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Is the housing market headed toward a ‘double-dip’?

Dennis Norman

Just as we are talking more about home prices “stabilizing” there is yet another cause for concern as to just where the market is headed. Last week Celia Chen, senior director of the Moody’s Economy.com research staff, issued a report stating that the odds of a near-term “double-dip recession” have increased from [...]

Federal Government Is Largest Owner of Foreclosed Properties; Over 200,000 and Growing

Dennis Norman

According to a report issued by Radar Logic Incorporated government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) and Federal agencies involved in housing finance currently have an inventory of over 200,000 repossessed homes. Being the largest owner of foreclosed homes in the U.S. gives the government a lot of power and influence over the [...]

House prices increased in June in 23 of 25 metro areas

Dennis Norman

 According to the Housing Market Report that was issued this morning by Radarlogic, home prices increased in June from the previous month in 23 out of the 25 metropolitan areas tracked by their company.

Overall the composite for all 25 metros showed a 3% gain in price from May to June representing one of [...]

Home Sales in 25 Metros Up 600% in January 2009 from January 2008

Dennis Norman

By: Dennis Norman

Say What???  How could home sales have increased six-fold but yet we are still in the midst of a major recession in the U.S.?

For starters, the statistic I’m quoting come from the Radar Logic housing market report for January 2009.  In their report for January 2009 their report states “On a [...]

Another look at real estate values and median prices

By: Dennis Norman

Just in case you haven’t heard enough about real values median prices and the like I have another housing report to talk about.  Yesterday Radar Logic published it’s report on October home prices for 25 metropolitan areas.  Radar Logic has only been publishing this housing report since 2000 so they are a fairly newcomer compared [...]