Posts with tag National Association of Realtors

By Christopher S. Rugaber The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes ticked up in April to the highest level in three years. The increase points to growth in home sales in the coming months. The National Association of Realtors said Thursday that its seasonally adjusted index for pending home sales rose 0.3... Continue Reading »

WASHINGTON -- Contracts to purchase previously owned U.S. homes rose in March, as the housing market continues to accelerate this year. The National Association of Realtors said Monday that its Pending Sales Index, based on contracts signed last month, rose 1.5 percent to 105.7. Activity in recent months has shown modest... Continue Reading »

Existing home sales are up: Rah! Rah! Rah! You're probably hearing the resounding cheers as the National Association of Realtors reported Thursday that sales of existing homes rose to a three-year high in February. Even more exciting is that real estate inventory, which has been frustratingly low for quite a while,... Continue Reading »

By Les Christie Steady December home sales capped the best year for the U.S. real estate market in five years, according to an industry trade group report Tuesday. The National Association of Realtors said that December sales of previously-owned homes came in just slightly below November's sales pace, but up 12.8% from... Continue Reading »

2012 will probably go down as the most affordable year on record for homebuyers, according to the National Association of Realtors. A combination of depressed home prices and rock-bottom interest rates created perfect-storm home buying conditions that Americans may not see again for decades, experts say. NAR's Housing... Continue Reading »

Think real estate is a boring topic? Not according to Google! (And us, obviously). According to a new study from the National Association of Realtors, real estate-related searches on Google have skyrocketed 253 percent over the past four years. Apparently, this hike in real estate interest can be attributed to a surge... Continue Reading »

By Paul Ausick We have two data points on the U.S. housing market this morning. The National Association of Realtors reports that the seasonally adjusted annual rate of existing home sales in November rose 5.9 percent to 5.04 million from a downwardly revised total of 4.76 million in October. Sales are up 14.5 percent... Continue Reading »

By Christopher S. Rugaber WASHINGTON -- A measure of U.S. home prices rose 6.3 percent in October compared with a year ago, the largest yearly gain since July 2006. The jump adds to signs of a comeback in the once-battered housing market. Core Logic also said Tuesday that prices declined 0.2 percent in October from... Continue Reading »

By Christopher S. Rugaber WASHINGTON -- An index measuring the number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes in October jumped to nearly its highest level in almost six years. Steady job gains and record-low mortgage rates have made homebuying more attractive. The National Association of Realtors said Thursday... Continue Reading »

The national median home price among all housing types was $183,900 in September, the latest data available from the National Association of Realtors. What can you get for that price? We scoured our listings database for a sampling of homes on the market with asking prices close to the national median sales price... Continue Reading »

WASHINGTON -- U.S. sales of previously occupied homes fell in September after hitting a two-year high in August, in part because there were fewer homes available for sale. The National Association of Realtors said Friday that sales of existing homes in the U.S. dipped 1.7 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of... Continue Reading »

By Christopher S. Rugaber WASHINGTON -- A jump in sales of previously occupied homes and further gains in home construction suggest that the U.S. housing recovery is gaining momentum. Sales of previously occupied homes rose 7.8 percent in August from July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.82 million, the National... Continue Reading »

By Martin Crutsinger WASHINGTON -- U.S. home prices rose in June from the same month last year, the first year-over-year increase since the summer of 2010. The increase is the latest evidence of a nascent recovery in the housing market. The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index released Tuesday showed a... Continue Reading »

By Christopher S. Rugaber WASHINGTON -- Americans bought more homes in July than in June, the latest evidence that the housing market is slowly, but steadily, improving. Sales of previously occupied homes rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.47 million in July, a 2.3 percent increase from the previous month's... Continue Reading »

By Inman News The National Association of Realtors has launched an email campaign designed to educate roughly 82 million consumers about the value of homeownership and the government incentives in place that support it. Starting last week, the three-part campaign sent out its first set of emails directly from NAR to U.S.... Continue Reading »