Flat Fee MLS, For Sale By Owner, Home Buyer Rebates » buyers’ market https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog Now, There's A Smarter Way to Buy or Sell Your Home - Bloomkey Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:41:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Home Sales Rise https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2010/01/28/home-sales-rise/ https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2010/01/28/home-sales-rise/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:39:51 +0000 admin http://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/?p=1294 In spite of a rough economny and continued unemployment woes, home sales rose in 2009. According to the National Association of Realtors®, there were approximately 5,156,000 existing-home sales in 2009, which was 4.9 percent higher than the 4,913,000 transactions recorded in 2008. It was the first annual sales gain since 2005. Total housing inventory at the [...]

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]]> https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2010/01/28/home-sales-rise/feed/ 0 Home buying tax credit https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2008/12/30/home-buying-tax-credit/ https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2008/12/30/home-buying-tax-credit/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:54:17 +0000 admin http://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/?p=766 Home buyers have gotten a real boost from the government, but you better get started soon. The tax credit of $7,500 for ‘first-time home buyers’ ends July 1, 2009. The law defines “first-time home buyer” as a buyer who has not owned a principal residence during the three-year period prior to the purchase. For the [...]

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]]> https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2008/12/30/home-buying-tax-credit/feed/ 0 A Great Tip for Buying in a Buyers’ Market https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2007/04/29/a-great-tip-for-buying-in-a-buyers-market/ https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2007/04/29/a-great-tip-for-buying-in-a-buyers-market/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2007 11:51:09 +0000 Manager http://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2007/04/29/a-great-tip-for-buying-in-a-buyers-market/ The word is getting out: the housing market is tilting towards being a buyers’ market. That doesn’t change much though – you still need to stay on top of the buying process. To begin with, it’s a good idea to put on offer down if you find a great house at a great price – though [...]

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]]> https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2007/04/29/a-great-tip-for-buying-in-a-buyers-market/feed/ 0 Virginia Real Estate Sales Fall https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/05/01/virginia-real-estate-sales-fall/ https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/05/01/virginia-real-estate-sales-fall/#comments Mon, 01 May 2006 16:38:40 +0000 admin http://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/05/01/virginia-real-estate-sales-fall/ Virginia turns to Buyers’ market Virginia home sales have dropped 12 percent from March 2005 marking the seventh consecutive month of decline.  While some areas reported increases in the number of closed transactions overall the state declined. "Home price appreciation is cooling with a single-digit change in median price appreciation from last year" according to VAR President [...]

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]]> https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/05/01/virginia-real-estate-sales-fall/feed/ 0 2006 New Homes Starts Up https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/02/16/2006-new-homes-starts-up/ https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/02/16/2006-new-homes-starts-up/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:21:45 +0000 admin http://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/02/16/2006-new-homes-starts-up/ January pace of housing starts tops forecasts Incoming Federal Reserve Chairman Ted Bernanke told Congress on Wednesday that "a number of indicators point to a slowing in the housing market." And, "given the substantial gains in house prices and the high levels of home construction activity over the past several years, prices and construction could decelerate [...]

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]]> https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/02/16/2006-new-homes-starts-up/feed/ 0 Flat fee MLS helps Sell Your Home https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/01/27/flat-fee-mls-helps-sell-your-home/ https://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/01/27/flat-fee-mls-helps-sell-your-home/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:05:53 +0000 admin http://www.bloomkey.com/real-estate-blog/2006/01/27/flat-fee-mls-helps-sell-your-home/ When the Housing Bubble Bursts…,or, just slowly leaks air. Patrick Newport, U.S. economist at consulting firm Global Insight in Waltham, Mass., said in a recent statement,  "Interest rates have eased in recent weeks, but we are expecting them to drift back up over the first half of 2006," he said, adding that if the Federal Reserve [...]

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