Archive for December, 2008

Portland-area home prices slip 10% (The Oregonian)

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Number of homes for sale is sky high

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North Texas home prices keep falling, but they’re falling faster elsewhere (Dallas Morning News)

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Home price declines show no signs of abating in the Dallas area. But the falloff in residential values here remains a fraction of the nationwide plunge, according to the latest numbers.

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Movers & Shakers (Coeur d’Alene Press)

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Thirty-nine agents and brokers with Windermere/Coeur d’Alene Realty, have been awarded the Certified Negotiation Expert (CNE) designation. This is achieved by real estate professionals who have successfully completed formal training in the art of negotiation.

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Top 10 Stories of the Year No. 3 Development slows : Real estate sales stall, building boom implodes in 2008 (NWAnews.com)

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

The slow down in the Northwest Arkansas real estate market that began during 2006 ground to a near halt in 2008 as building permits fell and homes sale stalled. (Northwest Arkansas Times)

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Luxury Key West Vacation Homes Now Selling At Incredible Savings; Singh Resorts Offers Parrot Key Price Reductions (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Legendary developer Pritam Singh is offering a limited number of vacation homes for sale starting at $699,000 at the luxury waterfront Parrot Key Resort in Key West, a reduction of more than 50 percent off the original $1.4 million price.

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Sales of homes in Nov. lowest since Jan. 2001 (Montgomery Advertiser)

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Homes sales in the tri-county area fell by more than 43 percent in November — the lowest monthly total in almost eight years.

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Home value fallen? Property taxes may be too high (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

The real estate and foreclosure crises have played havoc with property values in Atlanta.

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Close to Home: Prices in Reno down 40% from peak (USA Today)

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Home sales are up in Reno as prices have fallen, attracting buyers. But the local housing market has not turned around. The existing housing market has a deep hole to climb out of, says Wayne Capurro, president of the Reno/Sparks Association of Realtors.

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Supply of homes for sale near 2-year low (Orange County Register)

Monday, December 29th, 2008

Last 2008 survey shows fewer than 12,000 dwellings available countywide.

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Residential Real Estate Residential real estate future cloudy as confidence wanes (Fort Worth Business Press)

Monday, December 29th, 2008

The nation?s residential market heading into 2009 collectively resembles a battlefield of foreclosed, abandoned and partially built homes scattered up and down streets once alive with a swelling housing market.

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