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        <description>Welcome to the Dream Realty Blog.  This blog is created for rants and information about the Dallas area real estate market.  We hope you find the information informative and please comment at any time.</description>
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            <title>Spring Housing Market Remains On Track</title>
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New single-family home sales have grown  to a seasonally adjusted rate of 
417,000 units, a 1.5% increase according to the Commerce Department. New home 
inventory has also seen an increase, growing 2.0% with a total of 153,000 units. 
Sales have jumped 18.5% from this time last year while prices have also 
experienced a 3.0% increase. Experts expect home prices to continue to rise as 
inventory remains below average, but is expected to inch closer to average 
levels as the spring season continues. More here
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            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:02:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Report Forecasts Continued Gains For Housing Market </title>
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A recent report from Fitch Ratings 
forecasts continued gains for the housing market through the end of the year. 
According to the report, modest growth in the economy, combined with fewer 
distressed sales and higher rental costs, will lead to continued improvement in 
both housing starts and home sales.





Fitch predicts housing starts will end the 
year up 19 percent, new home sales will increase 19.5 percent, and existing-home 
sales will post a 8.5 percent gain. They also expect home prices to continue to 
increase with additional gains in 2013. Despite their optimistic outlook, they 
caution that, though recent data suggests the housing recovery has taken hold, 
there are still a number of looming challenges that could threaten the progress 
and curb current forecasts. More here.






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            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:32:33 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Existing Home Sales Rise 11 Percent From Last Year</title>
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Sales of previously owned homes 
slipped 1.7 percent in January but remain 11.0 percent above year-before 
levels, according to data from the National Association of Realtors. Total 
existing-home sales, which include single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums, 
and co-ops, fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.75 million from an 
upwardly revised 4.83 million in November.





Lawrence Yun, NAR's chief economist, 
said the overall trend is upward and, despite month-to-month setbacks, we're 
experiencing a genuine recovery. According to Yun, more people are attempting to 
buy homes and recent price increases are not deterring buyer interest. The 
national median existing-home price for all housing types was $183,900, up 11.3 
percent from a year ago. At the current sales pace, there was a 5.9-month supply 
of homes available for sale at the end of the month. More here.








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            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:28:10 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Home Price Trends Point To Further Increases</title>
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If the current year-to-date price 
trend continues, 2012 will be the first year that home prices have increased 
since 2006. Trulia's Price Monitor, which is among the earliest leading 
indicators of price trends, shows September asking prices were up 2.5 percent 
year-over-year and increased 3.5 percent when excluding foreclosures.





Jed Kolko, 
Trulia's chief economist, said prices are recovering across the country with the 
strongest gains seen where job growth has boosted demand and declining inventory 
has lead to tighter supply. States where prices saw significant gains include 
Nevada, Florida, Colorado, Iowa, Missouri, and Virginia. More here.






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            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:23:49 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Housing Starts Up 15 Percent In March</title>
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Estimates released by the U.S. 
Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development show housing 
starts and building permits both surged in March. Privately-owned housing 
starts jumped 15 percent above the revised December estimate of 758,000 to a 
seasonally adjusted annual rate of 872,000. The improvement puts new residential 
construction 34.8 percent above last year's level.








Additionally, single-family 
housing starts were up 11 percent for the month. Building permits, which are an 
indicator of future activity, also saw large gains in March. Permits were up 
11.6 percent for the month and are now 45.1 percent above last March's 
estimate. Single-family authorizations rose 6.7 percent. More here and 
here.








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            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:33:06 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Mortgage Purchase Activity Hits Four Month High</title>
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According to the Mortgage Bankers 
Association's Weekly Applications Survey, the seasonally adjusted Purchase Index 
rose 1.0 percent last week, reaching its highest level since October. But despite 
the gains in purchase activity, the Market Composite Index, which measures both 
refinance and purchase loan volume, fell 4.2 percent due to a 5.0 percent slide 
in the Refinance Index.








Still, the refinance share of all mortgage activity was 
82 percent. Mortgage rates also rose slightly last week. The average contract 
interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances 
increased to 3.57 percent from 3.56 percent the previous week. The week's 
results include an adjustment for the Easter holiday. More here and here.










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            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:26:49 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Builder Confidence Up For Sixth Straight Month</title>
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The National Association of Home 
Builders Housing Market Index measures builder confidence in the market for new, 
single-family homes on a scale where any number above 50 indicates more builders 
view the market as good than poor. In March, the index increased to 41. It was 
the sixth straight month of gains and put confidence at its highest level since 
June 2006. Barry Rutenberg, NAHB's chairman, said many builders are reporting 
increases in the number of serious buyers visiting their sales offices and the 
overall confidence measure is much higher than it was a year ago.








March's 
gains were driven by a five point increase in the component measuring traffic of 
prospective buyers, which rose to its strongest reading since April 2006. 
Regionally, builder confidence was up in three of four regions, with the 
Northeast unchanged from the month before. More here and here.






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            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:40:55 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Why Dallas is the most affordable place to live in the U.S.</title>
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A recent article came out in the Dallas business journal that shows why the Dallas Housing market is out preforming all other markets.  If you're from outside the Dallas Real Estate area and would like additional information for the Plano Real Estate, Frisco Real Estate or McKinney Real Estate markets please feel free to contact Dream Realty for all of your real estate needs.


Here is the article - Dallas Most Affodtable in US
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            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:58:22 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Americans Optimistic About The Economy, Housing Market</title>
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The results of Fannie Mae's 
September 2012 National Housing Survey show consumers' optimism about the 
economy and housing market continued to climb as the summer season wound down. 
Doug Duncan, senior vice president and chief economist of Fannie Mae, said 
consumers are showing increasing faith in the housing recovery due to improved 
home-price expectations, gains in the job market, and low mortgage rates. 








Among 
the highlights of the survey, 41 percent of respondents said the economy is on 
the right track, which is the highest level ever recorded and an 8.0 percent 
jump from the month before. Also, home-price expectations remained positive for 
the eleventh straight month, with 37 percent of Americans anticipating rising 
home values over the next year. The percentage of respondents who said they'd 
buy rather than rent their next home increased to 69 percent and the number of 
participants who said it was a good time to sell rose to 19 percent. More here 
and here.








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            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:41:57 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Foreclosure Activity Falls To Five Year Low</title>
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In September, foreclosure filings 
were reported on 180,427 properties, down 7.0 percent from August and 16 percent 
below last year's level. September's total was the lowest since July 2007 and 
helped lower third-quarter foreclosure numbers 5.0 percent from the second 
quarter and 13 percent from the third quarter of 2011.








The numbers, from 
RealtyTrac's U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, show it was the ninth straight 
quarter with an annual decrease in foreclosure activity. Daren Blomquist, 
RealtyTrac's vice president, said analysts have been waiting for the other 
foreclosure shoe to drop but instead it's being carefully lowered to the floor, 
making little noise in the housing market at a national level. More here.






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