By Peter Ricci Housing investors have been one of the more interesting outcomes of the post-boom real estate market, as they have snatched up the scores of highly inexpensive distressed properties that sit throughout the country – and according

By Peter Ricci Real estate writing, as any successful agent can anecdotally support, can have a profound impact on how quickly a property sells and at what price, but a series of fascinating studies recently spotlighted by the Wall

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) added 11 more metropolitan areas to its Improving Markets Index for October, a measure of the nation’s housing markets that are showing definite signs of recovery. A measure of specific housing markets’

By Peter Ricci Amidst a closely-watched and increasingly divisive presidential election season, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has released the Obama administration’s latest Housing Scorecard, a measure of the U.S. housing market that highlighted a number

By Peter Ricci Acting Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Commissioner Carol Galante has announced that the FHA has no plans to incorporate an REO-to-rental program similar to that of the FHFA. Making her comments at the HousingWire REperform conference currently

By Peter Ricci Asking prices rose 0.5 percent from August to September in the Trulia Price Monitor, a leading indicator in home-price trends that is issued on a monthly basis by the real estate website. In addition, asking prices

By Peter Ricci The multifamily sector of the housing market has been one of the few bright spots in the post-boom marketplace, and how – new data from the Mortgage Bankers Association found that more than 2,500 lenders provided

By Peter Ricci President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney squared off in Denver last night in the first of three presidential debates, and though the debate (which focused solely on domestic policy) mainly generated headlines on

By Peter Ricci Home values have been on a certifiable roller coaster ride the last 12 years, with their ebbs and flows resembling the famed “Raging Bull” ride at Six Flags Great America; however, home values have stabilized in

By Peter Ricci In the most recent Gallup poll of professions, 20 percent of respondents surveyed had a high opinion of real estate agents, compared to 70 percent for doctors and 84 percent for nurses; could that be because of

By Stephanie Sims Imagine finding your dream home – then finding out that the home was used as a meth lab by its previous owners. No, this isn’t an idea for Breaking Bad to live on after its series

By Peter Ricci Home prices increased 4.6 percent year-over-year in August in the latest CoreLogic Home Price Index, which is the largest yearly increase in more than six years. Indeed, not since July 2006 have home prices risen as

By Peter Ricci Realogy, the real estate services company that owns Coldwell Banker and Century 21, is planning on going public late next week, and its IPO is expected to raise more than $1 billion from investors, according to

Residential construction spending increased 0.9 percent from July to August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $273.5 billion, according to new numbers out today from the U.S. Census Bureau. Overall, private construction spending was down by 0.5 percent from

By Peter Ricci When you’re around the housing industry long enough, you begin to see the common traits of valuable real estate – strong schools, great trim work, decent lots, and of course, the specific geographical location of the

By Peter Ricci Autumn is a season of many things – pumpkins, darkening foliage, and, of course, Jack Skellington – but it is not a season known for selling homes. As many an agent will attest, home sellers often