Inevitably, most housing markets tend to wind down at the end of each year. There are gifts to purchase, holiday travels to plan and kids to care for during winter break. This isn’t the case for all buyers and sellers, of course, but there are e…

Gains in construction activity and job growth have made the Fed confident that moderate bond tapering won’t rock the resilient real estate market. Holiday happenings have bolstered an already healthy economy. And though winter vacation jubilee m…

A plethora of economic data was recently released, and it shows that exports rose
to their highest level ever while job growth numbers have surpassed even the most hopeful Wall Street expectations. But good news isn’t always good news, since thi…

The first week in December this year was filled with Black Friday and Cyber
Monday deals – this means more people were clamoring in line at 2:00 a.m.
waiting for a Suzie-Talks-A-Lot than were attending open houses. Seasonal trends
should be evident …

The calendar can sometimes have just as profound an effect on housing data as
supply and demand. The 2013 Thanksgiving holiday was a week later than in
2012, causing some peculiar shifts in activity. This serves as a good reminder to
watch for calenda…