IRVINE, Calif. – July 16, 2015 — RealtyTrac’s Midyear 2015 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report finds that foreclosure starts in 19 states in the first half of 2015 were at or below their pre-crisis levels of 2006. Florida is included in that list, along with California, Arizona, Georgia and Illinois. …continue →

ORLANDO, Fla. – June 22, 2015 – Tightening inventory continued to impact Florida’s housing market in May, according to the latest housing data released by Florida Realtors®. Realtors across the state reported rising median prices and fewer days on market for both existing single-family homes and for townhouse-condo properties. Closed sales of existing single-family homes statewide totaled 24,789 last month, up 7.7 percent over May 2014.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Nov. 26, 2014 – Consumer sentiment among Floridians hit a post-recession high of 86 in November, an increase of two points over October, according to a monthly University of Florida (UF) survey. “The last time sentiment was this high in Florida was March 2007, over 7 ½ years ago,” said Chris McCarty, director of UF’s Survey Research Center in the Bureau of Economic and Business Research, …continue →

MONTREAL, Canada – Oct. 14, 2014 – As Canadian snowbirds prepare to head south, the Annual Snowbird outlook from BMO Bank of Montreal is telling Canadians that “U.S. housing affordability remains healthy, and prices are expected to increase in Florida, Arizona and other popular areas.” …continue →

WASHINGTON – Oct. 9. 2014 – Tight mortgage lending standards continue to affect single-family builder sales, according to a survey released by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). According to “well over half of the single-family builders surveyed,” lending standards were “tight” or “very tight.” Only 11 percent indicated that standards were “somewhat easy,” and no builders described them as “very easy.” …continue →