Market Conditions

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• Quote of the day: apartment absorption uncertainties

  
  YoChicago — Authority: 144
  From Appraisal Research Counselors (”ARC”) 3rd Quarter 2009 Downtown Chicago Residential Benchmark Report, commenting on prospects for downtown apartment absorption: [T]he past two years have seen an average absorption of 1,382 units per year compared to 341 units per year over the past 9 years. In 3Q09 alone, ...
  17 hours ago

• NYSE Invokes Rule 48 In Anticipation Of Extreme Volatility

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 761
  The NYSE hedged its bets earlier by invoking the rarely used Rule 48, which "provides the exchange with the ability to suspend the requirement to disseminate price indications and obtain floor-official approval prior to the opening when extremely high market-wide volatility could cause delay opening securities on the ...
  20 hours ago

• The dollar buys less … except in real estate … where it buys more … much more.

  
  Florida Real Estate — Authority: 134
  A couple of weeks ago, the Federal Reserve said: “To provide support to mortgage lending and housing markets, and to improve overall conditions in private credit markets, the Federal Reserve will purchase a total of $1.25 trillion of agency mortgages mortgage-backed securities and up to $200 billion of agency ...
  1 day ago

• Boomerang renters and vacant apartments

  
  YoChicago — Authority: 144
  When the economy is distressed, as it currently is, young adults often retreat to their parents’ homes – leaving empty apartments behind them. They’re “ boomerang renters ” in The Wall Street Journal’s colorful phrasing. That’s a trend that’s not good news for the home sale market: rising apartment ...
  2 days ago

• Case-Shiller ups and downs in Chicago

  
  YoChicago — Authority: 144
  The Case-Shiller Condominium Values index is available for September, and it reflects both falling (year-over-year, 10%) and rising (quarter-over-quarter, 1.4%) values in Chicago. More, later.
  3 days ago

• October Sales Report (2009)

  
  MOCO Real Politics — Authority: 115
  My bad for getting these sales reports out later and later every month, just been busy working and havent found the time. Plus, Im living with my wife again after almost a couple of years so blogging hasnt been as needed to pass the time nearly as much.Well this report wont show anything all that new, but it is ...
  4 days ago

• Headline highlights: Home sales, Block 37, and a builder group bankruptcy

  
  YoChicago — Authority: 144
  If you don’t subscribe to our Chicago Real Estate News feed, you may have missed these stories from the past few days: Home sales in Chicago were up 33 percent in October from a year earlier, but median home prices were down almost 16 percent, according to the Illinois Association of Realtors. Almost 7,300 ...
  4 days ago

• Are Chicago prices headed lower?

  
  YoChicago — Authority: 144
  Going into 2010, where are Chicago home prices going, and in which neighborhoods are buyers expecting to score great deals? Last week, Matt Garrison talked to Joe Zekas about what he’s seeing around the city and how his new Web site, CondoShark.com , will help buyers identify new deals and motivated sellers. ...
  4 days ago

• Market Conditions: Chicago Home Sales Jumped 28.5% in October Year Over Year

  
  Crib Chatter — Authority: 138
  The surge in buyers rushing to get the first time homebuyers tax credit showed up in the October sales numbers. Sales jumped by double digits statewide, in the nine county area and in the City of Chicago. While sales rebounded in Chicago, median price fell 18% year over year. From the Illinois Association of ...
  4 days ago

• Video Review of the Indexes 11-22-2009

  
  TheStockBandit.net — Authority: 116
  A push to new highs just happened once again, and the bulls remain in control of the tape despite the weak finish which erased the gains from earlier in the week.  Higher highs in place means the uptrends are still intact, and that certainly deserves our respect. Speaking of respect, this week we’re very likely ...
  5 days ago

• Housing data watch – a busy week ahead

  
  YoChicago — Authority: 144
  For the many who’d rather see the numbers than the media spin, Yo’s providing direct links to the housing data due out in the coming week. , Monday will bring you data on existing home sales in October . The last Tuesday of the month, of course, is “ Case-Shiller Tuesday .” October new home sales will be ...
  5 days ago

• Awaiting a wave of North Shore foreclosures?

  
  YoChicago — Authority: 144
  A recurring meme among some North Shore real estate agents of late has been concern about the impact of what they view as a pending wave of foreclosures in the area. When I sat down with Matt Garrison yesterday, I asked him to comment on that possibility. Garrison’s blunt, direct answer goes a long way toward ...
  6 days ago

• Is Your Portfolio Balanced for a Market Recovery?

  
  Personal Money Store — Authority: 606
  Does your portfolio take advantage of current market conditions? Since the stock market crash of September 2008, most investors with significant portfolios have repeatedly reshuffled and redistributed their holdings in an effort to minimize losses. The chaos that has followed has resulted in many portfolios being ...
  1 week ago

• Top 10 real estate posts of the day 11/20/2009

  
  Hassle Free Phoenix Area Home Search — Authority: 133
  1) Non disclosure in real estate? “Really?” – I am right there with Nick on this one. How some people can ask to be exempted from the rules drives me crazy. I understand the bank owned foreclosures, but any other situation they should be required to fill out the disclosures. 2) Real estate videos, or if the ...
  1 week ago

• How Will Rising Mortgage Rates Affect San Francisco Real Estate?

  
  Luba's San Francisco Real Estate Blog — Authority: 420
  I just got a question from a reader: Q: I just heard that mortgage rates might be heading upwards.  Do you think prices in San Francisco will keep falling? Well – first thing to note, is that prices have actually stabilized and in some neighborhoods, are actually rising, albeit slowly.  So the term “keep ...
  1 week ago

• ARC: Developers say, “Make me an offer”

  
  YoChicago — Authority: 144
  Price discounts are becoming more publicly advertised, although developers remain concerned about the ripple effects. Several buildings have undergone substantial re-pricing of their entire unsold inventory in order to quicken the sellout of the building. Other buildings have opted for individual “loss-leaders,” ...
  1 week ago

• Tricklin’ Down

  
  bubbleinfo.com — Authority: 476
  Speaking of contests, we have a pair of Chargers playoff tickets riding on the amount of homes for sale on December 1st. In December, 2008 the average amount of homes for sale was 15,116. On August 11, 2009, the total amount of active listings was 11,457 . On September 22, 2009, the amount of actives was   ...
  1 week ago

• More Motor Row Lofts auction observations

  
  YoChicago — Authority: 144
  Here are some more observations I made yesterday while looking at the results of this weekend’s Motor Row Lofts auction. • The 19 units auctioned: Listed on average for $445,689, or $318 a square foot Started at an average minimum bid of $190,000, or $157 a square foot Sold on average for $247,167, or $178 ...
  1 week ago

• Bob Darrow on proper pricing: Better to get it right the first time

  
  YoChicago — Authority: 144
  Is it better to list your home high and gradually reduce its price over time until a seller bites, or to opt for a lower but more accurate price from the get-go? @properties agent Bob Darrow devoted his latest post on his Your Windy City Guide blog to this question. To find an answer, Bob used his AgentMetrics ...
  1 week ago

• Automatic FX Trading Robots Can Make Profits On Autopilot

  
  Make Cash Online Today — Authority: 154
  The automatic Fx trading robots have totally changed the way people trade Forex markets since their introduction. As the name suggests a Forex trading robot is a piece of software which when combined with an automatic broker watches the Forex markets for movements and does technical analysis of the live market ...
  1 week ago

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