Category Archives: home prices

What do home prices and NASDAQ stocks have in common?

Follow @Hallmark Abstract Service Hopefully nothing because… …while the run-up in technology and biotech stocks recently has hit a brick wall and an IPO actually went down on its first day of trading (King Digital Entertainment maker of Candy Crush) home prices, while pausing for the past three months, are still heading in the right […]

Home prices and making babies!

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Do higher home prices lead to an increase in the birth rate? A study was conducted at the University of Maryland and, according to the results, the answer to that question is that it all depends! It depends on whether you are currently a homeowner or not! For this purposes of this study, if the […]

The 2013 Top 10 hottest U.S. housing markets!

2013 Top 10 US housing markets

From worst to first! If one thing stands out from this list of the Top 10 hottest U.S. housing markets in 2013, it’s that many of this years best performers were some of the hardest hit during the financial and real estate market crisis that began in 2008! 1. Phoenix Change in home value: 24.0% […]

Last nights 60 Minutes expose’ on the foreclosure crisis! (Video)

In case you missed the 60 Minutes story on the foreclosure crisis, here it is! Introduction to the foreclosure crisis From an article here last week, Hallmark Abstract Sentinel readers knew the following: @font-face { font-family: “Cambria”; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: “Times New Roman”; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; […]

Is the Case-Shiller Index visual evidence of a double-dip in home prices (Chart)

The Case-Shiller Index @font-face { font-family: “Cambria”; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: “Times New Roman”; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } The S&P/Case–Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index is a composite of single-family home price indices for the nine U.S. Census divisions. It is updated monthly. The national index is […]