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Current real estate market trends in Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey are a buyer’s dream. It’s useful for buyers relocating to any city in the tri-state area to evaluate real estate market trends in the area as a whole. Anyone relocating from the west coast, say, to Philadelphia will likely...

College students across the country are familiar with the ritual of checking the professors' bulletin boards for one's test scores and class standing to be posted - always discreetly by student ID. The National Association of Realtors has recently posted the scores, so to speak, of the individual...

A recent statement by NAR (National Association of Realtors) Chief Economist Lawrence Yun is revealing: "Housing affordability conditions have been at record levels and the economy has been improving, but home sales are being constrained by the twin problems of unnecessarily tight credit, and a m...

When I was a little boy, four years old I think, I saw "The Wizard of Oz" for the first time. It frightened me so much that I hid behind the couch, peeking every so often over the back of it to try and follow along. Something about those flying monkeys gave me such a case of the heeby jeebies. I'...

So, the Feds famous (or infamous, depending...) Beige Book is out with current trends on all things economic in the country. The overall consensus appears to be modestly positive. The caveat is that the real estate market is still moping along. Kerry Curry, writing in the Housing Wire e-zine make...

Warren Buffet has announced that we've hit the bottom of the housing market - it's all going to get better now. (You can read the article here: http://timandjulieharris.com/2011/02/28/warren-buffett-predicts-housing-recovery-this-year-has-housing-hit-bottom/#comment-35393) Is he trying to create ...