March 2005

A Publication of ELLIOTT® & Company Appraisers

 

HOUSING PRICES GREW AT 25-YEAR HIGH IN '04

 

The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise reported that the average price of a single family home financed through Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac grew a whopping 11.2% in 2004, the highest annual gain in that category since 1979.

Despite the dramatic increase, the rate of growth appears to be slowing down. In the fourth quarter of 2004, prices rose only 1.7%, growing at about one third of the rate generated in housing prices the rest of the year.

The metropolitan area that showed the greatest increase in homes values last year was Las Vegas, where housing prices grew an amazing 36.2%. Anderson, SC, was the metropolitan area with the slowest such increase, at 1.1%.

 

CONDOMINIUMS SELLING LIKE HOTCAKES

 
The record for sales of condominiums and cooperative units was broken for the ninth consecutive year, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). In 2004, sales of these units reached 970,000, up 8% from the previous record of 898,000, set in 2003.

The average price of condos and co-ops passed the $200K milestone last year. By the fourth quarter of 2004 the average value of these units had risen to $203,200, which was 16.7% higher than it had been at the same time in 2003. Meanwhile, according to NAR figures, a typical single family home was selling for $187,500.

"The condo market has clearly matured over the last decade, accounting for a market share almost as big as the new home market," said David Lereah, chief economist of NAR. "This market has been appreciating faster than that of single family homes."
 

QUOTES OF WIT & WISDOM

 
"The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority."     — Ralph Sockman

"Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel from coast to coast without seeing anything."       — Charles Kuralt

"To achieve the impossible dream, try going to sleep."
                                                                        — Joan Klempner

"You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do."
                                                                        — Henry Ford

"The easiest way for your children to learn about money is for you not to have any."  
                                                                                                       — Katharine Whitehorn


"A hero is someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom."  
                                                                                                       — Bob Dylan

 

 

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