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COLUMBIA, S.C. - November 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- South Carolina REALTORS® (SCR) today released its October 2011 statewide market reports. Record low mortgage rates, affordable prices and favorable negotiating leverage seem to be driving purcha...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The amount contractors pay for a range of key construction materials dropped slightly (-0.6 percent) in October but climbed 6.9 percent from the year-earlier level, according to an analysis of producer price index figures released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. Meanwhile, the price contractors charge for new nonresidential building construction edged up only 3.3 to 4.3 percent over 12 months, depending on building type.

MEMPHIS, TN - November 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Memphis-area home sales for October declined 2.9 percent from a year ago, with 1,054 total sales recorded in the Memphis Area Association of REALTORS® MAARdata property records database. Total sale...

ANAHEIM, CA - November 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A diverse set of buyers and property types comprise the second-home sector and opportunities for second-home buyers exist in nearly every market, even in nontraditional, non-resort markets.

Anaheim, CA - November 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Depressed conditions in the financial and small business sectors continue to negatively affect the commercial real estate industry and the nation’s economic recovery. That’s according to economists at the Economic Issues and Commercial Real Estate Business Trends Forum at the 2011 Realtors® Conference & Expo yesterday

The economy, or lack thereof, is continuing to suppress the sale of high end properties across the Outer Bank of North Carolina. The first half of 2011 only brought out 3 brave souls in the town of Nags Head who had the courage to climb down off that p...

LOS ANGELES, CA - November 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lower home prices and record-low interest rates in the third quarter of 2011 contributed to an improvement in housing affordability for California home buyers, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REAL...

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - November 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- More than 1,500 homes pended in October, with all but four Central Indiana counties reporting increased sales compared to the same time period last year, according to statistics compiled by F.C...

CHARLOTTE, NC - November 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Average mortgage rates continued to fall according to the LendingTree Weekly Mortgage Rate Pulse, which tracks the lowest and average mortgage rates offered by lenders on the LendingTree network.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications increased 10.3 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending November 4, 2011.

Washington, DC - November 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Metro area median existing-home prices in the third quarter generally were down from a year ago, while sales rose in every state from the third quarter of 2010, according to the latest quarterly report by the National Association of Realtors®.

CHARLOTTE, NC - November 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Average mortgage rates decreased across the board week-over-week according to the LendingTree Weekly Mortgage Rate Pulse, which tracks the lowest and average mortgage rates offered by lenders on the LendingTree network.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications increased 0.2 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending October 28, 2011

Washington, DC - October 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Pending home sales declined in September, although activity remains above a year ago, according to the National Association of Realtors

Washington, DC - October 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency today reported that the National Average Contract Mortgage Rate for the Purchase of Previously Occupied Homes by Combined Lenders, used as an index in some ARM contracts, was 4.38 percent based on loans closed in September. This is a decrease of 0.18 percent from the previous month.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sales of newly built, single-family homes rose 5.7 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 313,000 units in September, according to newly released data from the U.S. Commerce Department. This marks the fastest pace of new-home sales in the past five months.

CHARLOTTE, NC - October 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Average mortgage rates have dipped slightly week-over-week according to the LendingTree Weekly Mortgage Rate Pulse, which tracks the lowest and average mortgage rates offered by lenders on the LendingTree network.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications increased 4.9 percent from one week earlier, which included the Columbus Day holiday, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending October 21, 2011.

NEW YORK, NY - October 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Although not the main driver of Manhattan’s office market recovery that began in mid-2010, Jones Lang LaSalle’s Report found that the resurgence of the high-tech industry has made a substantial ...

DENVER, CO - October 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Carol Ihli, Marketing Director for Kentwood Real Estate, and Lance Smith, Chief Information Officer for the leading real estate company, recently attended the Active Enterprise Network Annual Conferen...