latest quarterly report.

The growing burden of student loan debt: Young households are repaying an increasing level of student loan debt that makes it extremely difficult to save for a down payment, qualify for a mortgage and afford a mortgage payment, especially in areas with high rents and home prices.

In its report, Inman News scanned metro areas with populations over 150,000 to find where real estate sales volume is rising, job markets are growing, foreclosure activity is low, sales prices are appreciating, and home affordability is at high levels.

The median existing - home price, according to NAR, is expected to grow 4 percent in 2017; of the homeowners surveyed, a wide 91 percent believe prices will stay the same or rise in their community over the next six months — a sentiment felt most among renters and residents in suburban areas or in the West.

Despite the Seattle metro area sporting the U.S.'s fastest - growing median home prices for the past year, Chinese buyers note that similar homes cost between a third more to twice as much (depending on the neighborhood) in other West Coast gateway cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles or Vancouver, BC.

Seattle is the fastest - growing large city in the US with home prices rising more than any other metro area in the nation.

Toronto area home prices in April grew about 5 percent compared to March and 32 percent year over year, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) benchmark index.

Regional Spotlight — Median home - sale price continues to grow by double - digits in the Bay Area of California, but with such a shortage of inventory and fewer new listings, there soon may be nothing left to buy.

The market in Portland, Ore., which saw the highest home price growth in the nation in 2016, continues to rank at the top of metropolitan areas measured in the report, growing 2 percent quarter - over-quarter.

The real key to profitability here is choosing the right property to invest in; areas with growing job prospects, improving schools, and attractive neighborhoods are good bets, but only if home prices haven't caught up to the appeal.

Houston is among the fastest - growing metropolitan areas in the United States, according to the U.S. Census, and offers an attractive cost of living complemented by steadily increasing home prices, creating a positive real estate market for both buyers and sellers.