FNC: Residential Property increased 7.5% y-o-y in August

The year-over-year (YoY) change was the same in August as in July, with the 100-MSA composite up 7.5% compared to August 2013. In general, for FNC, the YoY increase has been slowing since peaking in February at 9.4%.

RBI LRS Scheme Revised Guidelines

In a recent circular [RBI/2014-15/132 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.5] the RBI has raised the remittance limit up to US$ 125,000 per individual, per year and removed the restriction against the purchase of property.

House Prices: Graphs, Real Prices, Price-to-Rent Ratio

In real terms – and as a price-to-rent ratio – prices are mostly back to early 2000 levels.

CNBC: USA dominates list for foreign real estate investors

A new survey shows that while London was one for foreign investors, the rest of the top five cities were all in the USA. The survey said the U.S. is the “stable and secure” country for real-estate investment “by a wide margin.” The U.S. is also the top market when it comes to capital appreciation and for future real-estate purchases.

U.S. Home Values Continue to Surge in August

A majority (85 percent) of the 382 metros covered in August experienced annual home value appreciation. Among the 30 largest metro areas covered by Zillow, 20 saw annual appreciation of 10 percent or more.

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Foreign Buyers Hop on U.S. Rental Trend | Wall Street Journal

The business of buying-and-renting houses, long dominated by local mom-and-pop investors, has morphed over the past two years into one of the hottest investments on Wall Street. Dozens of pension investors and private-equity firms, such as Blackstone Group LP and Colony Capital LLC, are clamoring to buy homes in beaten-up markets, sometimes using money from foreign co-investors… “We are buying the houses up, and I’d say unashamedly at very, very cheap prices, but I don’t see much of us crowding out other home buyers,” said Mr. Dixon of US Masters…

USA House Prices up 8.3% Year-over-year in December

Corelogic | February 05, 2013 Home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased on a year-over-year basis by 8.3 percent in December 2012 compared to December 2011. This change represents the biggest increase since May 2006 and the 10th consecutive monthly increase in home prices nationally. On a month-over-month basis, including distressed sales, home prices increased by 0.4 percent...

North Dakota struggles to cope with its oil-boom prosperity

To learn about how to invest in this real estate with yields of over 40%, please visit this page on our website. North Dakota struggles to cope with its oil-boom prosperity Article by: PAM LOUWAGIE , Star Tribune: January 26, 2013 – 10:32 PM The oil boom has meant explosive growth for North Dakota, but life there can be frustrating and lonely, as well as lucrative. … In Williston,...

House Prices up 7.4% in Nov., largest annual increase since 2006

CoreLogic: House Prices up 7.4% Year-over-year in November, Largest increase since 2006 Home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased on a year-over-year basis by 7.4 percent in November 2012 compared to November 2011. This change represents the biggest increase since May 2006 and the ninth consecutive increase in home prices nationally on a year-over-year basis. On a...