Home prices still soaring, Realtors say
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Bee Staff Writer. A continued housing shortage will push California&#39;s median home resale price up by a double-digit percentage again next year even as interest rates rise and sales slow, the
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Despite the talk of a housing collapse, the real estate tycoons of the Forbes 400 are as wealthy as ever.
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Even as foreclosures keep rising and overall sales continue to plummet, more expensive homes have staged a bit of a comeback in recent months.
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Despite uptick in September, a glut of homes suggests that more price-cutting lies ahead.
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Business & money: Signs that four increases since August are starting to bite as housing market cools.
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An expected spike in mortgage rates was supposed to cool off the red-hot housing market, but that spike failed to happen, and real estate sales remained strong in July both locally and nationally, according to reports released yesterday.
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Sales of new homes rose by 9.4 percent in August, the Commerce Department said Monday, as mortgage interest rates remained at low-enough levels to continue enticing buyers worried about future rate hikes.
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Sales of new homes rose 16.2 percent  in April, the sharpest climb in fourteen years, while prices  fell a record 11 percent, according to a government report on  Thursday that showed home builders taking extraordinary steps  to move houses.
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The price boom that&#39;s pushing home purchases beyond the reach of middle-wage households in San Diego County will continue in 2005, according to a forecast released yesterday by the California Association of Realtors.
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The average price of a home in Northern Ireland has continued to rise by 25%, a report finds.
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Sales of new homes rose 16.2 percent in April, the sharpest climb in fourteen years, while prices fell a record 11 percent, according to a government report on Thursday that showed home builders taking extraordinary steps to move houses.
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Although existing homes are selling  at their slowest pace in four years, most Americans are  confident their homes are worth more now than they were a year  ago, according to a survey released on Thursday.
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The state&#39;s housing market continued to hit record levels last month as a dip in mortgage rates and improved inventories spurred many buyers to action, according to the Massachusetts Association of Realtors.
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The slump in home prices was both deeper and more widespread than ever in the fourth quarter, according to a trade group report Thursday. Year-over-year, it was the biggest drop on record, said the National Association of Realtors. But David Lereah, the group's chief economist indicated the worst may be over. "When we get the figures for this spring, I expect to see a discernable improvement in both sales and prices."
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The pace of existing home sales edged up in November from a record low, according to a report on Monday that offered some tentative signs of stabilization in the still-ailing housing market.
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Some economists warn the market's fate hinges largely on mortgage rates because low interest rates are the reason buyers have been able to continue to afford ever-increasing home prices here.
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House prices in Wales again see the highest average rise, with some homes in north Wales doubling in value.