A limited supply of properties for sale and heightened demand fuelled robust price rises in Miami in the first quarter of 2012, the latest figures show.

Analysts expect a 20% increase in global property investment markets in the second half of 2012 led by the Americas and driven by increased confidence and a release of pent up investor and tenant demand.

Cash rich Latin Americans, spearheaded by Venezuelans and Brazilians, have led a charge into Miami real estate, helping to spur a recovery in the state’s housing market.

There were fewer property foreclosures in the United States in 2011 than in the previous year, according to the latest figures from CoreLogic, a leading provider of information and analytics.

Pending home sales in the United States rose strongly in October and remain above year ago levels, according to the latest figures from the National Association of Realtors.

Commercial real estate markets in the United States have been relatively flat this year, but improving fundamentals mean a more positive trend is expected in 2012, according to the National Association of Realtors.

A slight rise in US property prices is unlikely to help the real estate sector recovery as experts predict price falls during the rest of 2011 and into 2012.

Existing  residential property sales in the United States increased in August, even with ongoing tight credit and appraisal problems, along with regional disruptions created by Hurricane Irene, according to the latest figures from the National Association of Realtors.

Real estate investors are expecting a widespread rebound in US commercial real estate markets, according to a new analysis of the market.

Sales of residential property in the United States declined in July with experts blaming a lack of lending that is holding back the real estate recovery.

Sales of homes and apartments in Miami, Florida, are continuing their upward trend and are now 47% and 33% higher than a year ago, the latest figures show. Miami appears to be leading a sales revival in the sunshine state.

Five years after the peak of the residential real estate market in the United States the bumpy road towards stabilisation is underway, according to the latest analysis from Zillow.

Residential property prices in the United States increased 0.7% in June compared with the previous month but the real estate sales market has slowed considerably in the last year.

Existing residential property sales in the United States eased back in June as contract cancellations spiked unexpectedly, although prices were up slightly, according to the latest report from the National Association of Realtors.

Stability in the US residential property market will lead to a quicker and greater economic recovery, according to the National Association of Realtors.

New office leases are being signed at a record pace in Manhattan suggesting a rapidly strengthening commercial real estate market, according to the latest quarterly report from consultants Cushman & Wakefield.

Current residential real estate sellers in the United States who bought their home in 2007 or later are over pricing their properties by an average of 14.1%, according to analysis of for sale listings on Zillow.

Most Americans still believe that owning a home is a solid financial decision, and a majority of renters aspire to home ownership as a long term goal, according to a new survey from the National Association of Realtors.

The residential property in the United States is all over the place with the latest figures from the National Association of Realtors showing that existing home sales were down in May.

A trophy estate in Florida owned by John Kluge, once ranked by Forbes as the world’s wealthiest individual, has been put up for sale with a price tag of US$59 million.

Attracted by bargain prices, Canadian buyers are driving a property sales surge in the US, particularly in the Orlando area of Florida, according to data from leading realtors, Coldwell Banker Feltrim.

Pending residential property sales in the US fell in April following increases in February and March, with unusual weather and economic softness adding to ongoing problems that are preventing a recovery, according to the latest report from the National Association of Realtors.

United States commercial property prices fell to a post recession low in March as sales of financially distressed assets weighed on the market, according to Moody’s Investors Service.
 

The United States continues to remain a top destination for foreign buyers as international purchases surged by $16 billion this year, one of the highest increases in recent years.

Sales of existing properties in the United States increased in March, continuing an uneven recovery that began after sales bottomed last July, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Some US commercial real estate prices have gotten so high they may not be able to generate enough cash to justify the price tag, it is claimed.

Optimism has increased slowly but steadily in Florida real estate markets through the fourth quarter of 2010, according to the latest survey from the University of Florida.

After five consecutive months of declines, residential property sales in the United States rose 13.2% in December from the prior month, according to the RE/MAX National Housing Report.

For the first year since the financial crisis began, annual foreclosure auction filings in the United States’ repossession hotspots of California, Arizona and Nevada have declined.

Residential property prices in the United States fell 5.07% in November compared with the previous year, the fourth month in a row of declines, according to the latest report from CoreLogic.

Property foreclosures in the US fell to 21% in November from the previous month as lenders continued to review procedures for more signs of documentation problems, according to a new report.

Tax incentives are credited with helping residential property sales and prices in California soar, but sellers lowering unrealistic values is also helping, experts claim.

Residential property prices in the US increased 6.8% in May compared with a year ago, the largest annul increase since July 2006, the latest figures to be published show.

Two of the world’s wealthiest real estate investors have revealed that they don’t expect property markets in the US to recover until next year.

More property markets in the US are expected to recover in 2010 at the nation’s real estate markets move closer to stabilization, according to the latest forecasts.

Property foreclosure filings are decreasing in the US but the number of owners getting into difficulty is still up 18% on the same time last year, according to the latest published figures.

Almost $500 billion has been wiped off the value of residential properties in 2009 but that is less than the previous year and research shows that nearly one in three markets have seen prices rise this year.

Almost one in ten property owners in the US are prepared to walk away from their homes if the felt that negative equity would put them in a vulnerable position, according to a new survey.

House price confusion is clouding confidence in the real estate market in the US, according to a new survey.

Almost a third of existing properties sold in the US in the last three months were either short sales or foreclosures, the latest figures show. But new property sales are up much higher than expected.

A task force launched in Florida in the US aimed at bringing the state's escalating foreclosure crisis under control has revealed the details of its plan.

The number of existing properties being sold in the US is rising, with a rise of 3.8% in the second quarter of this year one of the most encouraging signs that a real estate recovery is on its way.

A legal row has broken out over the renovations of two historic properties in New York owned by international celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz.

The number of foreclosures in the US is continuing to rise with one in every 355 households facing default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions, the latest figures show.

Loan providers in the US may be forced by the government to speed up modifications to hundreds of thousands of mortgages aimed at alleviating the real estate crisis in the country.

Falling residential property prices in the US will plunge millions of more home owners into negative equity by 2011, according to a new report from Deutsche Bank.

As the property market recovery gets under way in China developers are looking for cheap residential land in Australia and the US, it is claimed.

The crisis in the property loan sector in the US is such that experienced mortgage brokers are actually more likely to make offers that end in default and foreclosure, according to new research.

Residential property prices are soaring beyond expectations in many markets in the US with analysts and market observers starting to talk about a recovery and growing confidence in the real estate sector.