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Home price are continued their slow recovery from the double dip experienced in late 2010 and early 2011, but recent price performance indicates the market may be " flirting " with a possible triple-dip by early 2012 . The Home Data Index TM (HDI) for October which was released Thursday by Clear Capital shows a continued quarter-to-quarter softening of home price gains. Using a rolling average, prices in the current report increased by 3.5 percent compared to a 4.0 percent increase reported in September...

Fannie Mae has lowered many of its earlier projections for first quarter residential investment based on lagging home sales in January and February; but still sees strong finish for year, just not as strong as originally forecast....

Home sales in U.S. metropolitan areas are up sharply compared to a year ago , Radar Logic reported on Wednesday. Improved home affordability and low mortgage rates contributed to a 7% annual gain in home sales in the 25 Metropolitan Statistical Areas...

U.S. home values fell by nearly 10% in the second quarter of 2008, causing one in four home sales over the past year to be at a loss, according to a new real estate survey.

Zillow.com, an online real estate community, is reporting that U.S. home values in the second quarter posted their largest year-over- year decline in 12 years and are also down 1.7% from the first quarter...

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The National Association of Realtors (NAR) announced on Monday that it is launching a new campaign, reaching out to consumers "with the facts about homeownership and the value of real estate as a long-term investment."

NAR's Public Awareness Campaign is centered around a new website...

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Every so often a house comes on the market that is said to be stigmatized. Most of the time the stigma is in the mind of one or two buyers, but sometimes it will be a serious issue for multiple buyers and can affect the marketing of the property.

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Will the economy return the favor?

Spring usually provides the strongest home selling period of the year and with interest rates still relatively low and the job market improving the forecast sees conditions "ripe for a firming in housing demand," but acknowledges that there are still problems.

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