National Association of Realtors

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  Bull Kiesel, Bear Shilling Clash Over Housing

  By John Sullivan, Advisorone  |  May 23, 2012

  "If housing goes down 20%, I will back up the truck and likely PIMCO will, too," Kiesel says. Shilling predicts "recessionary kinds of things" in the next three to four years.

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  Foreclosures Set to Surge in 2012

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  January 17, 2012

  The struggling U.S. real estate market may get a fresh kick in the legs from an increase in foreclosures in 2012 after an ebbing of the robo-signing controversy that slowed down repossessions in 2011.

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  Data Casts New Doubt on Housing Market Turnaround

  By Gil Weinreich, Advisorone  |  December 22, 2011

  The health of the housing market has come under fresh doubts after the National Association of Realtors released substantially revised figures showing 3 million fewer homes than previously thought were sold between 2007 and 2010.

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  Federal Budget and Jobs; Securities America Saga—Advisor Briefing for the Week of March 28, 2011

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  March 28, 2011

  Market-moving news of interest to advisors this week: Congress returns to address 2011, 2012 budgets; March unemployment, and the Securities America saga continues.

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  Exisiting Home Sales Fell 9.6% in February

  By Associated Press  |  March 21, 2011

  Fewer Americans bought previously occupied homes in February and those who did purchased them at steep discounts. The weak sales and rise in foreclosures pushed home prices down to their lowest level in nearly 9 years.

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  Congress Returns as Government Shutdown Looms: Advisor Briefing for the Week of Feb. 28, 2011

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  February 28, 2011

  Among likely developments of interest to advisors: DOL hearings on fiduciary, Bernanke testifying on monetary policy and the unemployment report for February.

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  New Jersey Becomes 19th State to Ban Private Transfer Fees

  By Marlene Y. Satter  |  December 14, 2010

  On Monday, New Jersey became the 19th state to ban private transfer fees on real estate, also known as “reconveyance fees,” “capital recovery fees” or “home resale fees.”

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  Pending Home Sales Jumped in October: NAR

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  December 2, 2010

  The U.S. housing market received some good news on Thursday as the National Association of Realtors reported that pending home sales jumped in October.

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  Existing Home Sales Slide, as Q3 GDP Is Revised Upward

  By Marlene Y. Satter  |  November 23, 2010

  Existing home sales fell 2.2% in October after two months of gains, to a seasonally adjusted rate of 4.43 million. Even as home sales...

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  Pending Home Sales Drop After Two Months of Gains

  By Marlene Y. Satter  |  November 5, 2010

  Pending home sales for September were down 1.8%, to 80.9, after increases in July and August, the NAR announced Friday.