Marketing & Statistics
Home Marketing & Statistics
May 2012 Market Report
MEMPHIS, TN - June 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Memphis-area home sales for May increased 24.8 percent from a year ago, with 1,441 total sales recorded in the Memphis Area Association of REALTORS® MAARdata property records database. Total sales jump...
Survey Shows No Confidence in US Government on Real Estate Market
Destin, FL - June 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Respondents to an online poll have given the U.S. government a no confidence vote when it comes to helping the real estate market. An over-whelming majority of 83% say the government will not take major ...
Net Lease Economic Report
RESTON, VA - June 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Earlier this year, locally-based Calkain Cos., and New York-based Chandan Economics announced a new mission: they would partner to provide research in one of the few areas of commercial real estate.
Social Media Contest Pulls Heartstrings…RE/MAX Names First Weekly “What Moves You?” Winner
Chicago, IL - June 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The first weekly winner in the RE/MAX “What Moves You?” contest is Roger Blackwell, of Lombard, IL for his story and photo entitled “My Wife Moves Me.” Roger has won an Apple gift card worth $750...
Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications increased 1.3 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending June 1, 2...
CLUELESS! UNRATED, UNACKNOWLEDGED: WHAT Bully AND THE CURRENT GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS SHARE IN COMMON
Phoenix, AZ - June 5, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Wake Up, world! Violence and suffering abound. The world is in crisis--crisis, whose expression according to the Chinese kanji, indicates danger/crucial point when change happens.
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCES LARGEST DECLINE IN TWO YEARS IN MAY EVEN AS SPENDING ON...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 1, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction Suffers Largest Employment Decline Within Sector, Likely Reflecting Impacts of 1.4 Percent Decrease in Public Construction Activity During the Previous Month
Southeast Indiana Housing Market Shows Continued Signs of Growth
JEFFERSONVILLE, IN - May 31, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- According to the latest housing data compiled by RE/MAX of Indiana, Southeast Indiana’s real estate market continued to show relatively strong growth during the first four months of the year. Th...
Northwest Indiana Housing Market Shows Continued Signs of Growth
PORTAGE, IN - May 31, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- According to the latest housing data compiled by RE/MAX of Indiana, Northwest Indiana’s real estate market continued to show moderate growth during the first four months of the year. Eight percent more...
Mortgage Rates Drop to New Survey Lows
WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 30, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications decreased 1.3 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending May 25, 2...
RE/MAX Hot Air Balloon to Visit Locke Elementary in Chicago Neighborhood of Montclare on...
CHICAGO, IL - May 30, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The RE/MAX Hot Air Balloon will pay a visit to Josephine Locke Elementary School, 2828 N. Oak Park Ave. in the Montclare neighborhood of Chicago on June 1 when the balloon crew will present an interactiv...
Federal Housing Finance Agency Reports Mortgage Interest Rates
Washington, DC - May 29, 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 AR...
New-Home Sales Rise 3.3 Percent in April
WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sales of newly built, single-family homes rose 3.3 percent in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 343,000 units, according to newly released data from HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau.
RE/MAX Brokers Report Medical Providers Have Stepped Up Purchasing and Leasing
CHICAGO, IL - May 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- As the commercial real estate market slowly recovers throughout Chicago and its suburbs, a pair of top brokers with the RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network pointed to one class of commercial bui...
Record Low Mortgage Rates Fuel Third Consecutive Increase In Refinance Applications In Latest MBA...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications increased 3.8 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending May 18, 2...
California pending home sales down after robust March; tight housing supply persists
LOS ANGELES, CA - May 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- After posting a strong performance in March, California pending home sales slipped in April, but were higher than a year earlier for the twelfth consecutive month, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALT...
April home sales in Illinois up 15.7% from a year ago; median prices stable...
SPRINGFIELD, IL - May 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Illinois home sales had their strongest showing in two years and statewide median prices remained steady for the second straight month, April data released by the Illinois Association of REALTORS® s...
Spring home buying season off to strong start, home sales and price post impressive...
LOS ANGELES, CA - May 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- California home sales and median price both jumped in April, with sales shooting up to their highest level in more than two years, and the median price rising above $300,000 for the first time in 16 ...
Colliers International Completes $2.1 Million Sale of a U.S. Post Office Property in Inglewood,...
Los Angeles, CA - May 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Colliers International, the third largest global real estate services organization, has completed the $2.1 million sale of a 12,221-square-foot U.S. Post Office facility located at 811 N. La Brea in ...
California housing affordability continues to rise in the first quarter of 2012
LOS ANGELES, CA - May 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Housing affordability in California set a new record high in first quarter 2012 rising to 56 percent, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) reported today. The increase can be attributed ...
Nationwide Housing Affordability Reaches New Record High
WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Nationwide housing affordability hit a new record high for a second consecutive quarter in the first three months of this year, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo H...
Q1 2012 Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Originations Up 36 Percent from Q1 2011
Washington, DC - May 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- First quarter 2012 commercial and multifamily mortgage loan originations were 36 percent higher than during the same period last year and 12 percent lower than the fourth quarter of 2011, according to...
Delinquencies Decline in Latest MBA Mortgage Delinquency Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties decreased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 7.40 percent of all loans outstanding as of the end of the first quarter...
Refinance Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications increased 9.2 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending May 11, 2012
April Housing Starts Rise 2.6 Percent From Upwardly Revised Rate
WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Nationwide housing production gained 2.6 percent from an upwardly revised pace in March to hit a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 717,000 units in April, according to newly released figures from t...
RE/MAX Reports Rising Sales, Stabilizing Home Prices Were Hallmarks of April Activity
CHICAGO, IL - May 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- April home sales activity in the metropolitan Chicago real estate market was characterized by rising sales and firmer home prices, according to an analysis by RE/MAX. Combined sales of attached and detac...
Recent Transactions 05 07 2012
Phoenix, AZ - May 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) - David Cravath and Rob Downing negotiated the sale of a 60,402 SF multi-family property for the seller, Realty Partners Charter, LLC. The property is located at 1220 N. 44th Street in Phoenix. Linda Gerc...
South Carolina REALTORS® Release April Market Numbers
COLUMBIA, S.C. - May 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- South Carolina REALTORS® (SCR) today released its April Statewide Market Reports. New Listings in South Carolina decreased 6.2 percent to 8,863. Pending Sales were up 18.1 percent to 5,243. Inventory...
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS PRICES INCH UP IN APRIL, WHILE CONTRACTORS’ PRICES FOR NEW NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The cost of construction materials took a breather in April, while contractors showed slightly greater ability to roll past price increases into their bids, according to an analysis of producer pric...
Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications increased 1.7 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending May 4, 2012.
