National Association of Realtors

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  U.S. Real Estate Looking Up but Emerging Markets Rising Even Higher: Cohen & Steers

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  February 27, 2013

  "Emerging markets not only make up a larger percentage of global GDP than a few years ago, but they have grown faster than developed markets," says Cohen & Steers' Jason Yablon.

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  Fiscal Cliff Deal Extends Tax Break for ‘Underwater’ Homeowners

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  January 3, 2013

  The fiscal cliff deal extends the Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act for one more year, stopping the IRS from taxing mortgage forgiveness as income in the case of a short sale, refinancing or foreclosure.

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  Real Estate: Data Still Looking Good

  By Ed McCarthy, CFP  |  November 16, 2012

  Commercial and residential sectors both show signs of positive momentum

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  Housing Bulls Living in ‘Fantasyland,’ Economist Says

  By John Sullivan, Investment Advisor  |  August 30, 2012

  Don’t believe the hype. That’s the message Anthony Randazzo of the Reason Foundation delivered Thursday about the housing market.

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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.