CoreLogic: 2012 big year for home price increases (5/17/2013)
Prices rose in six Florida cities tracked by the index, varying from a low of 3.5% in Jacksonville to a high of 13.5% in Miami. But expect less in 2013.

Housing starts fell in April but permits surged (5/16/2013)
Building permits for future construction hit a five-year high. And while housing starts dropped a bit, most of the decline was in volatile multifamily housing.

April’s new listings rose 3.12%, but more buyers began a search (5/15/2013)
The bad news: The number of potential homebuyers rose even more, keeping inventory tight in many areas, according to data compiled from realtor.com.

NAR: Metro area home price growth trend continues in 1Q (5/9/2013)
NAR: Metro area home price growth trend continues in 1Q

Fla.’s housing market shows momentum in 1Q 2013 (5/9/2013)
Existing home sales up 10.2% year-to-year, price up 13.4%; condo sales up 3.2%, price up 18.4%. NAR: Sales up 9.8% year-to-year, single-family price up 11.3%.

CoreLogic: March home prices rise 10.5% year over year (5/7/2013)
CoreLogic: Month saw biggest year-over-year home price increase in seven years, and a 1.9% month-to-month rise. Prices dropped in only four states.

Home prices near new highs in some markets (5/6/2013)
Forget the housing bubble: Home prices have hit all-time highs in 10% of U.S. cities, though most are outside Fla. where prices rose only modestly during boom.

Job growth helps fuel home prices (5/2/2013)
Some analysts say investors and tight housing supplies caused a run-up in prices, but jobs helped too. The top price-rise cities are also tops for job growth.

NAR: Pending sales rise modestly as inventory tightens (4/29/2013)
NAR: Pending sales rose 1.5% month-to-month and 7% year-to-year, but recovery slows because the supply of homes isn’t keeping up with buyer demand.

New-homes sales rise 1.5% in March to 417K (4/23/2013)
Year-to-year increase: 18.5%. Jump suggests sustained recovery, though still below the 700K (adjusted to annual sales numbers) economists consider healthy.

Florida’s housing market on upswing in March (4/22/2013)
Existing home sales up 9% year-to-year, price up 15.2%; condo sales up 1.1%, price up 15.9%. NAR: Sales up 9.1% year-to-year, single-family price up 12.1%.

Pending home sales slip on constrained inventory (3/27/2013)
At 104.8, Feb.’s Pending Home Sales Index is down 0.4% from Jan., but 8.4% higher than year ago. Contract activity has been above year-ago levels for 22 months.

Fla.’s housing market continues positive trends in Feb. 2013 (3/21/2013)
Existing home sales up 10.3% year-to-year, price up 12.8%; condo sales up 7%, price up 21.1%. NAR: Sales up 10.2% year-to-year, single-family price up 11.3%.

NAR: Feb. home sales highest since Nov. 2009 when tax credit expired (3/21/2013)

NAR: January pending home sales up in all regions (2/27/2013)
Index increased 4.5% to 105.9 in Jan. from 101.3 in Dec.; it’s up 9.5% year-to-year and highest since 2010. In Southeast, which includes Fla., it rose 5.9%.

More Americans within reach of homeownership (2/25/2013)
NAHB: 75% of U.S. residents can afford a home. In Florida’s top-ranked metro area, Lakeland-Winter Haven, 93% of could afford to buy in 4Q 2012.

Fla.’s housing market continues upswing in Jan. 2013 (2/21/2013)
Existing home sales up 11.7% year-to-year, price up 12.4%; condo sales up 2%, price up 18%. NAR: Sales up 9.1% year-to-year, single-family median price up 12.6%.

NAR: Jan. existing-home sales hold with steady price gains (2/21/2013)
NAR: Jan.

Builder confidence virtually unchanged in Feb. (2/19/2013)
Why haven’t builders grown more confident over the past three months? They see strong rebound signs but can’t find skilled workers and face higher supply costs.

Fla.’s housing market gained strength, momentum in 2012 (2/11/2013)
Fla. single-family home sales up 8.5% in 2012, but up 21.2% in fourth quarter year-to-year. NAR: 10% fourth quarter price increase highest in seven years.

NAR: 4Q home prices see strongest increase in seven years (2/11/2013)
NAR: 4Q home prices see strongest increase in seven years

Bad neighbors can decrease property values (2/1/2013)
“I’ve seen many situations where external factors can lower home values by more than 5 to 10 percent,” says president of the Appraisal Institute.

NAR: Dec. pending home sales down but still on uptrend (1/28/2013)
A smaller supply of homes for sale, notably those costing less than $100,000, make it tougher to get a contract signed, says NAR Economist Yun.

FHFA: House Price Index Up 0.6% in Nov. (1/23/2013)
Agency that tracks Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans found a 5.6% increase over 12 months, with the last price decline in January 2011.

NAR: Existing-home sales slip in Dec., prices rise; 2012 totals up (1/22/2013)
NAR: Existing-home sales slip in Dec., prices rise; 2012 totals up

Fla.’s housing market continues positive track in Dec. 2012 (1/22/2013)
Home sales up 15.8% year-to-year, prices up 14.1%; condo sales up 8.6%, prices up 26.3%. NAR: Dec. sales slip 1% compared to Nov., but up 12.8% year-to-year.

Housing affordability sets all-time record in 2012 (1/10/2013)
NAR has not yet reported Dec. numbers, but 2012 is lining up to be the best year for housing deals since recordkeeping began in 1970.

Fla.’s housing market continues upswing in November (12/20/2012)
Home sales up 24% year-to-year, prices up 11%; condo sales up 18%, prices up 23%. NAR: Sales up about 6%, prices up 10%.

NAR: Nov. existing home sales, prices maintain uptrend (12/20/2012)

Nov. home sales, prices higher than expected (12/18/2012)
Re/Max CEO calls 2012 a “great turn-around year for housing”; says Nov. had 15.7% sales increase year-over-year.

Oct. pending home sales highest in over five years (11/29/2012)
NAR: Signed contracts rose 5.2% since Sept. and 13.2% since Oct. 2011; in South, up 5.5% for month, 17.4% year-to-year.