Knight Frank offers both residential and commercial real estate property brokerage and rental services in 43 countries, and reports research on 55 countries. AOL Real Estate analyzed housing value changes in the Knight Frank research pool, and reported those top markets based on increase in… Read more

Housing continues to make a comeback following the real estate depression of 2007 through 2011. Job growth (albeit tepid), rising rents and population growth are the trifecta to increased sales and prices. October 2012 saw a Seasonally-Adjusted Annualized Sales Rate (SAAR) of 4.79 million existing… Read more

The planets are lining up, so to speak, making residential rental property owners positive about expectations, and at the same time with tenants facing a prognosis of ongoing rising rents amid a mounting wave of demand for properties.  Perhaps more significantly, this trend is expected… Read more

Jobs are everything creating demand for real estate. Period. Then add to that the supply and demand for real estate, and most questions are answered regarding value changes and price trajectory. That said, national median list prices of homes for sale increased 2.54 percent in… Read more

Earlier today I wrote about how economic demand for real estate in some small towns was increasing. I stated “Economics 101 teaches us that price changes in assets, goods and services are a function of supply and demand. The economic demand (versus demographic demand) for… Read more

Economics 101 teaches us that price changes in assets, goods and services are a function of supply and demand. The economic demand (versus demographics demand) for real estate is a function of job growth and income. HomeVestors® (the real estate franchise with the signs that… Read more

RISMedia, in referencing a Philadelphia Inquirer article from September 23, 2012, reported on 2011 residential lending data available through the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). The total number of residential loans completed in 2011 was the lowest in 16 years. Not only were there fewer… Read more

Foreclosures dropped in July 2012 to 58,000 from 69,000 in July 2011 (and 62,000 in June 2012) according to CoreLogic. Half of all foreclosures were from five states: California, Florida, Michigan, Texas and Georgia. Homes tallied 1.3 million in some form of foreclosure (3.2 percent… Read more

A repeating question from people on housing statistics has been regarding recreation, seasonal or occasional use dwellings. Last fall, based on data from the 2010 Census, the Census Bureau published a 12-page summary looking at the current housing inventory by state and contrasting that with… Read more

While existing home sales were up in July, perhaps the story line should be focused on the shrinking inventory of homes available for sale, portending sustained price increases. Each month Realtor.org details listing information statistics from 146 markets. Just two of the 146 markets had… Read more