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Housing Bubble
Housing bubble news and commentary on trends in real estate prices,investor behavior and home buying

• California call for halt to foreclosures
  California foreclosure crisis as sales and prices continue to fall
• First time buyer numbers fall
  Survey finds first time buyer numbers have fallen since last year
• Housing bubble just booms and balloons
  No housing bubble just different booms and deflating balloons in home prices but buyers back out of deals in record numbers
• Southern California home sales at nine year low
  Home sales in Southern california show dramatic fall with price growth also slowing
• No housing bubble new analysis of fundamental home values
  No housing bubble claims study with homes being undervalued in many areas and exisitng housing bubble assumptions flawed
• Housing Bubble is real and a risk to economy
  Housing bubble prices overvalued mortgage equity withdrawal and unemployment are risk
• Real estate investment expo targets realtors and entrepreneurs
  Real estate expo aims to help realtors become real estate entrepreneurs make money from national and international real estate investment
• Futures trading real estate offers more options
  Futures and options trading for real estate using home prices indexes for investors housing bubble insurance
• Existing home sales and prices rise
  Existing home sales and prices rise leading realtors to claim home market is stabalizing
• Mortgage delinquencies rise
  Residential mortgage delinquencies rise with small increase in loans enterering foreclosure since previous quarter
• Online real estate advertising warning
  Online real estate advertising attracts investors filipping real estate
• Is bursting housing bubble an opportunity ?
  Conflicting views on bursting housing bubble opportunity and who could benefit
• Housing market continues to slow
  Data shows housing market continues to slow new and existing home salse both decline
• Craigslist sued over fair housing laws
  Lawsuit filed by fair housing group alleges cragslist published discriminatory ads
• Existing home sales fall in December
  Large regional variations in sales with home price growth also reduced in December - 2005 record for sales
• Housing market back to normal growth in 2006 say realtors
  Housing market to show more normal rate of price growth and more sustainable sales pace
• Pending Home Sales Index slows for third month
  Realtors say slowing Home Sales Index shows housing market in transition
• Real estate bubble not seen by LaSalle
  Student housing and buildings in non-condo conversion markets seen as offering good returns
• Home sales and housing production to slow in 2006 say homebuilders
  Homebuilders forecast a return to sustainable levels of sales production and price appreciation
• Florida home sales rise prices show small gain
  Florida's existing homes median price continues rise, sales show slight gain in November
• Illinois home sales level and prices rise over last November
  Illinois home sales level in November, prices rise 9.8 percent from year earlier
• Pending home sales show market easing
  Home sales decline expected as housing sector slowing say realtors
• Trends indicate housing bubble
  Study claims that housing market trends indicate dangerous hosuing bubble
• Housing overvalued investors say
  Perceptions of real estate valuations are local suggests survey
• Fed raises interest rate to 4 percent
  Increase in interst rate aimed at controlling inflation
• Freddie Mac mortgage relief for Wilma borrowers
  Freddie Mac announces mortgage relief for borrowers affected by Hurricane Wilma
• How to avoid conflict of interest when buying and selling a home
  Avoid conflict of interest in real estate with free consumer booklet
• Pulte Homes have record Q3 results
  9 percent increase in average selling price to $317,000 per home
• Hood files lawsuit against insurers after Katrina flooding
  Attempt to force payment for flood losses not covered by property insurance
• Florida land sale biggest since Disney?
  Florida land sale of Citrus and Ranch land may be biggest since disney
• High risk mortgages and home prices
  High risk mortgage lending could threaten home prices with Interest Only, Pick a Payment and OptionArm
• Existing home sales remain in record territory say realtors
  Slight easing of sales in June may reflect some weakness in the labor markets says Lereah
• California median home price increases 15.9 percent in June
  California median home price hits record $376,260 sales increase 7.2 percent C.A.R. reports
• New home sales break another record in June
  Sales of new single-family homes rose to a second consecutive record-breaking high in June
• Florida's home sales rise 14 percent in June
  Florida statewide median sales price rose 11 percent to $161,900 last month
• Illinois June home sales up 7.2 percent
  Illinois home sales rise median home price up 7.3 percent on year
• Housing starts and building permits rise
  Housing starts rise 3.7 percent, building permits rise 0.8 percent
• Housing Market Index shows builders confidence still high
  Housing Market Index rise indicates builders confidence still high but land availability causes concern in some areas
• Inclusionary housing grows in California
  Inclusionary housing an explosive trend in housing strategy has potential to double affordable housing production
• NAR Survey of home buyers and sellers shows growing web use
  Nearly three out of four homebuyers now use the Internet as a tool when searching for a home
• M.D.C Holdings reports record second quarter homebuilding profits
  Highest second quarter home closings, quarterly home orders and quarter- end backlog in Company history
• Nearly one in seven buyers owned or bought a second home in Q1
  Nearly one in seven home buyers owned or bought a second home during first quarter
• Census Bureau releases commuting and housing data