Sentences with phrase «number of housing markets»

The number of homes listed for sale dropped slightly in September but a growing number of housing markets are witnessing higher levels of for - sale inventory compared with one year ago.

A rising number of housing markets are at historically high price points, making it a difficult time for new buyers to make this big leap.

And while far from iron clad (it assumed Canadian prices behaved generally similar to U.S. prices before 1990, and the early Canadian data was based on a limited number of housing markets) the resulting chart served to show how unusual this housing boom has been in comparison to booms in the U.S. before 1990.

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The central bank acknowledged that governments had so far failed to slow the ascent of housing prices, but that various measures had successfully reduced the number of risky borrowers entering the market.

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.

(Cooling is a term used to describe a housing market that slowly depreciates in terms of price and number of sales.

The number of Canadian homes sold in March plunged 23 per cent and the national average price was down 10 per cent from the same month last year amid double - digit plunges in most housing markets across the country, according to the latest monthly sales data released Friday.

Laredo's house - flipping market potential — which factors in metrics such as the number of real estate agents per capita and the average gross return on investment — ranks 58th out of the 150 cities that WalletHub analyzed.

The company said in November when it reported its third - quarter earnings that it was facing a slowdown in the number of people visiting its brick - and - mortar stores, although a stronger housing market seems to have helped lift its sales over the holiday season.

The Chinese government has made taming the housing market a priority and and imposed restrictions on property sales in a number of major cities to prevent speculative activities.

The effects of sluggish exports and the housing markets» responses to stricter mortgage rules played a big role in the disappointing numbers, the bank said.

Once you have a budget, check online real estate listings or speak with a real estate agent to get an idea of what those numbers mean for your local housing market.

With the large number of houses on the market in Michigan right now and the difficulty in selling a house, the number of rental units on the market is increasing — probably faster than the pool of potential tenants.

The war on drugs is an expensive battle because a great number of resources go into catching those who buy or sell illegal drugs on the black market, prosecuting them in court, and housing them in jail.

Housing prices surged ever higher as greater credit availability increased the demand for homes by bringing a greater number of buyers into the market.

Clark's script blamed the housing crisis on a shortage of supply, growing population and demand, consumers with double the borrowing power they had in 2000, and millennials «who are greater in number than even the baby boomers — and who are now entering the housing market for the first time — and they aren't happy.»

In a housing report published in February, the Center City District concluded that while the record number of new rental units completed last year may slightly outpace demand, «The fundamentals of the homeownership market likely will remain very strong.»

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says there is mounting evidence that house prices in a number of Canadian cities are out of whack with incomes and other economic fundamentals.The latest report from CMHC says there is evidence of overvaluation in nine of the 15 real estate markets included in the research.

She says that since exotic mortgage products accounted for less than 5 % of the total number of new U.S. mortgages from 2000 to 2006, they could not have caused the housing market meltdown, CNBC reported.

The worse than expected US housing market numbers weren't enough to break the bounce in stocks and the Dollar, as the easing of the North Korea related fears helped risk assets across the board.

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Consistent with the easing in finance approvals, there have been a number of signs of a cooling in the housing market since the end of last year.

Looking ahead, there are a number of recent developments that could have significant effects on the housing market.

These expectations receded for a time during the March quarter in response to signs of some cooling in the housing market, strength in the exchange rate and reduced likelihood of a tightening by the US Fed after a couple of weak US employment numbers.

Perhaps the purchasers are mainly owner - occupiers, but there is also a chance that there is a disproportionately large number of new investors being pulled into the housing market with promises of high returns through such things as rental guarantees and negative gearing.

When interest rates increase relatively quickly in a short period of time it typically results in a short term increase in the number of sales in the housing market as many buyers rush to buy before the interest guarantee they have with their mortgage pre-approval expires.

Houston continues to have a strong housing market and is one of the top job climates in the U.S. Houston was the first major city in America to regain every lost job from the recession and jobs have increased 230 % since pre-recession numbers!

The number of single - family rentals nationally has increased by almost one third since the housing market last peaked: that's nearly 4 million more single - family homes rented in 2012 than in 2005.

Knight Frank Partner, Kate Everett - Allen, says, «With some of the larger economies such as Japan, France and crucially China all experiencing housing market slowdowns, this is masking the fact that overall we are seeing more sustainable growth amongst a larger number of countries.

To find out where housing demand was strongest, Smoke and his team looked at the number of Realtor.com listing views relative to the number of listings for each individual market.

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY / DRS By Gordon Platt A rising tide lifts all ships, and the bull market in stocks is enabling a number of technology and housing - related companies, particularly in the US, to float initial public offerings.

Under such conditions, housing markets become unaffordable to an increasing number of residents.

And alongside the couture fashion houses that have been selling to Middle Eastern women for years, there are now a number of high - street retailers and A-list designers who are taking note of this growing market.

The Government has taken a number of welcome steps to support the housing market through the introduction of a range of schemes, some of which were announced in last Autumn's Laying the Foundations: A Housing Strategy for Ehousing market through the introduction of a range of schemes, some of which were announced in last Autumn's Laying the Foundations: A Housing Strategy for EHousing Strategy for England.

The de Blasio administration's take on the program is that a number of landlords have made a lot of money by housing the homeless, as the city pays more than market - rate for these units.

While the real - estate market was collapsing, the husband of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand made a large number of bearish bets against housing stocks, an analysis of congressional disclosure reports shows.

«Property Tracker», which reports the views of over 2,000 UK adults about the housing market every three months, also highlights a sharp jump in the number of people who see raising a deposit as a barrier to home ownership, up from 62 % in June to 69 % in September, the highest percentage reported for this factor since the survey began in June 2008.

New York also has a comparatively lower number of market - rate assisted - living and retirement communities than comparable metropolitan areas because the cost of rehabilitating older buildings is so high, a housing industry expert told the Times.

Following an unrelated rally, Mr. Cuomo told the Observer that — with just three legislative session days left — he and the leaders of the Assembly and State Senate are «discussing a number of proposals» on the tax credit, which is intended to produce affordable housing but which critics argue incentivizes market - rate development.

A decade of flat funding by federal agencies, declines in in - house research programs in industry, and an academic research culture that relies upon an ever - increasing number of trainees to execute research have flooded the market with highly trained scientists competing for few permanent positions that would utilize their skills.

Featuring a dreamy flock of butterflies, this wrap's print, by painter Lana Moes for White House Black Market, beautifully embodies the idea of strength in numbers.

Socially awkward Michael Burry (Christian Bale) is nearly autistic but brilliant with numbers; angry - guy Mark Baum (Steve Carell) applies his Talmudic erudition to Wall Street and sees a house of cards waiting to tumble; Jared Vennett (Ryan Gosling) calmly lays plans to profit from the bubble once it bursts; and newbie investors Charlie Geller (John Magaro) and Jamie Shipley (Finn Wittrock) get onboard, essentially betting that the housing market would fail.

Unlike the slick suits and killer sheen of Oliver Stone's Wall Street, this is a world of chaos and disorder filled with misfits who understand numbers more than people; from Christian Bale's Michael Burry, a socially awkward heavy - metal enthusiast who dreams up the credit default swaps that enable him to «short» the housing market, to Steve Carell's bereaved and fractured Mark Baum (a character inspired by the real - life Steve Eisman) who balances moral outrage and repressed self - loathing as he swims with sharks in the cesspool of the financial market.

Moving up the rankings By electing to treat students as customers and adopting a commercial market approach to customer service, Edge Hill University's in - house FM team not only saw the institution leap nine places on the higher education rankings table within a year — from 95th place to 84th — but also made a number of cost savings.

With significant attention to outreach and marketing, the number of parents attending the school's open house rose.

This news should serve as a conversation starter for authors and publishers — especially smaller press publishing houses — who have yet to explore the options of international distribution, an important market option considering the lack of available English language content in direct proportion to the numbers of English speakers in many of these countries.

«I think it's going to absolutely have a negative effect on, particularly, the mass market,» said Steven Zacharius, CEO of Kensington Books, a publishing house whose imprints boast a number of of New York Times best selling authors including Fern Michaels, one of the most recognizable names in romance.

During one of the last big kerfuffles, wherein Amazon tried to push around a number of small POD publishers into making them use their own in - house print service (Angela Hoy and Booklocker fought back on that one and won) many of the other indy authors that I was hanging out with as part of our on - line support group) tried to put more of our efforts into marketing our books through Barnes & Noble, and to Borders.

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Tory says such a move would help stabilize neighbourhoods by limiting the number of people staying there temporarily, while also potentially putting housing units back on the market for longer - term tenants.