NAHB Builder Confidence Index Rises To Five-Year High In May

Homebuilder confidence in the U.S. single-family home market rose to a five-year high in May as buyer traffic increased and sales improved, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells ...

US property market has turned the corner, according to NAR

Pending home sales in the United States increased in March and are well above a year ago, a signal that the housing market is recovering, according to the National Association ...

Home Prices Hit New Lows in Feb: S&P/Case-Shiller

The American market for single-family homes fell to new lows in February, but prices declined at a slower rate compared to the previous month, a private report showed Tuesday, as ...

Home Prices Hit New Lows in Feb: S&P/Case-Shiller

The American market for single-family homes fell to new lows in February, but prices declined at a slower rate compared to the previous month, a private report showed Tuesday, as ...

Home Prices Hit New Lows in Feb: S&P/Case-Shiller

The American market for single-family homes fell to new lows in February, but prices declined at a slower rate compared to the previous month, a private report showed Tuesday, as ...

Home Prices Hit New Lows in Feb: S&P/Case-Shiller

The American market for single-family homes fell to new lows in February, but prices declined at a slower rate compared to the previous month, a private report showed Tuesday, as ...

Home builder sentiment cools in April

CNBC’s Diana Olick explains why buyer interest has yet to translate into expected home sales. Homebuilder sentiment ebbed in April for the first time in seven months as prospective buyers ...

US Home Prices Fall In Jan But At Slower Rate: S&P/Case-Shiller

The 20-city composite index fell 3.8 percent compared to the prior year, matching a median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg. The 10-city composite index fell 3.9 percent. Prices are ...

US Home Prices Fall In Jan But At Slower Rate: S&P/Case-Shiller

The 20-city composite index fell 3.8 percent compared to the prior year, matching a median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg. The 10-city composite index fell 3.9 percent. Prices are ...

Home builder sentiment remains steady in March

NEW YORK — U.S. homebuilder sentiment was unchanged in March to hold at the highest level since June 2007, while sentiment in February was revised lower, the National Association of ...

Average property prices in London and the South East doing best

In January UK house prices increased by 0.2% over the year and decreased by 0.7% over the month, according to the latest UK house price index statistics produced this day ...

US Home Prices Fall 1% in Dec: LPS

U.S. home prices fell 1 percent in December, a sharper decline compared to the previous month, Lender Processing Services Inc. (NYSE: LPS) stated Wednesday. The average national home price was ...

Apple could be bad for your financial health

Could the meteoric rise of Apple’s stock price wreak havoc on your investment portfolio? The technology giant — which recently saw its market value top $500 billion, moving it into ...

6 cities where home prices are falling sharply

Although there have been some recent encouraging signs that the housing industry is getting back on its feet, home prices are still falling in virtually all the nation’s huge metro ...

U.S. Home Prices Hit New Low After Sliding 3.8% in December

Prices have declined steadily since a federal tax credit for first-time homebuyers expired in 2010. However, the national decline was lower than forecasts by analysts polled by Reuters, who had expected a 5.5 ...

Case-Shiller February Preview: Losses Continue

Analysts polled by Reuters anticipate prices to drop year-over-year by 5.5 percent in 20 major U.S. cities in data through December 2011. Month-over-month, the 20-city index is expected to fall ...

Home prices post steep decline

Prices are down 3.7% from a year ago, and off 32.8% since they peaked in the summer of 2006. The index is currently only 0.6% above its March, 2011 low. ...

Case-Shiller Home Price Index: More Declines in November

The 10-city index fell 3.6 percent compared to the previous year, while the 20-city index fell 3.7 percent. The drop was greater than October’s declines of 3.2 percent and 3.4 ...

Case-Shiller Housing Index January 2012: Look for More Declines

The real estate firm Zilllow projects a 3.2 percent decline in year-over-year home prices for the 20-City Composite Index and a 2.7 percent drop in the 10-City Composite Index. The ...

Property prices in Turkey continue upwards

The prices of new properties in Turkey have been increasing steadily over the last 12 months and experts anticipate them to continue doing so in 2012. According to the latest ...

U.S. Mortgage Rates Slide to New Record Low of 3.88 Percent: Freddie Mac

U.S. 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rates fell to 3.88 percent in the week ending Jan. 19, down slightly from 3.89 percent in the previous week, according to Freddie Mac. The average ...

Homebuilders most upbeat in 4-1/2 years

NEW YORK — U.S. homebuilder sentiment unexpectedly jumped in January to its highest level in four and a half years, suggesting the housing market is starting to heal, the National ...

Australian REITs likely to be strongest in Asia Pacific in 2012

Australian property trusts are likely to deliver a total return of 12 to 15% this year, outperforming local equities and other Asia-Pacific property markets, analysts said. Australian REITs have proved ...

Pending home sales highest in 1-1/2 years

Normally, that would signal better home sales. But a growing number of buyers are cancelling their contracts at the last minute, making the gauge less reliable. The National Association of ...

Home prices drop for 2nd straight month

The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller index released Tuesday showed prices dropped in October from September in 19 of the 20 cities tracked. Prices in a majority of cities declined for the ...

Case-Shiller Home Price Index Falls in October

The year-over-year decrease was within the 2.4 percent to 3.5 percent decline projected by analysts polled by Bloomberg. Prices for the 20 major cities fell 1.2 percent compared with the previous month, ...

Canadian home price index flat in October

Canadian home resale prices slipped in October from September, the latest sign the country’s once hot housing market is cooling further. The Teranet-National Bank Composite House Price Index, which measures ...

Applications for home mortgages slip

Applications for home mortgages slipped last week, led by a drop in buy demand as low interest rates were not enough to entice home buyers, an industry group stated ...

Homebuilder sentiment perked up in December

U.S. homebuilder sentiment perked up in December for the third month in a row to its highest level in a year and a half, the National Association of Home Builders ...

Value of prime central London houses up by 13% in 2011

The price of central London’s ideal houses rose 1% in November 2011, according to the latest Knight Frank Prime central London Sales Index. It means that values have risen by ...