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13 September 2009
U.S. Price Gains of 7.3%..REO soften...
Market Report Clear Capital Reports 7.3% U.S. Home Price Gains, Softening REO Influences National price gains continue positive climb; real estate owned (REO) saturation rates decline; Los Angeles and Fresno markets show positive quarterly price gains Read More...
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15 June 2009
Rates move higher in past 2 weeks after their bottom in May
As I mentioned before, added supply has been one of the main culprits behind the recent sell-off in Bonds and corresponding climb in home loan rates . So where is that supply coming from? First, all those refinances you've heard about lately are actually Read More...
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18 May 2009
May 18, 2009-Real Estate News This Week
(Remember, inflation is the archenemy of Bonds and home loan rates, so I will be keeping a close eye on this in the coming months.) The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Administration making a very interesting announcement Read More...
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15 April 2009
March California Foreclosure Report
Notices of Default , the first step in the foreclosure process , reached a record level – nearly 26 percent higher than the previous historic peak in April 2008. Notices of Trustee sale , which set the auction date and time, rose 82.3 percent from Read More...
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08 February 2009
Home Prices to Bottom in 2009..New Report!
House prices in much of the U.S. will bottom out in this year's fourth quarter, Moody's Economy.com says in a new report. The report projects that peak-to-trough declines for metro areas will be 53% in Los Angeles. In some of the hardest hit markets, Read More...
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14 December 2008
NAR 2009-2010 Forecast...Rates are coming DOWN
Please contact me: Thomas Ray,M.S.,Realtor Keller Williams/Marina Office:310.862.1786, Cell:310.420.1149 www.LAexclusiveProperty.com Read More...
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16 November 2008
California Home Prices DOWN 40.9 percent!--NOW is the time to BuY.
The median price of an existing, single-family detached home in California during September 2008 was $316,480, a 40.9 percent decrease from the revised $535,760 median for September 2007 . It is still too early to determine if the statewide median price Read More...
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31 October 2008
Sept Sales and Price Report--Sales Soared!!!
September sales and price report: Sales in California soared 96.7 percent and the median price of an existing single-family home decreased 40.9 percent compared with September 2007. Statewide sales in September surpassed the 500,000 mark for the first Read More...
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15 October 2008
Fed Cuts Rate by .50==Multi-Family Financing Still Unknown
Fed Cuts Rate by 50 Basis Points, Impact on Multi-Family Financing Still Unknown The Federal Reserve today ordered an emergency interest rate cut of half a percentage point , knocking the key rate down to 1.5 percent. The Fed fund rate is the interest Read More...
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13 October 2008
Stock Market at a 5 year low...Oil down!
"THOSE WHO CAN SOAR TO THE HIGHEST HEIGHTS CAN ALSO PLUNGE TO THE DEEPEST DEPTHS." Lucy Maud Montgomery . Despite all of the government's efforts, markets here and around the world plunged this week as the financial crisis continues to grow. Read More...
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21 September 2008
Multi-Family is the best investment NOW!!
Multi-Family Apartment Buildings are the best investment now. This is true here in Los Angeles, CA as we see rents increasing 5% year over year. Rents have risen in each of the past 24 Quarters partly due to the Sub-Prime fallout which is forcing many Read More...
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04 August 2008
The Housing and Economic Recovery Act
This week, President Bush signed the "Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008" into law. This $300 Billion rescue plan is aimed at helping struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure, as well as boost confidence in the housing market. Although Read More...
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14 July 2008
Prices are Rising-for four straight months!!
Prices have risen for four straight months. The median home price has fallen from a high of $230,200 in July 2006 to a low in February 2008 at $195,600, a drop of 15%. Since February, however, it has risen steadily every month. By May the index (which Read More...
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04 June 2008
Buyers Hurry!--Housing Market doing a 180
Homes are now more affordable then they have been in years. As soon as I state this, the market could turn the other way. It may be many months before we see balance in the markets, but it is coming. Price reductions have increased dramatically in the Read More...
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11 April 2008
Buyers and Renters - The Cost of Waiting
First up: The loss of tax deductions . In most cases, people who lack a mortgage pay more federal and state income taxes than those who qualify for a mortgage deduction. A Mortgage Calculator illustrates this point: Assume that a buyer is currently paying Read More...
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