<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Front Gate Properties, LLC Real Estate &#187; Housing Market</title> <atom:link href="http://www.frontgateaiken.com/tag/housing-market/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.frontgateaiken.com</link> <description>We are the &#34;key&#34; to your Front Gate in Aiken, South Carolina</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:08:43 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Houston&#8217;s Housing Market Posts Big Gains</title><link>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/houstons-housing-market-posts-big-gains/</link> <comments>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/houstons-housing-market-posts-big-gains/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:31:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Victoria Foulkes</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Real Estate News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Housing Market]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontgateaiken.com/?p=7086</guid> <description><![CDATA[The sale of single-family homes in Houston soared 16.9 percent last month and reached the highest median price on record for September, the Houston Association of REALTORS® reports. September has marked the fourth-straight month for sale increases. The median single-family home price in September was $157,500&#8211;the highest on record for a September in Houston, HAR [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/houstons-housing-market-posts-big-gains/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Tight Credit Hurting the Market</title><link>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/tight-credit-hurting-the-market/</link> <comments>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/tight-credit-hurting-the-market/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 10:41:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Victoria Foulkes</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Real Estate News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Housing Market]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tight Credit]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontgateaiken.com/?p=5679</guid> <description><![CDATA[According to Freddie Mac, the national average commitment rate for a 30-year, conventional, fixed-rate mortgage fell to a record low 4.23 percent in October from 4.35 percent in September; the rate was 4.95 percent in October 2009. 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At the same time, building permits, a predictor of future activity, fell 5.6 percent to a 539,000 annual rate, the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/housing-starts-up-slightly/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Home Glut Blamed on Fewer New Households</title><link>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/home-glut-blamed-on-fewer-new-households/</link> <comments>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/home-glut-blamed-on-fewer-new-households/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:56:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Victoria Foulkes</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Real Estate News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Housing Market]]></category> <category><![CDATA[new households]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontgateaiken.com/?p=5464</guid> <description><![CDATA[There were 357,000 new households created between March 2009 and March 2010, down from about 1.3 million per year between 2002 and 2007, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. With household formation at a 63-year low, the supply of homes on the market is nearing a record high. &#8220;When people are afraid of losing their [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/home-glut-blamed-on-fewer-new-households/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Housing Less Likely to Be Wealth Builder</title><link>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/housing-less-likely-to-be-wealth-builder/</link> <comments>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/housing-less-likely-to-be-wealth-builder/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:49:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Victoria Foulkes</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Real Estate News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Housing Market]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Investment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wealth Builder]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontgateaiken.com/?p=5216</guid> <description><![CDATA[The housing market may stabilize, but some economists believe that real estate will never again be the investment it once was. Stan Humphries, chief economist for Zillow.com, predicts that in the future housing values will only keep up with inflation. “All those theories advanced during the boom about why housing is special — that more [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/housing-less-likely-to-be-wealth-builder/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Job Market Still Holding Back Housing</title><link>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/job-market-still-holding-back-housing/</link> <comments>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/job-market-still-holding-back-housing/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:10:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Victoria Foulkes</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Real Estate News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Housing Market]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unemployment]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontgateaiken.com/?p=4881</guid> <description><![CDATA[The one factor that would certainly push up demand for homes is increased employment, but many analysts are now predicting that employment won’t revive significantly until 2011. This doesn’t bode well for the immediate recovery of the housing market. &#8220;If you&#8217;re looking for a silver lining in housing, you aren&#8217;t going to find it here,&#8221; [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/job-market-still-holding-back-housing/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Forecasters Split on 2010 Housing Market</title><link>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/forecasters-split-on-2010-housing-market/</link> <comments>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/forecasters-split-on-2010-housing-market/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:53:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Front Gate Properties</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Real Estate News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Housing Market]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontgateaiken.com/?p=4844</guid> <description><![CDATA[Economic forecasters appear to be split on the outlook for residential real estate values. The news this week regarding new- and-used home sales in May seems to support the views of bears like Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. Baker projects that home prices will decline 12 percent in 2010. 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Metrostudy, which researches the housing industry, says demand is forcing up prices in some markets, including Washington, D.C. and Indianapolis, but it remains stagnant in Houston, Naples, Fla., Charlotte, and Denver. Overall, Metrostudy and Castleman believe the worst [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/housing-analyst-says-worst-is-over/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Men and Women Agree in Home Must-Haves</title><link>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/men-and-women-agree-in-home-must-haves/</link> <comments>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/men-and-women-agree-in-home-must-haves/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 10:23:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Victoria Foulkes</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Real Estate News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Housing Market]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontgateaiken.com/?p=4782</guid> <description><![CDATA[It’s true. Men aren’t looking for exactly the same things women are when they go home shopping. ZipRealty surveyed 1,000 home shoppers and concluded that while about an equal number of men and women sought green features – about 27 percent – and 35 percent of both sexes put a high priority on a home [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/men-and-women-agree-in-home-must-haves/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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