Realtor.com - Cash Sales Are Rising Here. │ December 7, 2015 Cash sales may be far from their peak of 41.1 percent in February 2011, but the share of buyers paying with all-cash did show an uptick recently. For the third consecutive month, cash sales in real estate were on the rise, accounting for 28.9 percent of all sales during October, up from 28.4 percent the previous month but still down from 30.4 percent a year ago, according to RealtyTrac’s October 2015 U.S. Home Sales Report. In Re...

Fort Myers News Press - Nothing's Normal About This New Normal. │ November 24, 2015 With 300,000 new residents expected in 2016, Florida is Florida again, and the real estate market is roaring back. Or is it? Yes and no, the three News-Press Market Watch experts say in this analysis of the third quarter of 2015. It’s a market unlike any they’ve seen, where you can be right or wrong, and some of the most spectacular wins seem to come from left field. Click to Read More

WSJ.com - U.S. Home Price Growth Gains Momentum in September. │ November 24, 2015 Home price growth accelerated in September, according to a report released Tuesday, underscoring concerns that lofty price gains are helping to keep some buyers out of the market. The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, covering the entire nation, rose 4.9% in the 12 months ended in September, stronger than a 4.6% increase in August. The 10-city index gained 5% from a year earlier, compared with a 4.7% ...

Trulia - Rushing to Invest Before Interest Rates Rise? Read This First. │ September 23, 2015 Consider these 4 factors before jumping into an investment property. For now, at least, interest rates are still at an all-time historic low. The average annual interest rate in 2000 was 8.05% with 1 point, according to FreddieMac.com, while the January 2015 average interest rate was just 3.67% with 0.6 points. Click to Read More

Bradenton Herald - Home Flipping Increasing in Florida Again. │ September 18, 2015 Are home flippers returning to Florida’s housing market? According to the state’s chief economist Amy Baker, the answer to that question is yes. Click to Read More

WSJ.com - U.S. Home-Builder Confidence Climbs in September. │ September 16, 2015 A gauge of home-builder sentiment this month rose to its highest level since November 2005, a sign the U.S. housing market is shaking off worries about the global economy and volatile financial markets. An index of builder confidence in the market for new single-family homes rose to a seasonally adjusted level of 62 in September, the National Association of Home Builders said Wednesday. A reading over 50 means...

WSJ.com - U.S. Construction Spending Surges. │ September 1, 2015 With 300,000 new residents expected in 2016, Florida is Florida again, and the real estate market is roaring back. Or is it? Yes and no, the three News-Press Market Watch experts say in this analysis of the third quarter of 2015.  It’s a market unlike any they’ve seen, where you can be right or wrong, and some of the most spectacular wins seem to come from left field. Click to Read More

The Wall Street Journal - Selling is the Easy Part. The Trick is Getting $100,000 or More Over the Asking Price. │ August 27, 2015 In the San Francisco Bay Area’s hot real-estate market, the question for many sellers isn’t whether they’ll get an offer. It’s how much over the asking price the offer will be. “It’s easy to sell,” said Ken DeLeon, a real-estate agent based in Palo Alto. “The key is getting the extra $100,000.” Click to Read More

Miami Herald - South Florida home prices rose in March 2015 │ May 26, 2015 Home prices in South Florida rose for the 38th consecutive month in March, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, a closely watched barometer of the housing market. Resale values for single-family homes in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties were up 8.7 percent in March 2015 compared to March 2014. Click to Read More

Herald Tribune - Small Real Estate Investors Taking Over in Southwest Florida │ May 25, 2015 Bijan Gorji knows how to think like the biggest minds in real estate. The California transplant is not quite investing billions of dollars in property portfolios across America, but having spent two decades securitizing loans, Gorji sees the same thing as Wall Street: The rental market is scorching. Click to Read More