MetroNews
FEBRUARY 3 2012
Charlotte housing market is ready to improve in 2012
(Charlotte, NC– February 3, 2012) Charlotte’s housing market is poised for growth in 2012, according to a recent report by Metrostudy, a national housing data and consulting firm that maintains the most extensive primary database on residential construction in the US housing market. The Charlotte MSA unemployment rate is at 10.3% as of December 2011, down [...] » Read More
FEBRUARY 3 2012
Upward bounce in Jacksonville housing market expected in 2012
(Jacksonville, FL – February 3, 2012) Jacksonville’s steady employment growth and the area’s lack of new home inventory signals an upward bounce in the housing market this coming year. This according to a recent report by Metrostudy, a national housing data and consulting firm that maintains the most extensive primary database on residential construction in [...] » Read More
FEBRUARY 3 2012
Upward bounce in Orlando MSA housing market expected in 2012
(Orlando, FL – February 3, 2012) The Orlando MSA’s lack of new home inventory and competitive pricing should continue the upward bounce in the new home market. This according to a recent report by Metrostudy, a national housing data and consulting firm that maintains the most extensive primary database on residential construction in the US [...] » Read More
OtherNews
JANUARY 31 2012
5 Housing Markets Not Sinking (Too Much)
Real-Time Advice: Prices are down in most major cities, but some are faring better than the rest. » Read More
JANUARY 30 2012
Apartments help boost construction activity
More than half of all new housing this month in the Twin Cities involved apartments. » Read More
JANUARY 27 2012
Wasatch Front housing sales up, prices down
Buyers purchased more homes at more affordable prices along the Wasatch Front in the last quarter of 2011 in what some... » Read More
JANUARY 27 2012
Can developers breathe life into zombie subdivisions?
By Mark Puente, Times Staff Writer Friday, January 27, 2012 Around Tampa Bay, zombies show signs of life. They were new subdivisions, conceived by housing boom excess, that died before they were ever born. Vistas of flat land broken only by remnants of permit boxes and lonely streetlights mark their remains. Trash litters desolate, overgrown streets that lead to nowhere — except to memories of ... » Read More
JANUARY 25 2012
Places for Home Builders to Dig In
Where are the best markets to build and sell new homes these days? » Read More
