Fitch Ratings is trying to rein in the housing market bulls, saying in its latest report that it believes homes are still overvalued. The reasons: A shortage of housing and still-low mortgage rates are artificially inflating demand. Per CNBC: Fitch … [Read more...]
Green means green
Green labels and certifications — EnergyStar and LEED being the most obvious — can help both residential and commercial property values. Extensive research on the financial impact of green labels in the commercial real estate sector shows … [Read more...]
Employment
In each Economic Update, the Research staff analyzes recently released economic indicators and addresses what these indicators mean for REALTORS® and their clients. Today’s update discusses jobs. Job creation continued in December with 155,000 … [Read more...]
REALTORS® Report Tight Financing/credit
Each month, the National Association of REALTORS® gathers up-to-date and on-the-ground incisive comments from REALTORS® who participate in the REALTORS® Confidence Index (RCI) survey. The RCI survey tracks expectations about overall market … [Read more...]
How Small Cutbacks Lead to Great Savings [INFOGRAPHIC]
Re-posted with permission. To view the original Infographic, click here. … [Read more...]
Migration to Virginia slowing, but DC remains popular
Moving giant Atlas Van Lines keeps track of which states have people moving in and which have people moving out. It found that Virginia, which had been an “inbound” state in 2011 became “balanced” in 2012. (That is, about the … [Read more...]
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