Market Trends

Buyer Agent-Eye View: Boston Area

Buyer Agent-Eye View: Boston Area

**This is the first in a new series we are offering on local market conditions.  All articles will be written by a NAEBA member in that market area.  We hope that this will help you further understand your local market as well as other markets in the area.  As always,...

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Buyer Agent-Eye View: Bethesda

Buyer Agent-Eye View: Bethesda

Hot, Hot, Not During the first three months of 2014, Bethesda had a hot market with 130 Single Family Homes (SFH) and 46 condos sold. There was a tremendous feeling that we were already in a full-blown Spring Market. It felt like a great beginning to a hot, hot year....

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Buyer Agent – Eye View: Orlando

ORLANDO median home prices climbed 24% in 2013, as short sales dropped 33% and foreclosures dropped 11%.  Normal sales went up 42% as the Central Florida housing market rebounds better than any other large city in Florida.  Overall, home prices are on the rise which...

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Buyer Agent – Eye View: Seattle

Buyer Agent – Eye View: Seattle

Seattle Property Market Well, it is official - last year Seattle was the fastest growing city in the US. From July 1, 2012 to July 1, 2013, Seattle grew by 2.8 percent — the highest rate among the 50 most-populous U.S. cities. Seattle added nearly 18,000 residents and...

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Buyer Agent – Eye View: Cincinnati

Buyer Agent – Eye View: Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio, The following information was contained in a press release from the Cincinnati Area Board of Realtors on May 22. 2014. The most recent tabulation from the Multiple Listing Service of Greater Cincinnati was for April, 2014. Year over Year for the...

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Buyer Agent – Eye View: Western DC Suburbs

Buyer Agent – Eye View: Western DC Suburbs

In the western DC suburbs, primarily Montgomery and Frederick counties, our market is always driven by what happens in the northwest DC market.  This area did not experience the huge numbers of foreclosures that hit so many other parts of the country but values did...

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Buyer Agent – Eye View: Greater Boston

It is folly to pretend to be able to predict any real estate market. A year ago, I got this email from Kiplinger [italics mine] June 10, 2013: Home prices soaring by 20% or more over the past 12 months. Bidding wars. Houses sold just days after the for-sale sign goes...

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Buyer Agent – Eye View: Columbus

Buyer Agent – Eye View: Columbus

Columbus real estate poses opportunities, challenges to millennial home buyers  According to a new survey by BMO Harris, the majority of young adults intend to become homeowners sometime within the next five years. The survey sampled adults aged 18 to 34, and debunks...

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