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Wednesday, April 8, 2015
National Board of Realtor's Magazine
|RealtorMag.realtor.org
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Home Prices Heat Up for Spring
DAILY REAL ESTATE NEWS |
TUESDAY, APRIL 07, 2015
Home prices are on the move
this spring, as many markets
inch closer to prices they
haven't reached since the
peak during the housing boom.
Twenty-six states as well as
the District of Columbia were
at or within 10 percent of
their peak home prices,
according
to the February 2015 CoreLogic
Home Price Index, which has
measured home prices dating
back since January 1976.
Six states reached new price
highs in January, including:
Colorado: +9.8%
New York: +8.2%
North Dakota: +7.7%
Texas: +8.5%
Wyoming: +8.4%
Oklahoma: +5.2%
NAR's Existing-Home Sales Report:
Home Prices Surge to Fastest Pace
in Year Nationwide, CoreLogic’s home
price index, including distressed
sales, showed home prices rose 5.6
percent in February year-over-year.
That marks three years of consecutive
year-over-year increases in home prices.
"This is the hottest home price
appreciation prior to the spring selling
season in nine years," says Anand
Nallathambi, president and CEO of CoreLogic.
If interest rates continue to remain low and
consumer confidence stays strong, CoreLogic
housing analysts predict that home prices will
rise an additional 5 percent over the next 12 months.
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015
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Attaining the American Dream: 5 Financial Reasons to Buy
Attaining the American Dream: 5 Financial Reasons to Buy
Attaining The American Dream: 5 Financial Reasons To Buy | Keeping Current Matters
Heading into 2015 many people have their sights set on buying a home. The personal reasons differ for each buyer, with many basic similarities. Eric Belsky, the Managing Director of the Joint Center of Housing Studies at Harvard University expanded on the top 5 financial benefits of homeownership his paper - The Dream Lives On: the Future of Homeownership in America.
Here are the five reasons, each followed by an excerpt from the study:
1.) Housing is typically the one leveraged investment available.
“Few households are interested in borrowing money to buy stocks and bonds and few lenders are willing to lend them the money. As a result, homeownership allows households to amplify any appreciation on the value of their homes by a leverage factor. Even a hefty 20 percent down payment results in a leverage factor of five so that every percentage point rise in the value of the home is a 5 percent return on their equity. With many buyers putting 10 percent or less down, their leverage factor is 10 or more.”
2.) You're paying for housing whether you own or rent.
“Homeowners pay debt service to pay down their own principal while households that rent pay down the principal of a landlord.”
3.) Owning is usually a form of “forced savings”.
“Since many people have trouble saving and have to make a housing payment one way or the other, owning a home can overcome people’s tendency to defer savings to another day.”
4.) There are substantial tax benefits to owning.
“Homeowners are able to deduct mortgage interest and property taxes from income...On top of all this, capital gains up to $250,000 are excluded from income for single filers and up to $500,000 for married couples if they sell their homes for a gain.”
5.) Owning is a hedge against inflation.
“Housing costs and rents have tended over most time periods to go up at or higher than the rate of inflation, making owning an attractive proposition.”
Bottom Line
We realize that homeownership makes sense for many Americans for an assortment of social and family reasons. It also makes sense financially.
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Jump to Greater Heights in 2015.
Realize your dream in 2015.
Stay focused.
Write an action plan.
Work your plan.
Set your year to 90 day segments.
Stay focused.
Work on one theme per month.
Stay focused.
Begin today!
Go for it! And you will
Realize Your Dream in 2015.
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