Despite bad news on the jobs front Friday, more Americans believe home prices and opportunities for buyers and sellers will increase over the next 12 months, Fannie Mae said Monday. Americans on average expect home prices to jump 1.3% over the next year, according to Fannie’s April 2012 National Housing Survey. The GSE surveys 1,000 random Americans to come up with the latest results each month. The percentage of Americans who believe now is a good time to sell a […]

A look at stories across HousingWire’s weekend desk, with more coverage to come on bigger issues: As they witness a steady flow of new and existing households in and out of the ownership market, housing analysts at Bank of America ($7.73 -0.06%) say the nation’s homeownership rate will decline further. The rate will eventually fall to about 63% and remain there, they say, pulled down by the continued flow of foreclosures. Some 34.6% of families rented their home in the […]

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A new survey shows that the tighter economy has prompted more home owners to tackle do-it-yourself house projects — everything from plumbing, painting, and installing patio deck tiles, according to a new report from Bank of America. Home owners say they used to hire-out for such projects in the past. The survey found that 70 percent of home owners have taken on such improvement jobs to curb housing costs in the last year. The most common DIY house tasks: repairing […]

With signs of a housing turnaround getting stronger, housing experts say buyers are finding several recent changes when they go to put in an offer on a home. A recent article at U.S. News & World Report highlights some of these changing “rules” for your home buyer clients: 1. Lowball offers won’t likely stick: Sure, deals are still around, but lowball offers that aren’t in line with comparable sales data are increasingly proving to be a waste of time. Buyers […]

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The number of assaults against real estate professionals is on the rise, with the nature of attacks becoming more violent and sometimes deadly. Fatal injuries among real estate professionals while working on the job reached in 2010 their highest level since 2003, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Figures from 2010 are the latest year available. Sixty-three workplace fatalities occurred in the real estate industry category in 2010, which is a 19 percent rise over the previous year. Of […]

Texas dominates the list of fastest-growing cities, attracting more residents with its strong employment center, lower taxes, and more affordable housing, according to an article in Forbes.com. For the second year in a row, Austin, Texas, topped Forbes’ list of America’s fastest-growing cities. The city has a projected economic growth rate of 6 percent a year through 2016, which is more than twice as much as the nation as a whole, according to Moody’s Analytics data. In compiling its list […]

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