Sentences with phrase «of housing markets»

Despite a recovery and expansion of housing markets around the country, REALTORS ® are continuing to see a number of homeowners who need to pursue Federal Housing Administration (FHA) preforeclosure sales or «short sales.»

In hundreds of communities and dozens of states, REALTORS ® have become outspoken advocates for policies that maintain the integrity of housing markets by preserving choice and affordability without compromising the qualities that make communities desirable.

«After the recession, the parts of the housing markets that seem to come back quickest and stronger are the move - up and 55 - plus segments because those people still have money,» he told Construction Dive.

This combined with a nation - wide rebalancing of housing markets means that buyers will have more opportunity in most markets across Canada.

«The government's newly tightened mortgage regulations have dampened a wide swath of housing markets, including places not targeted directly by the government's latest regulatory measures.

In an effort to help first - time homebuyers — but not hurt the equilibrium of housing markets outside of Toronto — the Ontario Liberal government announced today that they'll double the first - time homebuyers» maximum Land Transfer Tax refund to $ 4,000.

The national housing market is definitely heating up, but it still makes more sense to buy instead of rent in more than half of all housing markets.

This sheds light on what would occur if a significant number of first time buyers are priced out of housing markets, especially in moderately priced neighborhoods.

You should also do considerable research on several housing markets even if some of the housing markets aren't where you wanted to live in the first place.

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.

Commissioner Stevens didn't paint a completely rosy picture of housing markets and FHA accomplishments.

It would not be surprising to see federal housing agencies increase loan limits for some of these housing markets in 2017.

So, the tendency of housing markets, and therefore of school racial composition, is toward separation of racial groups.

As a result of these decisions, school districts are no longer responsible for school segregation that arises as a result of housing markets within their boundaries.

Perhaps it's merely a byproduct of the strength of housing markets in Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan.

As mentioned earlier, home prices are expected to continue rising in most of the housing markets on the Forbes / Local Market Monitor list.

For all of the housing markets shown above (and for many others that are not shown here), the one - year forecasts were a fraction of the gains measured over the previous 12 months.

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.

All of these housing markets have something in common.

More than two - thirds of housing markets in Canada's major cities are overvalued, says a leading industry body.

The central bank, which kept its rate at 1.25 per cent Wednesday, said slower first - quarter growth of about 1.3 per cent was largely a result of housing markets» responses to stricter mortgage rules and sluggish exports.

«Additional government support for home ownership, especially in the context of housing markets experiencing rapid price growth and restricted housing supply, are likely to be counterproductive,» Morneau wrote.

«The health of the housing market has been deteriorating rapidly in Canada,» the report states.

I am, however, a journalist, and I've spent the last few months talking to analysts and economists from across Canada about the possibility of a housing market crash in Canada.

But the Liberals are overestimating the strength of the housing market too, according to Dolega.

This means the claims of overbuilding — which further fuel this idea of a housing market crash — are unfounded in cities like Toronto, Calgary and, potentially, Vancouver.

«As market conditions evolve... the Government of Canada will revisit these rules and make any necessary amendments deemed appropriate to ensure the long term stability of the housing market,» notes the second - quarter financial statements of Genworth.

An argument sometimes used to defend the strength of the housing market is that foreign investors, predominantly wealthy Chinese citizens, are buying property here because Canada is a safe haven in a turbulent global economy.

The lawsuit stems from losses the pension fund suffered after the collapse of the housing market and defaults on formerly AAA - rated securities that were backed by pools of residential mortgages, Calpers said in a statement.

The same is true of the housing market.

The backbone of the housing market overhaul is the so - called Dodd - Frank law, a bill passed by Congress in 2010 that also sets out the general principles for shaking up Wall Street and the financial sector.

The Conservatives could get away with this as long as the Canadian economy fared better than the rest of the world, with relatively low unemployment, relatively high wages and no sign of the housing market crash that doomsayers» predicted.

Given the sensitive political and economic nature of the topic, the complexity of the problem and the current tenuousness of the housing market, we imagine that Treasury's contribution will be not so much a shout, more like a polite throat - clearing.

As a result, Rascoff said, home prices shoot up, leaving minimal inventory at the middle and low end of the housing market — and causing many millennials end up renting into their 30s.

These two groups — seniors and children — are the future of the housing market.

Jestin says that one reason why some people were expecting a rate hike sooner than later was because of our housing market.

In San Francisco, one of the most unaffordable housing markets in the country, homes valued at $ 1 million or more now make up two - thirds of the housing market — triple the share in 2012.

«I don't think those are challenges that are going to keep young households permanently out of the housing market, but it may keep their homeownership rate near historic lows for likely the indefinite future,» Ralph McLaughlin, Trulia's chief economist, told the Wall Street Journal.

His colleagues, he told me, had foreseen the implosion of the housing market, but that hadn't stopped them from trading in exactly the securities they knew were making it inevitable.

He also recaps his highly profitable call on the collapse of the housing market back in 2006, and warns that the ongoing easy money - fueled five - year plus rally in global financial markets could «end very badly.»

New York — The New York Fed today released a new interactive tool that provides data on the state of the housing market recovery in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

If construction rates do moderate, prices in the hot markets of Miami, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, New York, Boston, and Phoenix should rocket to all time highs but what is the risk of a housing market crash?

Talk of the housing market, housing affordability, credit availability — really anything having to do with most Americans» single largest investment — has been conspicuously absent from the political conversation in this election cycle.

«After all, as Nutting notes, «there are two universal truths at the National Association of Realtors: 1) It's always a good time to buy or sell a home; and 2) We've seen the worst of the housing market correction.»

Result: In 2007, the collapse of the housing market triggered the subprime mortgage crisis and a three - year - long global recession.

There was more good news coming out of the housing market yesterday, with the Commerce Department announcing that new residential construction projects, called housing starts, increased by 15 % in September compared to the prior

Banks and other institutions could lend more money every time the Fed reduced rates, and this led consumers to feel more confident in borrowing more, but it stressed their actual financial system beyond repair in many cases, and it caused stress for those that didn't borrow because they felt priced out of the housing market.

Since housing data has lots of extreme values in it, the median is a better representation of the general level of the housing market than the average.

Single - family rentals — either detached homes or townhomes — are developing faster than any other portion of the housing market.

Like many Texas cities, Dallas was largely shielded from the devastation of the housing market collapse.