Housing News

Home sales in the Longview-Marshall area jumped more than 11 percent during the fourth quarter of 2009, reflecting a statewide double digit increase trend, officials said.

North Texas home prices inched higher in January. Pre-owned median home prices were up 1 percent last month from a year earlier.

Gov. M. Jodi Rell proposed her final budget to a generally receptive Legislature on Wednesday, asking lawmakers to inaugurate Keno gambling for a new revenue stream, while retaining nearly current spending levels.

Pulte Homes Inc . said Tuesday its loss narrowed in its fourth quarter, and the nation's largest homebuilder expressed cautious optimism for housing demand this year.

The Canadian Real Estate Association now says 2010 will be a record year for home sales.

Home Buyers: Pending home sales index shows signs of stabilization. Geithner Testifies: The Treasury Secretary is on the Hill to talk about the 2011 budget.

Maui's housing market experienced dramatic swings in sales of single-family homes and condominiums in January compared with the same month a year earlier.

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China vows it will not issue new loans to developers who seek to speculate on rising property prices through "hoarding land" or "putting off home sales" and may also call back earlier credit to such borrowers.

Anyone trying to sell their home today knows it's a challenge. Now couple that will trying to sell your home on a short sale.

Homebuyers and sellers could see a significant decrease in transaction fees if Canada's Competition Bureau wins a challenge to the Canadian Real Estate Association's all-or-nothing pricing structure, according to a bureau spokesman.

House prices to hit record: report CREA expects Canadian sales activity to surge and prices to reach $337,500, as January housing starts numbers also point to a booming industry Tavia Grant Published on Monday, Feb.

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said it is "very difficult" to see US unemployment falling soon and that an economic recovery is "going to be a slow, trudging thing." He also expressed concern about falling stock prices.

CAIRO: Talaat Moustafa Group, Egypt's biggest developer by market value, plans to launch its first project in Saudi Arabia within three months to target the country's young, wealthy buyers, its finance director said.

A new occupancy tax increase approved by Douglas County could mean $800,000 more to market Lake Tahoe and Douglas County and another $460,000 for parks and recreation.

The revival in Australian home prices risks stalling because slowing wage growth is putting higher house valuations out of the reach of buyers, said Bill Moss , former head of property at Macquarie Group Ltd.

WASHINGTON We need to get the story straight. Already, a crude consensus has formed over what caused the financial crisis.

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Ottawa's resale housing market got off to a strong start in January 2010, with total sales rising 34.8 per cent to 713 units, according to numbers released Wednesday by the Ottawa Real Estate Board.

If you bought a home in 2009, you could be eligible for a tax credit, but figuring out which one can be confusing.

People bought more homes in Snohomish County in January as prices continued to fall.