... of similar size. Later, in January, I posted on the lumpiness of housing inventory in my region of Naperville, IL. So now, after some bounce in the ... price range has sold to date. Multiply these dynamics across housing markets far more troubled than Naperville--from south Florida to Las Vegas--and you can see how talk of a housing recovery gives only a partial picture of the actual situation. . ...

It seems that no one, no job and no industry is recession proof these days, but there are some U.S. housing markets that have been more resilient than others. Many U.S. metros have managed to not go downhill and remain on the flat road (relatively speaking) with home prices that never rose too high in

Sold At The Top submits: The extra-seasonal, “cash for first time home debtors” fueled housing price bounce having reached its peak in most markets in mid-summer now appears to be completely reverting for some. The Radar Logic home price data now indicates that there are seven regional markets that have now dropped below their March lows. Complete Story »

Knight Frank included 33 countries in their Global House Price Index for the second quarter of 2009.  Unfortunately none of the markets we cover - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Belize and Panama - form part of the index. We’ve written before about the lack of comparable data in Central America and how we plan to help fill the data gap for international real estate. Still the global context is ...

... as low-income home owners) relatively worse off in the process. But Washington's housing subsidies, which have continued under both Democratic and Republican administrations, have an even more ... the priciest homes that command the largest subsidies. And these cities have the tightest housing markets most vulnerable to distortions in demand. These places would undoubtedly be expensive ...

... impact of negative home equity. Declining housing prices have left almost one in four mortgage holders ... upside down homeowners are concentrated in places that have seen the deepest housing bubble collapses. If you have just a little negative equity, hanging ... triggered decline in manufacturing have damped local housing markets. The California experience is not unique either. Some of the other hard ...

... Dip. Two price indexes released Tuesday indicated that the momentum the housing market showed over the late spring and summer is faltering, ... -Shiller home price index, a closely watched measure of the housing markets in 20 metropolitan areas, barely rose in ... Pay Option Arm Time Bomb If there is no clear, easy way out for housing, then there is no clear, easy way out for Wells Fargo. Wells is sitting ...

... Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI) released today. ... 1 percent during the third quarter of 2008. "At a time when housing is at its most affordable, we applaud the recent actions taken by Congress and ... Robles, Calif. was the least affordable of the smaller metro housing markets in the country during the third quarter. Others near the bottom of the chart ...

... housing measures should serve as a reminder that the recovery in housing markets remains in its early stages and should provide support for ... Research Janzen observed that U.S. October housing starts were down 10.6 per cent and the National ... manager at Caldwell Securities. "Their capital markets have done well and they will probably continue to do well." Bank of Montreal (TSX: BMO ...

... pickups through October. In Las Vegas, once among the hottest housing markets in the nation, building declined rapidly ... contractors out of their bunkers. But like Haner, most are not budging because of uncertainty about a housing recovery. The big drop in October home ... economy," DiGiovanni said. Merkle predicts that housing, and pickup sales, will lag behind the rest of the economy ...