Real Estate News
House to House: Looking Forward to a Better Union
I found this year’s State of the Union address to be quite interesting. For one it came on the eve of my finishing up the 43-county housing report that the Arkansas REALTORS® Association distributes on its website each month. This month’s report not only reflected how we did as a state in December; it also [...]
Read More >>Energy Cost Assistance for Low-Income Households
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released more than $863 million to help low-income households with their heating and other home energy costs under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). HHS is releasing the remaining funds, made available by the Consolidated Appropriation Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-74), to states, [...]
Read More >>Arkansas REALTORS® Encouraged by Year-End Statistics
2011 Sales, Prices Down One Percent Over 2010 LITTLE ROCK (January 26, 2012) – The Arkansas REALTORS® Association, the voice of real estate in Arkansas, announced that existing-home prices rose for the fourth month in December. Average prices of homes in the 42 county area monitored by the Association increased more than 2 percent from $144,842 [...]
Read More >>House to House: Loan Modification Scams Proliferating
With the national foreclosure rate persistently high, many homeowners have turned to loan modification or foreclosure “rescue” companies for help – only to realize they’ve been scammed. Anyone can become a victim of a loan modification scam. Every day, scam artists prey on unsuspecting homeowners who are facing foreclosure. These homeowners are losing thousands of [...]
Read More >>Arkansas Housing Market Holding Firm for Year
The Arkansas REALTORS® Association reported today that Arkansas home sales saw a slight slowdown in February after seeing a 13 percent increase in the number of Arkansas homes sold in January 2011 as compared with the same period last year. According to today’s report, Arkansas home sales saw an almost 6% decrease sold in February as compared with [...]
Read More >>Arkansas Housing Market Holding Firm for Year
The Arkansas REALTORS® Association reported today that Arkansas home sales saw a slight slowdown in February after seeing a 13 percent increase in the number of Arkansas homes sold in January 2011 as compared with the same period last year. According to today’s report, Arkansas home sales saw an almost 6% decrease sold in February as compared with [...]
Read More >>Sneak Peek at February 2011 Housing Numbers
The Arkansas REALTORS Association will release complete statistics for 43 counties in Arkansas on Friday, April 1. However, here is a sneak peek in to some of the Central Arkansas numbers for February 2011. New and Existing Residential Units Sold, February 2011 County Units Feb ’11 Units Feb ’10 % Change Clay 2 3 -33.33% [...]
Read More >>House To House: Americans more confident about the stability of home prices
The Arkansas REALTORS® Association released its monthly housing report last week showing that while home prices in Arkansas are still sluggish, January was a solid month for home sales. In January Arkansas home sales saw a 13 percent increase in the number of Arkansas homes sold as compared with the same period last year – [...]
Read More >>House to House: No Matter What the Emergency, Preparedness Is Key
The old joke, “If you don’t like the weather in Arkansas, just wait a day” seems more like the truth the older I get. I believe it was just two weeks ago that my family and I were celebrating “Sledfest” …
Read More >>AG Dustin McDaniel Identifies Top Consumer Complaints
In conjunction with National Consumer Protection Week, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced today the 10 most common complaints fielded by his office’s Consumer Protection Division last year. McDaniel’s Consumer Protection Division handled more than 10,000 total complaints from concerned Arkansas consumers in 2010. Atop the list were grievances about automobile transactions, followed by complaints regarding [...]
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