Home prices increased for the second straight month in April, according to the latest CoreLogic Home Price Index, rising 2.6 percent excluding distressed sales.
Asking prices on for-sale homes flattened out from April to May, according to Trulia Price Monitor data released today, but they sat 1.6 percent higher than in the first quarter of 2012.
BuilderBooks, the publishing arm of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), recently released the third edition of its Jobsite Safety Handbook, which explains what builders can do to comply with OSHA requirements.
Home prices dropped year-over-year in 13 of the 20 metropolitan areas analyzed by the Case-Shiller Home Price Index, as indicated in the latest release of the index on Tuesday.
The latest release of the quarterly Case-Shiller Home Price Index reveals that seven of the 20 metropolitan areas surveyed saw higher home prices than in the first quarter of 2011, offering hope for sustained recovery in these markets.
The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) from the National Association of Realtors recorded a mark of 95.5 in April, a 14.4 percent increase from the same time last year.
Following yesterday's upbeat existing-home sales report, today's new-home sales data offers more positive news for the housing market. Sales of new single-family houses in April 2012 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 343,000, up 9.9 percent ye
