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Has the market hit rock bottom?

Has a bottom in real estate been reached?  Well at least some buyers think some.  The National Association of Realtors reported today that The Pending Home Sales Index rose 6.3% to 87.7 in December from a revised reading of 82.5 in November.  What happened?  Homes are simply becoming more affordable.  NAR's House Affordability index rose 10.9% in December to 158.8, the highest since NAR began tracking affordability in 1970.

Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said the pending home index shows a modest rebound. "The monthly gain in pending home sales, spurred by buyers responding to lower home prices and mortgage interest rates, more than offset an index decline in the previous month," he said. "The biggest gains were in areas with the biggest improvements in affordability."


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Corey Frisbee said:

Will this news hit the main stream media??

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February 5, 2009 8:43 AM
 

Debbie Burks said:

I see much improvement in the website......lookin good.

Thanks

Debbie

February 5, 2009 10:02 PM
 

Richard Stabile said:

The numbers what ever they may be are unbelievable. It is a national problem now and it must get fixed.

The solutions are not perfect, but we must stop the slide. The fed must keep buying mortgage paper. They also should get the refi the same streamline program as FHA should be forced upon the originating banks to refi the people without appraisal or income verification. This would help the people who no longer have equity in their homes, what to stay but must get out of a high interest mortgage.

If the fed keeps putting money into new mortgage paper with Fannies and Freddie, the money will eventually hit the market. So far it is only hitting in the conforming mortgages. I wrote about 10 weeks ago for the fed to borrow on long term treasury’s and put the money directly into new mortgages at low rates to get the market going. I also said they should provide investor financing to get the foreclosed homes bought and rented. Investor will bring a lot of capital to the market. All buyers must qualify under normal standards.

My investigation also finds the heavily hit markets are reacting to the lower prices and lower rates and volume is picking up nicely.

The banks can not get the money directly, they won’t lend or at least not at the rate and quantity we need. When a purchaser gets a mortgage, buys a property, the old mortgage gets paid off to the bank. The bank receives the money and the mortgage is retired. If the bank’s reserves are too short to retire the mortgage, that is another issue for their solvency.

This is in the works, and we will turn around!

February 8, 2009 10:42 PM

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About Martin Taggart

Originally from Yosemite National Park in central California, I found my way out to Denver, Colorado. A corprate relocation accompanied my Fortune 100 job transfer, and the first step in my trek to the midwest was underway. After 7 years in Denver, another job transfer with the same firm landed me in Shawnee, Kansas. While I am living in my 3rd home in Shawnee, I've come to think of Kansas as my home.

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