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Home buyers are unexpectedly finding more competition this spring in landing their dream home. Bidding wars are increasingly being reported in markets across the country, from California to Florida, The Wall Street Journal reports. “It’s a little surprising because we thought bidding wars were done with,” Andy Aley, a home shopper in Seattle, told The Wall Street Journal. Aley says he was outbid on a home earlier this year, even though he offered to pay $23,000 above the listing price and also waive inspections and other closing conditions. Home buyers […]

Worldwide, real estate prices have made large gains over the last five years, which has raised fears in many countries about brewing housing bubbles. In the last five years, China alone has seen prices soar more than 110 percent. The sudden spike in home prices has led the government take several efforts to try to curtail the rapid growth, such as by limiting multiple home purchases, raising interest rates, and increasing bank reserve requirements. So where are the world’s hottest property markets? CNBC highlights the top five, basing its research […]

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Open houses are still an important component of marketing a home for-sale to many real estate professionals, according to a real estate lead generation company. The REALTOR® Nationwide Open House Weekend event wrapped up this past weekend, as agents across the country held an estimated 31,078 open houses. Sixty percent of Inman News readers say open houses and working with a wholesale backdrops printing company are a part of their marketing strategy, according to the poll of 218 real estate professionals. So how do agents spread the word about their […]

Nearly 70 percent of real estate agents recently polled predict home prices will rise by the end of this year, particularly among homes in the low and mid-price ranges, according to the RE/MAX Market Insights, an online survey of more than 1,000 RE/MAX agents. “This market is definitely heating up,” says Margaret Kelly, RE/MAX CEO.  “[Real estate agents] are witnessing a recovery across the country fueled by home buyers and sellers taking advantage of a significant market opportunity.” More real estate professionals are also reporting greater interest among non-investor home […]

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PulteGroup ($10.27 0.24%) reported first-quarter losses of $12 million, or 3 cents a share, reducing its year-ago losses of $40 million, or 10 cents a share. The Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based homebuilder met analyst expectations of 3 cents a share, according to Zacks Investment Research, buoyed by a dramatic increase in land sale revenues. Home sale revenues in the first quarter increased 4% to $814 million from $782 million a year earlier. The rise in revenue reflects a 5%, or $12,000, increase in average selling price to $261,000, partially offset by […]

Although U.S. foreclosure activity may be declining, the problem is far from over. There have been 5 million foreclosures since 2007, reports the Center for Responsible Lending, which estimates that between 3 million and 5 million more will occur over the next couple of years. In 2003, one in 38 U.S. home owners were seriously delinquent on their mortgage payments or in foreclosure, but today those numbers are one in 10. Some of the consequences of foreclosures are obvious: family displacements, crime in vacant properties, ruined credit, and the loss […]

The nation’s home prices rose 0.3% on a seasonally adjusted basis from January to February, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s monthly house price index. For the 12 months ended February, home prices rose 0.4%, the first 12-month increase since the July 2006 to July 2007 interval. The index remains 19.4% below its April 2007 peak and is roughly the same as its January 2004 level. While prices in January were unchanged, according to initial estimates reported in the last HPI release, the January result was revised downward to […]