“Are you gonna pay for you food, fuel or mortgage?” asks Hampden County Register of Deeds Donald Ashe.
That’s the question plaguing homeowners across Hampden County. In the past 12 months 1,027 foreclosures were filed, the most in the county’s almost 200 year history. But Ashe says rising fuel and food costs aren’t entirely to blame. [...]
The Real Estate Group’s July Manhattan Rental Market Report, released today, suggests that landlords with large building portfolios can’t resist raising rents, even in a weak market. Doorman unit inventory continues to increase, and prices have followed. Defying traditional laws of supply and demand, the Manhattan rental (http://www.tregny.com/) market has sparked much confusion this month.
“The [...]
The real estate market in Chester County had mixed results in the first half of 2008.
Median home prices remained steady at $310,000, the highest in the five-county Philadelphia area and the same as its mid-mark in 2007.
Meanwhile, far fewer homes sold in the county during the period compared to the first half of 2007, and [...]
The real estate market in the Beaver County region is far from stellar, but things here could be worse as the nation struggles with the worst housing slump since the Great Depression.
While home sales are down, prices are up in Beaver and western Allegheny counties for the first half of the year over the same [...]
The 2nd Quarter Prudential Douglas Elliman Long Island/Queens Market Overview shows the housing market in stable condition with slight increases in the price indicators, a modest decline in the number of sales and a slow down in the rise of inventory.
“The Queens and Long Island market is showing stability this quarter,” said Dottie Herman, President [...]
Even the lofty Manhattan real estate market is beginning to soften, according to reports released Wednesday by four of the city’s top real estate agencies.
Data from this year’s second quarter indicate two divergent trends; on a year-over-year basis, the volume of sales is down, while at the same time the average home price is rising.
“The [...]