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September 2011

Houses Underwater: The Tide Is About to Rise

September 14, 2011

Two separate housing reports came out in the last week which discussed different challenges facing the current real estate market. The first was CoreLogic’s Negative Equity Report and the second was JP Morgan Chase’s Home Price Monitor. Each report delivered some difficult news. However, if you piece both reports together, we can see future challenges [...]

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Cleaning Up the Negative Media on Housing

September 13, 2011

We here at KCM are often accused of allowing our belief in the benefits of owning a home to impact how we report on the housing market. We do not hide from the fact that we believe homeownership is a major piece of the American Dream. However, we still try to accurately report on the [...]

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Luxury and Vacation Homes Are Selling

September 12, 2011

It has been a trying time for most segments of the real estate industry. However, two areas that are showing improvement are the luxury home and vacation home markets. It seems that people in these segments are again beginning to purchase. Vacation Homes Last week Market Watch published an article discussing the vacation home market. [...]

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We Will Never Forget…

September 10, 2011

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Why Do Families Actually Buy a Home?

September 9, 2011

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Disasters and Real Estate

September 8, 2011

In the wake of last week’s hurricane Irene, I wanted to chat a bit about some of the occasional disasters (natural and otherwise) that can befall a real estate transaction. After the hurricane, many transactions were put on hold, awaiting inspections by buyers, appraisers, engineers and even insurance companies. The assessing of any damage has [...]

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