The declining trend of house flipping is making a comeback in many markets nationwide according to Realty Trac’s third quarter 2015 U.S. Home Flipping Report. The report reveals that real estate investors flipped 18 percent more homes last quarter than they did during the same quarter in 2014. Home flippers in Pittsburgh led the nation with the greatest ROI at 78.4 percent. Five Cook County zip codes (60652, 60402, 60629, 60638, and 60634) also made the top 20 list for average gross flipping … [Read more...]
Recent Statistics Mean Good News for Real Estate Market
October 26, 2015 by
REALTOR® Mag recently posted an illuminating article that shows that the real estate market is currently in a good position for future house sales. The article gives key information about a few important statistics as reported by the National Association of REALTORS®. For example, existing-home sales, including houses, townhomes, condos and co-ops, were 8.8 percent higher in September than they were one year prior. Here in the Midwest, that translated to a sales increase of 12 percent since … [Read more...]
