Tag Archive | "Realtor.com"

Inventories Hit Ten Month High

Friday, June 14, 2013

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As the spring home buying season transitions into summer, month-over-month inventories are rising faster than they were as sellers respond to price increases at a faster pace than earlier in the buying season. On a national basis, both list prices and Inventories rose in last month, according to Realtor.com's May data.

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Early Bird Buyers Try to Beat Tight Inventories

Friday, March 15, 2013

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Realtor.com listing data for February suggest buyers are getting an early start to the 2013 home buying season despite the bad weather in many parts of the country and inventories that are still at record lows. Sellers are finally responding to the positive market by replenishing depleted inventories.

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Luxury Sales Approach Sellers’ Market

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

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Top tier properties are getting close to ending their multi-year buyers' market and quickly reaching a more equal balance between buyers and sellers, catching up with less expensive homes.

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For-sale Inventory Only Half of 2006 Level

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

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Only half of many homes in America are listed for sale compared to the height of the housing boom in 2006 while median list prices are about the same as they were a year ago.

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Pricey Pocket Listings Put a Dent in MLS Dominance

Friday, December 28, 2012

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Pocket listings-homes sold outside multiple listing systems-have become extraordinarily popular over the past year, creating a secondary residential market place that raises questions about the value and role of the Realtor-run MLS system that has dominated residential real estate for more than a century.

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List Prices Flatten Despite Sinking Inventory

Monday, December 24, 2012

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Inventories continued to fall to record lows in November and the age of the nation's listings inventory declined, but asking prices failed to rise as housing markets prepared for their annual wintertime hibernation.

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Recovery Softens as More Markets End Year with Annual Price Decline

Monday, November 19, 2012

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Over the past few months, the number of markets experiencing year-over-year price declines has steadily increased, while the number experiencing list price increases has steadily declined. Compared to one year ago, a higher number of markets are ending the year with a year-over-year price decline (44 in 2012 vs. 36 in 2011) and a lower number of markets have a year-over-year price increase (71 in 2012 vs.84 in 2011).

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List Prices in Heartland Markets Turn Negative

Monday, October 15, 2012

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Inventories remained at historic lows in September, down 17.77 percent compared to a year ago and the median list price was marginally higher, but a growing number of older industrialized areas are showing signs of weakness and the gains observed earlier in the 2012 home buying season in many markets appear to be moderating.

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Sellers Keep Faith as Inventories Rise

Thursday, March 24, 2011

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Despites declines in prices through the fourth quarter and January, sellers are expecting nearly demand to be as strong as it was at the beginning of the homebuyer tax run-up in sales a year ago according to February data released today by Move, Inc.

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Online House Hunting Rises 10 Percent over 2010

Thursday, February 24, 2011

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In January the number of searches for homes by buyers on the Internet's largest homes-for-sale site, a potential an indicator of future demand, rose 10 percent over a year ago, a time when large numbers of buyers were getting ready to take advantage of the homebuyer tax credits.

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