Category Archives: Real Estate

Triangle Housing Market Improves

Home sales across the Triangle rose 26 percent in July compared with a year ago, continuing a streak of double-digit increases in 2012. The latest numbers were better than expected for Stacey Anfindsen, a Cary appraiser who analyzes Multiple Listing … Continue reading

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Gents, Our Hope is Restored?

… It wasn’t that long ago when some pundits were saying hope was all we had in the housing market. But now our hope is being justified by some solid facts. Last Tuesday, the Case-Shiller S&P 500 index of home prices … Continue reading

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Homebuilding Warranties

The data has yet to take an upturn, but at least it’s not getting worse. Still, during the depths of the recession some of the homebuilders made some curious decisions about how much warranty expense they expected per new home … Continue reading

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Triangle home sales up 19 percent in second quarter

BY DAVID BRACKEN – DBRACKEN@NEWSOBSERVER.COM The Triangle housing market continued its upward swing in the second quarter, with sales increasing 19 percent over the same period a year ago. The results continue a trend that has been in place for months now: … Continue reading

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5 Perks and Pitfalls of Old and New homes

If you’re not a buyer who is completely clear on whether you want to buy an older home or a new-ish one, here are some of the factors to consider, pro and con, as you compare and contrast homes built … Continue reading

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June 2012 U.S. Economic And Housing Market Outlook

MCLEAN, Va., June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Freddie Mac (OTC:FMCC) released today its U.S. Economic and Housing Market Outlook for June showing that rental market activity has been a bright spot for the housing market, and due to rental demand by those … Continue reading

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Housing Prices Rise, but Not for Everyone

As more U.S. housing markets improve, an adage about what matters in real estate is proving true: location, location, location. While property markets across the country rose together during the housing boom and fell together during the crash, new data … Continue reading

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Data-Driven Home Aims to Test Which Green Features Work

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is putting the finishing touches on a net-zero-energy demonstration home that the federal agency hopes will identify green and energy-efficient strategies that transfer well to the real world. “We saw the need for a … Continue reading

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A Multifamily Offshoot

The lure of student housing for builders is pretty basic: As college enrollment has exploded—jumping 38% to 20.4 million from 1999 to 2009, according to the Institute of Education Sciences and the U.S. Census Bureau—and as kids stay in college … Continue reading

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Triangle Housing Market Strong All Around May 2012

The Triangle Multiple Listing Service (TMLS) reports the following information pertaining to the housing industry in the greater Triangle Region during May of 2012. The data shown reflects information on properties located in the 16 counties of the greater Triangle … Continue reading

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