Pace of U.S. Home Resales Jumps
November 24th, 2009 Categories: Real Estate News
Home buyers last month snapped up previously owned properties at the fastest pace in more than two years, a Realtors group said Monday.
Home resales increased 10.1% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.1 million units in October from a downward-revised pace of 5.54 million in September, according to the National Assn. of Realtors in Washington. The October figure was up 23.5% from the seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.94 million units a year earlier. The last time the sales pace was that swift was in February 2007.
The buying was motivated by low interest rates, a credit for first-time buyers and cheap housing, the association said. The national median home price — the point at which half the homes sold for more and half for less — was $173,100 in October, down 1% from September and off 7.1% from October of last year. Whether the stabilization of the housing market will continue remains a subject of debate among housing analysts and economists.
In a note to clients Monday, Patrick Newport, U.S. economist for IHS Global Insight, predicted a sales plunge in December, with mortgage loan volume tracked by the Mortgage Bankers Assn. recently dropping to a level not seen in 12 years.
“This surge may last one more month” into November, he wrote.
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It had to pick up some day. We all hope the luxury real estate market will start to climb again.
Comment by James — November 24, 2009 #
Simon Salloom: LA Times: Southern California home prices and sales improve in November
Southern California’s real estate industry, decimated by the mortgage meltdown and housing bust, is stirring to life again — even making hiring plans — as home prices bounce back.
Find more information about Santa Monica and Brentwood Real Estate here
Comment by Simon Salloom — December 29, 2009 #
Good thing you have done here, Thanks!
Simon Salloom: LA Times: Southern California home prices and sales improve in November
Southern California’s real estate industry, decimated by the mortgage meltdown and housing bust, is stirring to life again — even making hiring plans — as home prices bounce back.
Find more information about Santa Monica and Brentwood Real Estate here
Comment by Simon Salloom — December 29, 2009 #