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Home Prices Up!
October 25, 2011 in General R.E.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Home prices rose in August in half of major cities measured by a private survey, a sign that prices are stabilizing in some hard-hit portions of the country. The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller index showed Tuesday that prices increased in August from July in 10 of the 20 cities tracked. That marked the fifth straight month that at least half of the cities in the survey showed monthly gains. The biggest price increases were in Washington, Chicago and Detroit. The greatest declines were in Atlanta and Los Angeles. […]
Home building jumps 15 percent in September
October 19, 2011 in General R.E., Step 03: Do Strategic Planning
Home building jumps 15 percent in September By Derek Kravitz October 19th, 2011 @ 8:28am AP Real Estate Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – Homes were built in September at the fastest pace in 17 months, a hopeful sign for the economy. Most of the gain was driven by a surge in volatile apartment construction. That should help create jobs and boost economic growth, but it doesn’t signal a comeback for the depressed housing market. Single-family home construction, which represents nearly 70 percent of homes built, rose only slightly. And building permits, […]