http://realestateproperties.blogsome.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:01:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By James R. Hagerty and George Anders From The Wall Street Journal Online The housing slump has been painful for millions of people who work in real estate or recently bought a house. For Patrick Killelea, however, this year has been one long victory lap. Mr. Killelea, a 41-year-old software engineer, has ... http://realestateproperties.blogsome.com/2007/01/04/renters-gloat-over-housing-slump/ By Ruth Simon From The Wall Street Journal Online Battle-scarred mom-and-pop investors are still dabbling in real estate. But they are changing the rules of engagement. During the housing boom, many individual investors went deep into debt to ... http://realestateproperties.blogsome.com/2007/01/04/boom-over-investors-focus-on-fundamentals-new-areas/ By Dennis K. Berman and James R. Hagerty From The Wall Street Journal Online In a further sign of private equity’s widening influence over the economy, buyout firm Apollo Management agreed to purchase real-estate services firm Realogy ... http://realestateproperties.blogsome.com/2007/01/04/apollo-management-is-poised-to-buy-real-estate-firm-realogy/ By June Fletcher From The Wall Street Journal Online During the real-estate boom and recent slowdown, the focus has been almost entirely on the price of homes. But land prices have taken an even wilder ride. Residential lot prices in or near many metro areas across the country, including Boston, Washington, D.C., ... http://realestateproperties.blogsome.com/2007/01/04/prices-of-residential-lots-fall-more-than-those-of-homes/ By Michael Corkery From The Wall Street Journal Online Most U.S. home builders are suffering declining profits and sluggish sales. But some companies are experiencing more serious hurt — including pressure from activist shareholders, increasingly nervous lenders, ... http://realestateproperties.blogsome.com/2006/11/27/some-builders-feel-heat-from-holders-lenders/ By Rex Nutting From The Wall Street Journal Online The housing market correction has further to run, with new-home construction expected to fall another 12% next year, a real estate industry group said Friday in an updated forecast for 2007. While the market for existing homes will probably flatten out, the new-home ... http://realestateproperties.blogsome.com/2006/11/27/housing-correction-has-further-to-run-realtors-predict/ By James Hagerty From The Wall Street Journal Online A revised policy approved by the National Association of Realtors this week may make it harder for discount brokers to draw attention to homes they list for sale. The policy, approved by directors of the trade group at a convention in New Orleans, ... http://realestateproperties.blogsome.com/2006/11/27/discount-real-estate-brokers-face-new-hurdle-for-web-listings/ By Rex Nutting From The Wall Street Journal Online Home builders’ confidence in the U.S. market improved for a second straight month in November, an industry trade group said Thursday. The housing market index improved to 33 in November from 31 in October, the National Association of Home Builders reported. The index ... http://realestateproperties.blogsome.com/2006/11/27/home-builders-developers-see-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/ By Jeff Bater From The Wall Street Journal Online New home-building activity in the U.S. resumed its decline in October, tumbling to its lowest level in six years as builders dealt with bloated inventories of unsold property. Housing ... http://realestateproperties.blogsome.com/2006/11/27/new-home-building-activity-falls-to-lowest-level-in-6-years/ By Brian Blackstone From The Wall Street Journal Online U.S. housing prices may decline "a little" within the next year, but any such drop is likely to be mild and inconsistent with a bursting housing bubble, according to a paper written by a Federal Reserve economist. Based on ... http://realestateproperties.blogsome.com/2006/10/25/us-home-prices-may-fall-but-drops-will-be-mild/