National Association of Realtors

• Sales of Existing Homes Jumped 6.8% in March

  By Ron Pechtimaldjian, AdvisorOne  |  April 22, 2010

  Existing home sales surged 6.8% in March, as buyers were spurred by the government's tax credit that expires at the end of this month, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) said Thursday, April 20

• Two Reports Show More Improvement in Economy

  By Ron Pechtimaldjian, AdvisorOne  |  April 5, 2010

  Pending home sales and services sector index surge

• Editor's Choice for August 24, 2009

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  August 24, 2009

  What's Happening This Week

• Boomer vacation home sales drop

  By Staff Writer  |  May 1, 2009

  Housing analysts say we might have already hit bottom. Fourteen of 20 metro areas indicate home prices have declined in excess of 10 percent in...

• Signs the Recession Is Still With Us

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  April 27, 2009

  Foreclosures at record highs; home sales still declining

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  NAR pushes for housing stimulus

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  December 25, 2008

  Sales for existing homes fell in November, according to the National Association of Realtors. Existing homes fell 8.6 percent, more than 10 percent from a...

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  Homes sales, inventory declining

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  September 25, 2008

  Cause for hope, perhaps? The Wall Street Journal reports the backlog of unsold homes is shrinking, even as sales of previously owned homes declined in...

• Safe as Houses

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  April 1, 2008

  The subprime mortgage problem is not just for houses any more, as its repercussions permeate the overall economy. There are more difficulties to consider, however,...

• Panic Prevention

  By Karen Kroll  |  November 1, 2007

  If any economic environment could put the theory of the "rational economic man" to the test, surely this would be one. At the end of...

• Landed Gentry

  By Susan B. Weiner  |  September 1, 2006

  Financial planners counsel their clients on income, estate and gift taxes. But they often neglect residential property taxes. That may be a mistake. "[Property taxes...