All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Residential Market Trends

NAR is correct to classify the decline in Realtors as victims of the current housing down turn. What the article does not tell us - the decline will be beneficial for both the consumer and the remaining real estate agents.

The urban housing system reform started in late 1980s, especially the introduction of real estate market has resulted in general improvement in accommodation for most urban population in China. The Country managed to provide in less than 20 years new and reasonable quality owner-occupied housing for...

Prices hold steady while time on market goes up. Inventory increases but sellers try hold to old prices from when they were higher. 

The Inman News feature article was correct on the continued rise in lender and builder inventories due to spiked foreclosure numbers, purchase cancellations and borrower credit qualifiers. However,the small blip upward in median home prices for California to $594,260 (June 2007) from $592,780 (June...

Tightening lending requirements of remaining players and higher home loan rates will push the housing demand lower, adding further downward pressure to home prices and increasing the likelihood of Fed intervention.

When one hears today of significant short term capital gains being made through trading at the top end of the residential market, one might be forgiven for thinking that not much has changed since the heady days immediately prior to the handover in 1997. In practice, however, the situation is very different...

Housing market activity subdued as a result of affordability concerns, strong supply side response, political interference sentiment dissipating on the back of economic slowdown. Slight pick-up in activity and demand anticipated in autumn property investors still active based on rental growth prospects. A...

Local property financing in Brazil, historically almost nonexistent due to high interest rates, is rapidly becoming more prevalent, as the NY Times article shows. The article focuses on Brazil's vast lower-middle class, and their recent access to new mortgage products. However, we are seeing these trends...

The mortgage industry as a whole has been suffering ever since the downward spiral of the housing market. A lot of mortgage companies have closed up shop....ie....Fremont, New Century and others have had significant layoffs....ie.....Citibank. Fortunately, for Countrywide their business is continueing...

The statistics published by the California Association of Realtors is not reflective of the reality of the market in California.  The California Association of Realtors has a vested interest in encouraging buyers to act now rather than postpone their decision to buy a home.   The reality...