Tag: nar

Grand Rapids Michigan is the Comeback Kid

Don’t we all love an underdog? From Rocky to the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team to Butler in recent editions of March Madness. But in real estate, allow this to be the third installment of our love affair with the “comeback kid” – Grand Rapids, Michigan.

May 24 / 2012

Positive Signs for Housing

  If you believe that housing will play a critical role in the recovery of our nation’s economy, today’s news from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) hopefully brought a smile to your face. But before I continue, I want to caution everyone that while NAR’s existing-home sale report looks good, we still have a [...]

April 23 / 2010
Author jim_gillespie
Category Market Report
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My Take on the February Report from the National Association of Realtors

Today, the National Association of Realtors released its monthly report for February on the housing market.  I was really encouraged reading through it.  Yes, existing home sales dropped slightly (by just .06 percent), but we have to remember what was going on during this time – snow, snow and more snow!  I know that I [...]

March 24 / 2010

A Blizzard and an Existing Home Sales Report

What a welcome home.  Yesterday, I was scheduled to fly directly into Newark Airport from Jacksonville.  But because of the snow in the Northeast, I changed my plans and flew into DC instead and took a train to Newark instead.  My wife kept telling me that we were getting hit hard, but it’s been a [...]

February 26 / 2010