July 30--All real estate is local, but the market's recovery in Charleston is mostly in the hands of faraway decision-makers -- bank executives who control lending trends, Federal Reserve board members weighing interest rate levels, and business owners who decide when to hire more workers.
MINNEAPOLIS Government cash didnt help John Foley and Cindy Case sell their Minneapolis house before the federal home buyers tax credit expired at the end of April, so the couple decided to take matters into their own hands. They hosted a backyard party with food and an open bar, invited the neighbors and professional contractors in case potential buyers had questions about remodeling. To ...
Real-estate transfer-tax earnings were up for municipalities on the Main Line for the first half of 2010, but the revenue source has ebbed and flowed by month, according to data supplied by local municipalities.
ERA Justin Realty provides the following information. RUTHERFORD Buyers are the ones who determine the value of the real estate market, not sellers or Realtors. Sellers, as a result, need to reset their expectations in order to be part of the evolving 2010 real estate market.
It takes a lot of courage to be a bull on homebuilder stocks these days. They exist, for sure. And they aren't on mind-bending drugs. In fact, they see the world much as the housing stock bears do. You won't find any uplifting messages in their reports on the economy and housing.
