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Housing Stats Stay Strong

The housing market has carried forward its year-end momentum.

According to the Census Bureau, on a seasonally-adjusted, annualized basis, January’s Single-Family Housing Starts crossed the half-million unit marker for the second straight month.

This hasn’t happened in close to 2 years and is the latest in a series of strong data that suggests the beleaguered housing market has turned a corner and Florida is posed to follow suite.

Although single-family starts slipped 1 percent from December, January’s annualized 508,000 figure represents a 16% spike from January 2011 and is the second-highest reading since April 2010 — the last month of 2010′s federal home buyer tax credit program.

A “housing start” is a new home on which construction has started.

The strength of January’s Housing Starts data surprised Wall Street analysts and is partially responsible for Thursday’s unexpected mortgage rate spike.

In hindsight, though, we should have seen this coming.

Earlier in the week, the National Association of Homebuilders announced that homebuilder confidence had climbed to its highest point since 2007 amid builder reports of rising sales volume and the most foot traffic from buyers in more than 4 years.

In addition, builders expect to sell more homes in 2012 than in 2011.

Builders are building and buyers are buying.

Meanwhile, as another sign of housing market strength, the Census Bureau reports that, in January, Building Permits moved to a multi-year high as well. Permits issued for single-family homes in January rose 1 percent from December, a statistic that suggests housing will continue its run through the spring season, at least.

86 percent of homes break ground within one month of permit issuance.

It’s a good time to be a home buyer. Mortgage rates and home prices are low. Housing market momentum, however, is building. If you’re on the fence about whether to buy a home , ask your real estate agent for additional market information.

The cost of home-ownership may never be as low as it is today.

Written on February 17, 2012 by Aaron Bacus

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New Home Construction is back!

There is good news for those looking to purchase Atlanta new homes! Single-family home production rose 4.4 percent in December according to the U.S. Commerce Department. This means that an additional 470,000 homes are being constructed nationwide. The increase was the third consecutive increase, which makes this the fastest pace of single-family home construction in 19 months.
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Homeownership Is Possible Within Three Years After Foreclosure

Losing your home can be devastating to your credit, not to mention your psyche, but you can buy again within as few as three years after a foreclosure or short sale.

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Mortgage Rates At A New Record Low

In Freddie Mac's results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey®, the average mortgage rates dropped to new all-time record lows. All products in the PMMS survey, except the 1-Year ARM, averaged new lows.
30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 3.87 percent for the week ending February 2, 2012, down from last week when it averaged 3.98 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 4.81 percent. 

According to Frank Nothaft, Freddie Mac's vice president and chief economist:
 
"Most mortgage rates eased to all-time record lows this week as fourth quarter growth in the economy fell short of market projections. The Gross Domestic Product rose 2.8 percent in the final three months of 2011, below the market consensus forecast of 3.0 percent, while consumer spending in December was flat. One bright spot, however, was that fixed residential investment increased for the third consecutive quarter and residential construction spending rebounded in December, rising 0.7 percent."

10 Tips for Sellers

1. Hire a Professional.
2. Fully Disclose.
3. Be Realistic about Pricing.
4 . Detach Emotions.
5. Be Involved.
6. Stage your Home.
7. Don’t Hover.
8. The Next Step.
9. Be Flexible.
10. Positivity.