November 21, 2011 (Jeff Alan) Housing affordability ticked back up slightly in the third quarter of 2011 according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI) as low interest rates and stable home prices nationwide kept housing affordability near its highest level in more than twenty years. […]
August 19, 2011 (Jeff Alan) Housing affordability in the second quarter of 2011 remained near 20 year highs according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI). Nearly three-fourths of all homes in the U.S. were affordable to families earning the national median income. […]
March 21, 2011 (Chris Moore) Sales of previously owned U.S. homes plunged in February and prices hit their lowest level in nearly nine years according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Existing home sales dropped 9.6 percent in February compared to January and home prices dropped 5.2 percent compared to February 2010. Read more...
February 11, 2011 (Shirley Allen) The National Association of Realtors (NAR) released its latest survey on home sales and home prices for the 4th quarter of 2010. NAR reported that home prices increased in 78 out 152 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) compared to the fourth quarter of 2009. Home sales however, were down substantially from [...]
January 28, 2011 (Jeff Alan) Future home sales look a little brighter according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR) whose Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) for December rose 2 percent from the previous month and is the fifth gain in the last six months. Read more...
December 3 2010 (Shirley Allen) The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI), a forward-looking indicator released monthly by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), rose 10.4 percent to 89.3 based on contracts signed in October compared to 80.9 in September. Read more...
