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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 will be revised on July 24) had risen to $208,600, up $13,000 and a full 6.6%. Another ...

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 $1,500 per month on a rental. If the buyer purchases a $300,000 property with $30,000 ...

In April of 1973, mortgage rates were about the same as they are today. Since that time, we have only had mortgage rates this low during 2001 and 2002, the height of the seller's markets where there was little inventory. In the last two major buyer's markets, one in the early 1980s and the other in the early 1990s, the rates were much ...

Sales of existing homes increased in February and remain within a fairly stable range, according to the National Association of Realtors®. Existing-home sales - including single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops - rose 2.9 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate (1) of 5.03 million units in February from a pace of 4.89 million in ...

If you are currently renting, the following might be helpful. Just for comparison: if you are currently Renting and paying $2k per month and could have bought a $400K home a year ago at last years interest rates with a mortgage of around $1800, that same home today (which might be $380K-due to the softened market) at current interest rates (which ...

The National Multi Housing Council projects the number of "households that rent" will increase by  four million over the next 10 years, with half of them renting apartments in properties with five or more units. Looking back at  2007, the group said the number of renters in professionally managed  apartments ...

*Updated March 11, 2008 Investors (Foreign and Domestic): There are some very real investment opportunities in the Los Angeles CA area involving Multi-Unit Residential properties. As a Buyer, if you are not ready to make a home purchase, you can still own a piece of the dream in Los Angeles through an investment strategy. Los Angeles ...

Due to my efforts in optimizing my website www.LAexclusiveProperty.com I am speaking with more and more International Buyers that are beginning to consider real estate investments in California. The reasons for this traction are the weakened dollar and market dynamics in this state. Home prices have peaked, Supply is the best in more than 10 ...

Are Buyers and Sellers waiting out the market? They may be, as evidenced by the latest data regarding SoCal Home Sales Transactions which fell below 10,000 in the month of January. This is the first time this has happened in around 20 years. Clearly, Buyers are waiting, but should they? With interest rates low, supply up, and ...

Riverside, CA just outside of Los Angeles, is on target to see continued Home Price declines for the next 2 years. The odds that this will come true are 94% based on a statistical model by PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. This same model applied to the Los Angeles area predicts a 79% chance that home price will decline for the next 2 years. With ...