housing market
Noontime Headlines: Passyunk Square’s Cedars Crossing Seems to Be Finished
• Valley Forge casino revenue is up [Inquirer] • Home price gains bring sellers off the sidelines [AP] • Thousands of borrowers to get mortgage […]
Noontime Headlines: Passyunk Square’s Cedars Crossing Seems to Be Finished
• Valley Forge casino revenue is up [Inquirer] • Home price gains bring sellers off the sidelines [AP] • Thousands of borrowers to get mortgage […]
People Who Are Bad at Math Lose Their Homes More Often
Calling all innumerates: You might want to think twice before buying a home. In the housing bust, those who were bad at math made up […]
Housing Recovery May Tank Now That Fed Can No Longer Act Like a Drunken Sailor
Here’s a compelling headline: “Housing Recovery to End Soon.” Here’s another: “New Home Sales Rose 2.1% in May.” It might seem like conflicting information, but […]
Foreclosures Are Up in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the Philly Metro Area
According to a RealtyTrac report released today, May saw an increase in foreclosure activity across the country by 2 percent. This is attributable to banks […]
Nation, Hear This: Building Permits Are Up and Foreclosures Are Down!
RealtyTrac has released a first-quarter housing analysis of HUD data and it shows a firm emphasis on the number 27. Single-family-home building permits are up […]
Home Ownership Is at Its Lowest Ebb Since “Gangsta’s Paradise” Came Out
The Census Bureau released data today that shows that the U.S. home ownership rate has declined to 1995 values, when Coolio was highly valued. Trulia’s […]
Signed Contracts for Homes, Condos and Co-ops Are Up
The Pending Sales Index, which tracks signed real estate contracts for existing single-family homes, co-ops and condos–not new construction–have not only increased in March, but […]
On the Road to Recovery or Desperation? Either Way, It’s a Seller’s Market
Real estate website and research powerhouse Trulia keeps track of the housing recovery with its complex barometric tool (left) inspired by the mechanical engineering of […]
Homebuyers, Beware: You’ve Got Competition
The number of homes listed for sale in our area has hit a new post-bubble low, and condo inventory is down as well. Is it becoming a seller’s market?
LGBT Housing to Break Ground
Philadelphia’s first LGBT senior housing project breaks ground this month in the heart of the city’s Gayborhood.
LGBT Housing To Break Ground
It’s been a long time coming, but this week it was finally announced that a new LGBT housing project for seniors will break ground in […]
New Guidelines in Housing
At the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force conference in Baltimore this weekend, Shaun Donovan, the secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), said that […]