Marketing & Statistics
Home Marketing & Statistics
July pending home sales lose steam; share of equity sales expands further
LOS ANGELES - August 29, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Despite ultra-low interest rates, California’s real estate market continued to underperform in July, with pending home sales posting lower for the fourth straight month. At the same time, equity h...
City Announces Plans for Redevelopment of Historic St. Roch Market
NEW ORLEANS, LA - August 22, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, the City of New Orleans announced plans to complete the redevelopment of the historic St. Roch Market located at 2382 St. Claude Avenue. The City, through its public benefit corporation the...
Illinois median home prices increase 7.2 percent in July; Home sales down, but...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - August 21, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Illinois home prices rose again in July, marking nearly two years of annual gains. Home sales dipped as tight credit standards and lower, but improving inventory levels continue to affect the ma...
Second quarter housing affordability declines statewide and in 19 of 26 California counties
LOS ANGELES - August 19, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lower interest rates in the second quarter of 2014 failed to offset continued home price increases, lowering housing affordability statewide and in 19 of 26 counties in California, the CALIFORNIA ASSO...
Illinois home sales see slight uptick in June; Prices continue annual upward trend
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - July 23, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Illinois home sales reversed course in June with statewide home sales experiencing a slight year-over-year gain for the first time this year. Home prices continued to climb and marked the 22nd con...
More home buyers turning to social media in home-buying process, REALTOR® survey finds
LOS ANGELES - June 30, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Reflecting the proliferating use of social media in today’s society, more home buyers are turning to social media in the home-buying process than ever, according to the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALT...
Equity home sales near 90 percent of all home sales, while pending home sales...
LOS ANGELES - June 24, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Higher home values continued to fuel more equity home sales, which have made up more than 80 percent of all home sales for the past 11 consecutive months. Meanwhile, pending home sales fell in May as ...
California home sales and price gains temper in May as buyers confront housing affordability...
LOS ANGELES - June 17, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- California home sales eased slightly in May as a shortage of homes and housing affordability concerns held back would-be home buyers, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) said today. Mean...
CHF|CIRB Releases April 2014 Housing Statistics
WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 12, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Statistics for April 2014 have exceeded total housing units from the previous month by 36%. Single-family units produced a 5% increase in month-over-month activity, while increasing annually by 2% ...
Montana Department of Revenue Holds Online Auction of Unclaimed Property
Starting in June 2014, the Department of Revenue will hold an auction to sell unclaimed safe deposit box contents. For the first time, the state will auction the items online rather than in a physical location because online auctions generally reach mo...
Share of equity home sales rises to highest level in more than six years...
LOS ANGELES - May 23, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Recent home price gains have lifted more underwater homes into positive territory, pushing the share of equity home sales to their highest level since late 2007. At the same time, pending home sales we...
California median home price reaches highest level since December 2007; home sales register largest...
LOS ANGELES - May 23, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Showing true signs of improvement, California’s housing market continued to perform better than expected in April with both the median home price and home sales increasing month to month, the CALIFORNI...
NYS median home sales price holds steady in April
Albany, NY - May 22, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York State median home sales price held steady in April at $215,000 compared to April 2013, while the number of closed sales fell by more than 11 percent compared to a year ago, according to the h...
Illinois median home prices increase 7.6 percent in April, home sales decrease 7.8 percent...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - May 22, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Illinois home prices continued an upward trend with April marking 20 consecutive months of year-over-year gains. Tighter inventory continued to affect home sales, which decreased 7.8 percent over p...
PITI, Minimum Annual Income Required to Purchase Median-Priced Home Rises More Than 50 percent...
LOS ANGELES - May 15, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- A combination of continued price increases and relatively higher interest rates during the first quarter of 2014 led to decreased housing affordability in all regions of the state, the CALIFORNIA ASSOC...
April Market Report
Memphis-area home sales for April declined 7.6 percent from a year ago, with 1,297 total sales recorded in the Memphis Area Association of REALTORS® MAARdata property records database. Sales increased 8.4 percent from March, when there were 1,197 tota...
California pending home sales jump in March; short sales drop to lowest level in...
LOS ANGELES - April 24, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- In an encouraging sign for a healthier spring home-buying market, California pending home sales increased more than usual and rose to the highest level in eight months. Meanwhile, the share of short ...
California Foreclosure Starts Hover Near 8-Year Low
La Jolla, CA. - April 23, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- For the third consecutive quarter California foreclosure starts remained little changed at a level last seen in early 2006, the result of steady economic growth and higher home values. Foreclosure pr...
Empire State median sales price continues to climb as home sales dip in first...
Albany, NY - April 22, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York State median sales price grew by 5.1 percent in the 2014 first quarter compared to a year ago, continuing its upward trend, according to the housing market report released today by the New ...
California home sales spring higher in March, but diminishing affordability sapping market
LOS ANGELES - April 18, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- California’s housing market ticked upward in March to reach the highest level in four months, but sales were still lower than a year ago as declining housing affordability continues to put downward p...
Arlington County Board Reduces Real Estate Tax Rate in FY 2015 Budget Mark-up
The Arlington County Board today directed the County Manager to reduce the real estate tax rate by one cent in the Fiscal Year 2015 Budget. The Board's action came during the mark-up for the budget, which the Board is set to adopt during its April 22 m...
California March Home Sales
WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 17, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- An estimated 32,923 new and resale houses and condos sold statewide in March. That was up 28.2 percent from 25,680 in February, and down 12.8 percent from 37,764 sales in March 2013, according to ...
U.S. ranks as top destination for international home buyers, C.A.R. survey finds
LOS ANGELES - April 4, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Viewing the country as a safe place to put their money, international home buyers preferred purchasing properties in the United States over other countries, according to the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF RE...
CHF|CIRB Releases February 2014 Housing Statistics
WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 1, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- February 2014 housing units have surpassed the January numbers by 14%, though year-over-year total units revealed a 25% decrease since February 2013. Single-family units show a minor decrease in ac...
Pending home sales dial up again in February; distressed housing market stabilizes
LOS ANGELES - March 26, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Pending home sales posted stronger than average gains in February for the second straight month, thanks to seasonal factors, but remained below the level of a year ago, despite slight improvements in...
Weather and lower inventory impact February Illinois home sales but median prices see annual...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - March 20, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Illinois home sales decreased 6.2 percent over previous-year levels in February while median prices increased 6.9 percent, according to the Illinois Association of REALTORS®.
Southern California February Home Sales Lowest Since 2008
La Jolla, CA - March 12, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Southland home sales dropped to the lowest level for a February in six years as many would-be buyers struggled with inventory constraints, credit hurdles and reduced affordability. The median price pa...
Distressed housing market shrinks dramatically since housing downturn of Great Recession
LOS ANGELES - March 12, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Vastly improved home prices over the past five years have changed the landscape of California’s distressed housing market, which is now just a fraction of what it was during the Great Recession, the ...
CHF|CIRB Releases January 2014 Housing Statistics
WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 11, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- January 2014 monthly permit totals quickly cooled after December’s hot streak. Though permits issued for single family and multi-family units decreased 51% from December 2013, current activity s...
Pending home sales reverse two-month decline; inventory loosens heading into spring homebuying season
LOS ANGELES - March 5, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- With the statewide housing inventory slowly improving, California pending home sales picked up steam in January and reversed a two-month decline, but pending sales were still down from a year ago, the C...
