by Ana Lucia Murillo | Apr 28, 2020 | Economy, Housing
The S&P/Case-Shiller Index will be released this morning with the details on home price growth in 20 cities for the month of February. Home prices have been increasing steadily for years and are at an all-time high, a sign that the housing market is strong. Yet...
by Ana Lucia Murillo | Apr 6, 2020 | Economy, Housing
Home prices rose sharply yet again in January, although they may not stay that way for much longer, as the effects of coronavirus reverberate throughout the global economy. The national home price index shows a 3.9% annual gain during the first month of this year, up...
by Minji Koo | Apr 3, 2020 | Economy, Featured, Housing
When Angela VanHouten was visiting sellers to arrange for showing the properties to buyers through Facetime, the sellers had prepared hand sanitizers, turned on all lights themselves, disinfected door knobs and opened all their doors that did not need to touch...
by Ana Lucia Murillo | Mar 8, 2020 | Economy, Housing
Home prices rose again in December, a sign that the housing market could be a major driver of economic growth in 2020. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index rose 3.8% in December from a year ago, up from a 3.5% increase in November, according to...
by Orla McCaffrey | May 25, 2019 | Economy, Housing, Regulations
Whenever someone’s birthday is coming up at Meadowbrook Park, the first email announcing a party arrives nearly a month in advance. It lists the time, date and place of the bash, plus the resident’s age (if she’s agreed to share that particular detail). The...
by Lukas Southard | May 16, 2019 | Economy, Housing
Ruben Hernandez feels like he is in the sweet spot of the real estate market. Hernandez owns Coldwell Banker Blackstone Realty in Southern California. Blackstone started a program called Legacy that guides Latinos looking to help their children and grandchildren buy...