Taxes Are Reassessed in Housing Slump as Prices Drop
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Downward assessments appear most pronounced in areas where the market was exploding just a few years ago, or where economic conditions are poorest.
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Further evidence that the housing market has run out of steam emerged yesterday as the Nationwide reported the first fall in prices for three years.
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Home builders and financial issues, the biggest casualties of the subprime lending meltdown, were hit again by tax-motivated selling in recent weeks but could rebound a bit early in the new year, money managers said on Monday.
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The housing crisis and high oil prices may cause a slump, analysts warn.
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WASHINGTON - New home sales plunged in November, but analysts say that a variety of economic reports released Thursday overall paint a positive picture.
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Concern about interest rate hikes, the drop in new home construction, and tighter business inventories contributed to the decline.
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Not everyone has suffered from the current housing slump. Exceptions include entrepreneurs with deep experience in real estate and those who have carved out a special niche.
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The latest data indicates that slowing home sales and the rising number of properties for sale is forcing more sellers to reduce prices in many locations across the country.
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NEW YORK -- U.S. home prices fell 3.2 percent in the second quarter, the steepest rate of decline since Standard & Poor's began its nationwide housing index in 1987, the group said Tuesday.
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Home prices in 20 metropolitan areas fell in November for the 11th consecutive month, as foreclosures and a slump in sales added to the glut of unsold properties.
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Home prices have plunged by 10 percent or more in some parts of the United States and interest rates on mortgages are at enticing levels, but many potential buyers are waiting for prices to fall further.
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Further evidence has been published that house prices are slowing down in England and Wales.
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Housing construction fell in November, with single-family activity dropping to the lowest level in more than 16 years. Analysts said the recession in housing showed no signs of a turnaround.
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RIVERVIEW, Fla., Jan. 25 -- Piece by piece, as the economy has faltered and as the subprime mortgage crisis has taken hold, Ivan Toledo's grasp on his job, his house -- his entire middle-class life -- has come undone.
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Business & money: Housing market slows as mortgage approvals fall.
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House prices dropped at their steepest rate for nine years this summer, according to a survey published today which provides one of the clearest indications yet that the housing market is in decline.
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In August, for the first time since 1995, housing prices slipped a bit from the previous August.