Real estate news update: 5-26

Written by Federal Title | 26 May 2010

A daily dose of headlines for real estate agents, mortgage lenders and consumers.

Home sales raise more questions than answers
Seeking Alpha: Some have speculated that the tax credit was just pulling future home sales forward and that once it expired we would probably see a slump.
Think housing has recovered? Think again.
Fortune: One critical obstacle to a housing recovery remains intact: supply. Until the number of empty homes starts to shrink, prices could still fall further.
The market vs. Bernanke
Forbes: Who should investors listen to: the financial markets or the Fed? One says we're in for a double-dip recession, the other just raised forecasts for gross domestic product growth.
First-time buyers fade in April
Real Estate Economy Watch: New survey results show that first-time homebuyers were reducing their activity even before hitting that April 30 deadline.
Inflation is overblown
Newsweek: By almost every measure observed inflation and inflation expectations have remained remarkably contained since the fall of 2008.
New apartments to surface on Georgia Avenue
DC Mud: Estimates have the building delivering in early 2012. The project will have a green roof, with solar panels that power some of the common area lighting.

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Headlines compiled by Strategic Research.

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