All Articles Tagged As: real estate

Research finds consumer behavior and lifestyle traits influence foreclosure rates (1/15/2010)

A homeowner's station in life and personal spending beliefs and habits are important indicators of the borrower's potential for home-mortgage default, say researchers in the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Business. ...> Full Article

Height, style of 'McMansions' are what turn off neighbors (2/7/2009)

A new study provides a first glimpse of exactly what people find offensive about super-sized houses which have sprouted up in neighborhoods around the country. Researchers found that people particularly dislike when these large homes, often derisively called "McMansions," are more than two times as tall as surrounding homes, and when their architectural style is not compatible with the neighboring homes. ...> Full Article

Credit crunch hits cash-strapped homeowners (12/11/2008)

Homeowners have drawn on their biggest asset, the roof over their heads, not to fund "champagne moments" but to get through hard times; that's the finding of a preliminary study by Durham University. Mortgage equity withdrawal is a much more popular and frequent event than previously thought, found the academics. ...> Full Article

Recent financial crisis fails to hurt confidence in Florida real estate (10/23/2008)

The national economic crisis has failed to rattle Florida real estate experts, who, despite serious concerns about the availability of financing, remain surprisingly calm about market conditions within the state, ...> Full Article

Greater Phoenix resale numbers continue foreclosure trend (10/15/2008)

In September, there were a total of 8,280 resale homes recorded sold. Foreclosure activity represented 44 percent ...> Full Article

Forecasts: Weak growth plagues western states (9/15/2008)

Economic forecasters report more job losses and weak growth for the western United States ...> Full Article

Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae bailout only a stopgap (9/11/2008)

A government bailout of mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae is only a bandage for the nation's troubled financial and housing sectors ...> Full Article

Subprime lending not main trigger of real estate bubble (8/5/2008)

Study points to 2003 credit market shift as key reason for runup in home prices ...> Full Article

Florida's rental markets latest to suffer ill effects in housing crunch (7/8/2008)

The spread of 'For Rent' signs is the latest bad news as Florida's real estate market declines in all forms of rentals ...> Full Article

Florida consumer confidence in April sinks to new 16-year record low (5/1/2008)

Falling housing prices, tighter credit and rising gas and food costs caused Florida's consumer confidence to drop four points to 66 in April ...> Full Article

Dam Removal Increases Property Values (4/19/2008)

Two new studies explore the impact of dam removal on local property values and find that property values increase after dams are removed. ...> Full Article

Home affordability starting to improve (4/4/2008)

The long awaited slow down in house price increases has arrived and house prices in some regions have fallen ...> Full Article

Mortgage meltdown dampens state's commercial real estate outlook (3/24/2008)

Fallout from the subprime meltdown is now spreading from the residential to commercial real estate sectors, but the outlook for Florida remains stable because of the fundamentals of good climate and in-migration, according to the latest University of Florida survey. ...> Full Article

Tough economic sledding will get smoother by year's end (3/21/2008)

With the housing market still skidding, consumers tightening their belts and the job market clearly weakening, the first half of this year will continue to be tough for the U.S. economy. But it gets better later this year and next ...> Full Article

National Survey Finds Homeowner Situation Not As Bleak As Reports Indicate (3/15/2008)

Americans may own a larger share of their homes than is suggested by a recent Federal Reserve report, according to a new nationwide survey. ...> Full Article

Time for change in real estate industry (2/23/2008)

The real estate industry cannot afford to insist the traditional model of selling property is beyond reproach, says a senior lecturer in property studies in the University's College of Business, Dr Susan Flint-Hartle. ...> Full Article

Heavy market volume doesn't necessarily signal quick, easy trading (2/13/2008)

Playing a hunch is as ingrained in financial markets as short selling, margin buying and the opening bell. ...> Full Article

Government intervention in subprime crisis rewards bad behavior, expert says (1/18/2008)

Bail out plan needs to help consumers ...> Full Article

House prices cooling but affordability worsens by 9.6 per cent for the year (1/16/2008)

The rate of house price increases slowed over the second half of last year and the latest Massey University Home Affordability report says there are indicators prices will continue to cool. ...> Full Article

Researchers report dramatic increase in home foreclosures (1/15/2008)

Report calls for nonprofit and government agency assistance ...> Full Article

Wilderness Preserves Spur Land Development (1/13/2008)

Conservation agencies that purchase wilderness areas to protect them from development may inadvertently spur development adjacent to their preserves. That was the finding of a team of researchers who studied changes in land use surrounding preserves in North Carolina, Massachusetts and Arizona. The researchers reported their study in Conservation Biology, a publication of the Society for Conservation Biology. ...> Full Article