HOME SALES
Twin Cities see steep decline in home prices 
The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller Home Price Index shows home prices in Minneapolis-St. Paul fell 3.1 percent in February compared with January. The seasonally-adjusted numbers for February show a smaller dropoff of 1.3 percent
By Associated Press , April 26, 2011
Home prices rise in Minneapolis, 16 other cities, in June
Home prices nationally were up 4.8 percent in the second quarter compared with the first quarter. Seventeen cities showed price gains on a monthly basis. The biggest monthly price increases were in Chicago, Detroit and Minneapolis.
By Alan Zibel , August 31, 2010
GF-EGF home sales rebound
Home sales in the Grand Cities appear to be on the rebound after dropping off the past two years. “We’re definitely on track to do the type of sales we did in 2006 and 2007,” said Mavis Winkels, president of the Grand Forks Association of Realtors.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , August 06, 2010
Fargo-Moorhead area home sales improve
More new and existing homes are being sold in North Dakota’s largest metro area this year than last year.
By Associated Press , August 01, 2010
Home sales on the rise in Fargo-Moorhead
Housing permits through June are up 42 percent over the same time last year, according to the Home Builders Association of Fargo-Moorhead.
By Tracy Frank , July 28, 2010
Oil tops $84 a barrel after new home sales surge
The Commerce Department said that new home sales rose 27 percent in March, rebounding from the previous month’s record low and blowing past expectations as better weather and government incentives boosted sales.
The news gave the Dow Jones Industrial Average and energy prices a lift, with the Dow up about 10 points in morning trading.
By Deborah Jian Lee , April 23, 2010
Grand Forks home sales hold steady
Amid nationwide ups and downs, ‘we’ve been consistent’“Back in the mid-2000s, when the East Coast and West Coast were going crazy, our sales rates just rose at a nice steady pace. Even during the gloom and doom of the housing crisis, our market has always been good.”
By James R. Johnson , April 05, 2010
GF housing market remains strong
Buyers rushing to claim federal tax credits helped Grand Forks and the entire Midwest have strong home sales this November, and more credits could help keep the sales up into early 2010.
December 22, 2009
October home sales rise 10.1 pct from September
The tax credit of up to $8,000 for first-time owners was originally set to run out on Nov. 30, but Congress renewed it earlier this month and broadened its reach. People who have owned their current homes for at least five years can now claim a tax credit of up to $6,500 for a home purchase. To qualify, buyers must sign a purchase agreement by April 30.
By Associated Press , November 23, 2009
Gloomy data signal bumpy recovery
A reminder that the path to an economic recovery will be a slow and bumpy one emerged Friday from weaker-than-expected data on durable goods orders and new home sales.
By Christopher S. Rugaber , September 25, 2009
August U.S. home sales drop
The National Association of Realtors said today that sales dropped 2.7 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.1 million in August, from a pace of 5.24 million in July. Sales had been expected to rise to an annual pace of 5.35 million, according to economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters.
By Associated Press , September 24, 2009
July pending home sales rise to 2-year high
The National Association of Realtors said today its seasonally adjusted index of sales contracts signed in July for previously occupied homes rose 3.2 percent to 97.6. It was the sixth straight increase and 12 percent above the same month last year.
By Alan Zibel , September 01, 2009
MINNESOTA NEWS: Cat-killer jailed ... Otters bite vacationer ... Minneapolis home sales ... more
A St. Charles man has been sentenced to 21 days in jail and four years probation for killed a young girl’s cat with a bow and arrow. Ajalon Thomas Corcoran, 24, was earlier convicted of felony mistreatment of animals. Corcoran said the cat was eating birds and messing in his garden. Defense attorney J.P. Plachecki said Corcoran didn’t know the cat was someone’s pet.
By Herald Wire Reports , August 14, 2009
June new home sales rise 11 percent
New U.S. home sales rose by the largest amount in more than eight years last month, in another sign the housing market is finally bouncing back from the worst downturn in decades.
By Alan Zibel , July 27, 2009
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