Nationwide Real Estate News: April 26, 2013

Nationwide Real Estate News: April 26, 2013

Philadelphia Real Estate

Here’s the latest real estate news for the Philadelphia Real Estate community and across the country.  Feel free to pass the news along to your friends, colleagues, and clients.  Happy Friday!

How to be the Most Attractive Homebuyer

The spring season tends to flood the housing market with buyers, and in markets with low inventory levels, the competition is stiff.

http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2013/03/21/how-to-be-most-attractive-homebuyer/

Home prices: Biggest rise since housing bubble

The S&P Case-Shiller index, which tracks the 20 largest markets in the nation, showed the biggest year-over-year gain in prices since June 2006.

http://money.cnn.com/2013/03/26/news/economy/housing-recovery/index.html?source=linkedin

Housing industry boosts employment

Despite an economic picture that looks considerably roiser than it has in the past few years, one nagging problem continues to hinder economic growth: Unemployment.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505145_162-57580101/housing-industry-boosts-employment/

Poll: Dream of Homeownership Alive and Well, Even Among Youngsters

Despite the lingering impacts of the housing bust, the dream of owning a home is still alive and well, especially among younger Americans,  a new poll shows.

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/home-front/2013/04/19/poll-dream-of-homeownership-alive-and-well-even-among-youngsters

Real estate executives’ optimism hits record high since downturn

Optimism among leading real estate executives nationwide rose to a record-high level not seen since the collapse of the financial markets almost five years ago, a new survey by Akerman Senterfitt’s U.S. Real Estate Summit shows, the Baltimore Business Journal reports.

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/morning_call/2013/04/real-estate-executives-optimism-hits.html

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