Home values surged 32 percent from 2000 to 2005
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Home values across the United States soared 32 percent during the first half of this decade, according to new data released on Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Most forecasts run 5 to 6 percent above 2005, promising a lift for the US economy.
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WASHINGTON  - Sales of existing U.S. homesunexpectedly rose by 2.7 percent in November as low mortgagerates fueled a record pace of home-buying, a trade associationreport showed on Wednesday.
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U.S. personal incomes rose 1.5 percent in the second quarter of 2004, the fastest pace of growth in more than three years as income gains sped up in 33 states, the Commerce Department said on Tuesday.
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The October average U.S. house price  jumped 8.5 percent from a year ago, setting the stage for  mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to raise the limit  on mortgages they can buy, a Federal Housing Finance Board  survey showed on Tuesday.
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&#39;The ongoing stimulus of lower-than-expected mortgage interest rates was the primary driver of strong home sales in October.&#39;.
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Home foreclosure filings surged in the largest metropolitan areas in the United States during 2007, with cities in California, Ohio, Florida and Michigan reporting among the highest rates in the country, real estate data firm RealtyTrac said on Wednesday.
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Sales of existing U.S. homes  unexpectedly rose by 2.7 percent in November as low mortgage  rates fueled a record pace of home-buying, a trade association  report showed on Wednesday.
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Homeowners increased their mortgage borrowing by almost $600 billion in the last quarter of 2006, an annual pace of 6.4 percent.
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Housing starts rebounded sharply in July, making up almost all the ground lost in a June slump by posting their largest monthly percentage gain since September 2002, a report from the Commerce Department on Tuesday showed.
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More than 2m homes are now worth more than the level at which inheritance tax is levied, a report says.
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Applications for home mortgages jumped to their highest level in nearly four years as low interest rates led more homeowners to seek refinancing, according to data from an industry group on Wednesday.
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Sales of existing U.S. homes rose  unexpectedly to a record high in November and prices surged as  low mortgage rates fueled home-buying, a trade association  report showed on Wednesday.
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Sales of new homes rose unexpectedly in April to the fastest pace this year as the housing sector showed resilience in the face of rising mortgage rates. But the price of homes sold last month fell and the level of unsold homes rose to a record high.
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U.S. housing starts jumped a  larger-than-expected 6.4 percent in October to the busiest pace  since December as buyers took advantage of low mortgage rates,  a government report showed on Wednesday.
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U.S. housing starts unexpectedly  rose 4.7 percent last month to a nearly 21-year high as  single-family housing starts shot up to a record, a Commerce  Department report showed on Wednesday.
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Average U.S. home prices rose 7.73  percent over the 12 months to September 30, but the  quarter-to-quarter gain was the lowest since 1998 and indicates  a sharp deceleration in house price gains, the U.S. Office of  Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight reported Thursday.