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Economists now agree with me: Real Estate Market may be near bottom

I’m pleased that within the last couple of days, some real economists that are actually paid for their opinion of the market, have come out and stated that housing my be near the bottom; Something that I first suggested over two weeks ago in a post on this site and then again four days ago in another post.

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

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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 [...]

Keep it in perspective

By: Dennis Norman

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Last night my sister sent me a link to a video about children in Uganda and their battles with starvation, sickness and life without parents. Wow, when we are made aware of things like this it is really an eye opener to just how blessed we are, particularly here in [...]

Home mortgage interest rates continue to fall….Life support for the ailing real estate market but not the cure

By: Dennis Norman

For the eighth week in a row, the interest on fixed-rate home loans has fallen according to the Primary Mortgage Market Survey released this week by Freddie Mac.  The survey shows interest rates for a 30 year fixed-rate mortgage have dropped to an average of 5.14% nationwide, down from 5.19% the week before.  [...]

Has the real estate market hit bottom?

By: Dennis Norman

The National Association of REALTORS(R) (NAR) is projecting existing home sales for 2008 to come in at 5.2 million homes sold down from 5.7 million for 2007, 6.5 million for 2006 and 7.1 million for 2005.  On a positive note, sales increased from August to September by over 5% and sales for 2008 through [...]