Inventories of homes for sale nationwide increased 4 percent in April, but remain 13.5 percent lower than last year’s inventory levels, according to realtor.com®’s latest report....
Barclays: Home Prices to Rise 10% This Year
Home prices will likely climb 10 percent in 2013 and 8 percent in 2014, according to Barclays analyst Stephen Kim, who recently upgraded his view of the housing market from neutral to...
Land Prices Rise as Builders Scramble for Lots
An improving housing market is creating a sharp increase in land prices and “creating big profits for land investors but putting pressure on builders to further increase the price of...
Home Prices Pick Up at Fastest Pace in 7 Years
Home prices nationwide, which includes distressed sales, soared 10.2 percent year-over-year, according to CoreLogic’s February report. It’s the largest year-over-year increase in...
Where Are Home Prices Heading Through 2017?
Home prices are expected to continue their trajectory upward, projected to rise 3.7 percent between the third quarters of 2013 and 2014, according to Fiserv, which used data from the...
Fiserv: Home Prices Still Have a Long Way to Climb
Despite recent progress, home prices still have a long way to go to return to the peaks they reached during the housing boom, the analytics firm Fiserv reports. From 2007 to 2012, home...
New-Home Prices Soar to 5-Year High
The median price of a new home rose a record-breaking 11.2 percent in August, reaching $256,000. That marks the highest level since March 2007, the U.S. Census Bureau reported...
The ‘Walmart Effect’ on Home Prices?
When a Walmart comes to town, critics have long argued that the big-box discount retailer has the potential to lower nearby home values. Researchers decided to test that theory to see...
States With Highest, Lowest Price Appreciation in March
Tighter housing inventories are starting to lift home prices, says Anand Nallathambi, CoreLogic’s CEO. CoreLogic’s latest home price index, which includes distressed sales, shows a...
Home Prices to Rise 4% Per Year?
Have home prices finally hit bottom? Many analysts think so. According to the latest forecast by Fiserv, the market watcher sees a big boost to home prices on the horizon, projecting...



