Housing BubbleHousing bubble news and commentary on trends in real estate prices,investor behavior and home buyingNew home sales break another record in June- July 25, 2003 Sales of new single-family homes rose to a second consecutive record-breaking high in Junehttp://housing-bubble.com/news/new-home-sales-250703.html Existing home sales remain in record territory say realtors- July 25, 2003 Slight easing of sales in June may reflect some weakness in the labor markets says Lereahhttp://housing-bubble.com/news/existing-home-sales-250703.html California median home price increases 15.9 percent in June- July 25, 2003 California median home price hits record $376,260 sales increase 7.2 percent C.A.R. reportshttp://housing-bubble.com/news/california-home-prices-250703.html Illinois June home sales up 7.2 percent- July 25, 2003 Illinois home sales rise median home price up 7.3 percent on yearhttp://housing-bubble.com/news/illinois-home-sales-250703.html Florida's home sales rise 14 percent in June- July 25, 2003 Florida statewide median sales price rose 11 percent to $161,900 last monthhttp://housing-bubble.com/news/florida-home-sales-250703.html Housing Market Index shows builders confidence still high- July 17, 2003 Housing Market Index rise indicates builders confidence still high but land availability causes concern in some areashttp://housing-bubble.com/news/housing-market-index-170703.html Housing starts and building permits rise- July 17, 2003 Housing starts rise 3.7 percent, building permits rise 0.8 percenthttp://housing-bubble.com/news/housing-starts-170703.html Inclusionary housing grows in California- July 16, 2003 Inclusionary housing an explosive trend in housing strategy has potential to double affordable housing productionhttp://housing-bubble.com/news/inclusionary-housing-160703.html NAR Survey of home buyers and sellers shows growing web use- July 16, 2003 Nearly three out of four homebuyers now use the Internet as a tool when searching for a homehttp://housing-bubble.com/news/web-home-buying-160703.html M.D.C Holdings reports record second quarter homebuilding profits- July 16, 2003 Highest second quarter home closings, quarterly home orders and quarter- end backlog in Company historyhttp://housing-bubble.com/news/mdc-q3-160703.html |