The Housing Bubble Blog

The San Francisco Examiner reports from California. "Potential homeowners in San Francisco are not waiting around. This current mentality in the housing market characterized much of 2013: 'If I don’t buy this house now, then next month it’s going to be more expensive,' according to real estate...

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The Globe and Mail reports from Canada. "Last year marked a return of confidence to Vancouver’s real estate market, with a 14-per-cent increase in sales over the year before, according to the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver. Slower activity in the higher end of the market shows that buyers...

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The Bradenton Herald reports from Florida. "According to RealtyTrac, Manatee County saw a 55 percent increase in residential property flips between 2011 and 2013. 'Personally, I'm not seeing them,' said Mike Polachek, a Realtor with Keller Williams on the Water in Bradenton. 'Investors are buying...

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Readers suggested a topic on international speculation. "I read that alot of Argentinians are putting their money in real estate in their own country . You can’t lose money in real estate compared to currency devaluation. Chinese are buying homes in California since they are experiencing a bubble...

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It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "London's homes generated more wealth than the entire New Zealand economy last year as their total value soared by in excess of £100 billion, according to new research. The last handful of London homes to go on the market for less than £100,000 have...

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The Sacramento Business Journal reports from California. "In the last three months of 2013, 136 homes priced at $750,000 or above in Sacramento, El Dorado and Placer counties sold, up from 116 during the last quarter of 2012. The median sales price of $920,000 was about 2 percent higher than a year...

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The Post and Courier in South Carolina. "It occupies the top floor in one of Charleston’s tallest buildings. And, if sold at its $19.5 million list price, the expansive two-story penthouse could mark another high: the largest amount ever for a condominium in the historic city. John Dunnan of...

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The Plain Dealer reports from Ohio. "Home sales continued to climb out of their trough in 2013, posting double-digit percentage gains in Northeast Ohio and across the state. But tight inventory in some markets and anemic job growth in cities including Cleveland continue to hold back sales and limit...

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The Boulder County Business Report in Colorado. "Home prices in Colorado are leaving wage increases in the dust. So is the state's housing boom setting up for a cool-down in 2014? Ryan McMaken, communications director and economist with Colorado's Division of Housing, thinks there could be some...

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