http://news.nationalrelocation.com Real Estate, Mortgage, and Relocation News Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:40:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Image via Wikipedia The metropolitan area of Kansas City, which stretches across two states, is one of the most popular up and coming cities today. But not even the popularity for its affordability, wealth of industry and multitude of entertainment venues could save the city from the inevitable U.S. housing market ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/kansas-city-real-estate-news/ Like much of the country, the market for real estate in Portland has suffered over the past two years as a result of the greater fluctuations in the national housing market brought on by the global recession. There has been a rise in foreclosures and home prices ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/portland/ Though real estate in Tennessee may have been hit quite as hard as in some of the markets on the coast where prices have plummeted, losing their value by 100% or more, the state has nonetheless suffered its setbacks since the onset of the financial crisis in America. During this ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/tennessee-real-estate-update/ The market that makes up a large share of what is known as the "Big Island," or Hawaii, Kona real estate has suffered many of the same setbacks as other real estate markets in Hawaii, with lower prices and home values, rising foreclosures and falling sales volumes. This area of ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/kona-real-estate-news/ Part of the the infamous Orange County, real estate in Irvine, California, has been hit like the rest of the Southern California region. However, as of recent months, activity has been picking up in Irvine and there have been several positive trends, suggesting the city may be past the worst ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/irvine-housing-update/ Public Trustee filings for 2009 Foreclosures in Denver remain on a par with 2008.  Information released from  the Public Trustee's office showed 480 filings for the month October 2009, with a projection that total filings in Denver County will approximate 2008’s total filings of 6,145.  The 2008 total was some ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/denver-foreclosure-update/ Notorious as being one the worst-hit markets in the country and in the state with the highest number of foreclosures, the market for real estate in Miami Beach is continuing to show signs of struggles into late 2009. With some of the highest increases of real estate prices ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/miami-real-estate-news/ Known as being home to the world-famous ski resort area, the market for real estate in Breckenridge, Colorado, was very strong for years, until the global financial crisis put a stop on the seemingly unending increases in home values. The market is a rather high-value one, and because of its ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/breckenridge-real-estate-news/ As a small island near the Seattle shoreline, the market for real estate off Seattle in Bainbridge Island is limited and pricey. The market has, of course, suffered since the recession began in the U.S. and the national housing market began its widespread decline. Because its area is small, the number ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/bainbridge-island-real-estate-news/ Hawaii's "Garden Isle," as it is known, the island of Kauai, like the other Hawaiian islands, has seen a steady drop in home values since 2008, when the U.S. housing and stock markets began their slide and the country entered into a recession. Kauai real estate had high median values ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/home-sales-news-in-kauai/ Though located far away from the coasts where most of the carnage from the U.S. financial crisis has occurred, the market for real estate in Des Moines has not been immune from the effects of decreasing value, higher foreclosures and increased inventory that have plagued nearly all markets across the ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/des-moines-real-estate-news/ As one of the country's largest cities, the San Francisco real estate market is a diverse market, with different levels of homes in the Bay area city. The market has taken a dive in the recent two years since the beginning of the global recession and the bursting of the ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/san-francisco-real-estate-news/ Southern California has long been home to some of the United States' most exclusive -- and most expensive -- communities. This statement is particularly true in Orange County, a long sought-after destination for many, with its large, exquisite homes and tropical oceanside climate. Homes for sale in South Orange County ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/south-orange-county-real-estate-news/ The Los Angeles area was hit hard by the downturn in the U.S. housing market and has continued to suffer ill effects of the ongoing world recession. However, signs point that the market may be beginning to inch away from the worst of it. Beverly Hills real estate is notorious ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/beverly-hills-real-estate-news/ Oahu, the third largest of the Hawaiian islands and the most populous, has suffered many ill effects from the ongoing financial crisis and the deteriorated U.S. housing market. The island was home to some of the nation's highest property values before the crisis, and these inflated values have meant many ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/real-estate-news-in-oahu/ The Walnut Creek real estate market, located in the greater San Francisco Bay region, has seen a few encouraging signs in the past few months, pointing to indications that the market may finally be on its way back to recovering from the price slashes suffered from the bursting of the ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/walnut-creek-real-estate-news/ The Florida real estate market has been hit quite hard by the collapse in the bubble that was the U.S. housing market. Since the fall of Lehman Brothers in September 2008, which essentially marked the beginning of the onslaught of bad economic news and recession, most markets in Florida have ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/sarasota-real-estate-update/ Strongly situated in the Midwest region, which has not suffered the kinds of huge plunges in real estate values that many markets on the coasts have witnessed, the Cincinnati real estate market is quite strong when compared with the rest of the country. In fact, the city was recently ranked ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/cincinnati-market-update/ Though Maryland is the state with the highest median household income of any state in the U.S., its high levels of income could not exempt it from exposure to the ill effects of the subprime mortgage crisis and the subsequent crash of the U.S. housing market and ongoing recession. Real ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/maryland-real-estate-update/ Arizona has been one of the states hit the hardest by the falling home prices amid the U.S. financial downturn. Tucson is no exception, as the market has experienced serious price declines and a glut of foreclosures on to the market. However, indicators are turning more positive recently than they ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/tucson-real-estate-update/ The Nashville real estate market, like many markets in the South, has experienced a severe repositioning since the onslaught of the U.S. financial collapse and resulting recession. Over the past couple of years, the market has experienced declines in home prices, lower sales volume, higher inventory and more foreclosures as ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/nashville-real-estate-market-2/ Nationwide, real estate seems to be on a rebound as of late, with home sales in September up by the highest margin in nearly 30 years, according to the Charlotte Observer. Volume rose 9.4% in September, putting national sales now up 24% from where they were ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/durham-real-estate-news/ Though lying in Southern California, the site of some of the hardest-hit real estate markets anywhere, the San Clemente real estate market has seen some substantial gains in recent months and seems poised to be on its way back to more stable levels than it has experienced during the downtown. ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/san-clemente-real-estate-market/ Though physically far from the mainland U.S., the Anchorage real estate market is not far enough to be immune from the ill effects of the U.S. housing market's burst bubble and ensuing recession. Recent months have found an increased inventory and more homeowners finding themselves underwater on their homes, as ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/anchorage-real-estate-market/ In the past couple of years, the Ashland real estate market has suffered many of the common hits markets around the country have suffered since the onset of the U.S. financial crisis: increased inventory and foreclosures, major price drops, and decreased sales volume. Though some problems, such as foreclosures and ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/ashland-real-estate-market-in-oregon/ As one of the wealthy communities in Orange County in Southern California, the  Up had high values at its peak but suffered great falls in the aftermath of the collapse in the U.S. housing market and the subsequent recession. As a smaller market, the community's figures can fluctuate greatly from ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/mission-viejo-real-estate-market-news/ Based on the Case-Shiller index, Moody’s Economy.com forecast the the 10 best and worst markets between the fourth quarter of 2008 and the fourth quarter of 2013, and it placed Tacoma as the No. 1 best market in the next few years,  predicting it will rise by more than 20%, ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/tacoma-real-estate-update/ Located in a notable and exclusive community in Southern California, the Newport Beach real estate market has been partially insulated from some of the worst effects of the crumbling U.S. housing market because its price levels are so high and its residents so wealthy when compared with typical Americans. However, ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/newport-beach-real-estate-market-update/ Located in California, the state with some of the hardest-hit real estate markets in the country, the Palo Alto real estate market is a high-priced market that has seen some falls in real estate prices since the U.S. housing market bubble burst. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Palo ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/palo-alto-real-estate-news/ Though situated in a state thousands of miles away from the mainland, the Waikiki real estate market's distance is not enough to keep it immune from the averse affects of the economic crisis and the recession on the housing market. Pre-crisis, Hawaii had some of the highest real estate values, ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/waikiki-real-estate-news/ The Savannah real estate market in northern Georgia may be well off of where it was at its peak, but local real estate experts say they think the market may be in a stabilization period, finished with continual large drops in prices and volume. But the market for real estate ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/savannah-real-estate-market/ Though the Midwest has been struggling since the onset of the financial crisis, with a regional unemployment rate hovering near 10%, in September, the area showed some signs of improvement in the housing sectors as home sales rose 5.8% over sales volume last September, propelled by ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/indianapolis-real-estate-market/ The North Carolina real estate, which ranges from homes in suburban areas to condos and homes in cities like the Research Triangle of Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, capital-city Raleigh or banking center Charlotte, to homes on the countryside and in the mountains. Over the past several months, most of the markets in ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/north-carolina-real-estate-news-update/ The Santa Barbara real estate market has suffered many of the setbacks other real estate markets across the country, especially on the West Coast, are experiencing right now due to the financial crisis. The city has seen an increase in foreclosures as residents have seen their assets dwindle and many ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/santa-barbara-real-estate-market/ Notoriously known nationally as one of the hardest-hit housing markets of all states in the U.S., real estate in Michigan has truly suffered since the beginning of the financial crisis, crippled heavily by the downfall of the market in its largest city, Detroit. Prices have fallen ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/real-estate-in-michigan/ Like so many real estate markets across the country, real estate in Knoxville has taken a hit since the onset of the financial crisis and the blowup from the subprime mortgage crisis burst the housing market bubble across the nation. The Knoxville real estate market began to see signs this ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/real-estate-news-in-knoxville/ Located inland in California, one of the states hardest-hit by the recent housing market collapse and U.S. financial crisis, Palm Desert has suffered many of the same pitfalls as other cities in the Golden state, including crashing home values, rising foreclosures and an increase in inventory. Recently, however, real estate ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/palm-desert-real-estate-news/ The hub of the commercial and financial industry for the South, Atlanta, Georgia, in recent years had seen its average home prices rise seemingly with no end in sight. Of course, like so many other rising markets, the Atlanta real estate market saw its bubble burst with the onset of ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/real-estate-news-in-atlanta/ Chicago is a huge city, one the country's biggest, so recent trends in the Chicago real estate market must be closely examined before entering the market. Because the city is so big, it must be viewed instead as a large grouping of smaller neighborhoods and their trends. Viewed as the ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/chicago-real-estate-market-news/ Southern California is popularly known across the country for being home to some of the most exclusive neighborhoods and priciest homes, and real estate in Orange County is no exception. The county commonly tops lists of the most expensive places to live in the country, though since the economic crisis ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/real-estate-news-in-orange-county/ The Salt Lake City real estate market is sending indications that it still has some work to do before it will be out of its sluggish position that came as a result of job losses across the state coinciding with the global recession and the world financial crisis after the ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/salt-lake-city-real-estate-market-news/ Analysts say that the market for real estate in Hawaii has further to fall and may not have seen its bottom yet, despite already having experienced precipitous falls in homes values and sale prices. "For a year now, the West Coast has seen continued erosion in pricing but increased velocity ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/hawaii-real-estate-market-news/ Located in California, one of the real estate markets hit the hardest by the recent U.S. financial turmoil, real estate in Mission Beach is no exception. Before the crisis, Southern California had some of the priciest real estate in the country, so it comes as no surprise that many of ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/mission-beach-real-estate-news/ Though it suffered many of the side effects from the bursting housing bubble that cities across the nation are also facing, the Austin real estate market as of late is showing signs of improvement, giving a sense of temporary optimism to buyers and sellers in this market. According to the Austin ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/austin-real-estate-market-news/ The Phoenix real estate market has been battered in the past couple of years along with the onset of the bursting bubble of the U.S. housing market and the slump in the economy in general. The area has seen many job losses and as a result many foreclosures. Signs now ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/phoenix-real-estate-news/ The broader bursting of the U.S. housing market has had its share of effects on Seattle real estate, bringing down average sale prices and home values but making many homes affordable for a new class of buyers. Sales are up in the Seattle area as of late. According to the Seattle ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/seattle-real-estate-news/ Though the Houston real estate market was doubly beaten -- by both the withering national housing market and by a hit in 2008 from a hurricane -- the market has shown marketed resilience and recent figures show positive indications it is on its way back. According data from to the Houston ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/houston-real-estate-news/ A market situated in a hard-hit area of the country, Memphis real estate has taken a slight beating in terms of volume since the beginning of the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis and subsequent financial crisis and recession. Monthly sales volume in Memphis is down 19.4%, more than the U.S. and ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/memphis-real-estate-news/ The Cupertino real estate market, like many markets in the country, particularly in the hard-hit state of California, has suffered greatly since the U.S. financial crisis began and the real estate market began experiencing difficulties around the country. Cupertino, in the high-tech Silicon Valley area, seemed to suffered a bit ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/cupertino-real-estate-news/ Virginia is a state that encompasses many markets and many different spectra of residents, from the high-priced urban and suburban areas around the Washington, D.C., area to the more rural and mountainous regions in the state's west. Virginia real estate as of late has seen mixed results of positive and ... http://news.nationalrelocation.com/virginia-real-estate-news/