Marketing & Statistics
Home Marketing & Statistics
California home sales and prices higher in July; median price reaches near-four-year high
LOS ANGELES, CA - August 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- California home sales and prices both posted strong gains in July, with the sales pace showing positive year-over-year growth for the fourth straight month and the median price reaching a near-fo...
Housing Starts Edge Down 1.1 Percent, Permits Rise In July
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Nationwide housing production edged down 1.1 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 746,000 units in July, according to newly released figures from HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau. Howev...
Central Coast Regional MLS offers zipFormMLS-Connect®
LOS ANGELES, CA - August 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Real Estate Business Services® (REBS®), the subsidiary of the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.), today announced that Central Coast Regional MLS (CCRMLS) is providing access to the ...
South Carolina REALTORS® Release July Market Numbers
COLUMBIA, S.C. - August 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- South Carolina REALTORS® (SCR) today released its July Statewide Market Reports. In comparing the numbers to July 2011, New Listings in South Carolina increased 2.0 percent to 7,907, while Pending...
Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications decreased 4.5 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending August...
Higher home prices reduce California housing affordability in second quarter 2012
LOS ANGELES, CA - August 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Higher home prices offset record-low interest rates and lowered housing affordability in California in the second quarter of 2012, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) said today
Mortgage Delinquencies Increase in Latest MBA Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties increased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 7.58 percent of all loans outstanding as of the end of the second quar...
COMPTROLLER LIU RECOVERS RECORD $2 MILLION FROM DAMAGE TO CITY PROPERTY
NEW YORK, N.Y. - August 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- City Comptroller John C. Liu announced today that over the past fiscal year, his office recovered $1,978,370 from the insurance companies of individuals who damaged or destroyed City government prop...
Second Quarter Metro Area Home Prices Rise, Limited Inventory Capping Sales
WASHINGTON, DC - August 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Median existing single-family home prices are rising in more metropolitan areas, but a lack of inventory – notably in lower price ranges – is limiting buyer choices in an increasing number of ma...
Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications decreased 1.8 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending August ...
July Market Report
MEMPHIS, TN - August 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Memphis-area home sales for July rose 7.4 percent from a year ago, with 1,385 total sales recorded in the Memphis Area Association of REALTORS® MAARdata property records database. Total sales increase...
Refinance Applications Increase Again to Three-Year High in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 1, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications increased 0.2 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending July 27...
Second Quarter Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Originations Up 25 Percent from Q2 2011
Washington, DC - July 31, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Commercial/multifamily mortgage origination volumes during the second quarter of 2012 were up 25 percent from second quarter 2011 levels, and up 39 percent from the first quarter of 2012, according t...
Apartment Market Hot Streak Continues
WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 30, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- For the sixth quarter in a row, the apartment industry improved across all indexes in the National Multi Housing Council’s (NMHC) Quarterly Survey of Apartment Market Conditions. The survey’s i...
Remodeling Marketing Index Adjusts Downward from Recent High, Future Market Activity Steady
WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The second quarter results of the Remodeling Market Index (RMI) slipped under pressure from a softening labor market, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), dropping two poi...
Federal Housing Finance Agency Reports Mortgage Interest Rates
Washington, DC - July 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today reported that the National Average Contract Mortgage Rate for the Purchase of Previously Occupied Homes by Combined Lenders, used as an index in some a...
Pending Home Sales Slip in June, Remain Above a Year Ago
WASHINGTON, DC - July 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Pending home sales declined in June but marked 14 consecutive months of year-over-year gains, according to the National Association of Realtors®
June pending and distressed home sales report
LOS ANGELES, CA - July 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A continued lack of housing inventory and slowing economy sent California pending home sales lower in June, but pending sales were still higher than the previous year for the fourteenth straight mon...
As Low Rate Environment Persists, Refinance Applications Reach Highest Level Since 2009 in Latest...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications increased 0.9 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending July 20,...
New-Home Sales Decline in June from Upwardly Revised May Pace
WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sales of newly built, single-family homes slowed 8.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 350,000 units in June following an upwardly revised, strong pace in the previous month, accordin...
EPA Kicks Off Third Annual Energy Star National Building Competition
WASHINGTON, DC - July 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star program launched the 2012 National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings with a record 3,200 buildings across the country...
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT ROSE IN 25 STATES AND D.C. BETWEEN JUNE 2011 AND 2012 BUT...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction employment increased in just half the states plus the District of Columbia from June 2011 to June 2012, but declined in a slim majority of states in the past month, according to an ana...
June home sales in Illinois up 18.0 percent from a year ago; Median prices...
SPRINGFIELD, IL - July 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Home sales surged 18 percent over previous year levels, with data released today by the Illinois Association of REALTORS® showing signs that the state’s housing market is strengthening.
Housing Starts Rise 6.9 Percent in June
WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Despite popular belief, a recent analysis of government data by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reveals that the geographic distribution of households headed by someone age 55 or o...
Governor makes appointments to Board of Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons
LANSING, MI - July 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Rick Snyder has announced the appointment of Robert Craig, of St. Johns, and the reappointment of Shawn Huston, of Lewiston, to the Michigan Board of Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons.
NYU Furman Center Quarterly Housing Report Finds Home Sales and Prices Up, Foreclosures Down...
New York, NY - July 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- According to the New York City Quarterly Housing Update (Q1 2012) released by NYU’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, home sales volume rose in the first quarter of 2012, with the numbe...
C.A.R. reports California’s housing market continued to improve in June
LOS ANGELES, CA - July 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- California’s housing market continued to show signs of improvement in June, as home sales experienced solid gains annually and home prices reached their highest level since August 2010, the CALIFO...
Top Ten Issues Affecting the Real Estate Industry
CHICAGO, IL - July 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- As the condition of the global economy continues to cause uncertainty across all industries, The Counselors of Real Estate®, an invitation-only international professional association of top executives ...
South Carolina REALTORS® Release June Market Numbers
COLUMBIA, S.C. - July 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- South Carolina REALTORS® (SCR) today released its June Statewide Market Reports. We're halfway through 2012 and what a year it's been. Residential real estate has finally taken some meaningful strid...
Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications decreased 2.1 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending July 6, ...
