Housing inventories drop and list prices rise…Found this article in RealtorMag dated 02/21/12, hopefully this trend continues. In a growing number of housing markets, sellers are facing less competition now compared to a year ago. Inventory of for-sale homes has dropped by about 23 percent compared to this time last year, and fell by 6…

Will high rents push people to buy homes?…This article in RealtorMag from 01/27/2012 talks about the rising rents and how tenants will start to look to own. With Marcus & Millichap’s National Apartment Report showing that the U.S. average for asking rents in 2011 came in at $1,061 a month, housing analysts believe more apartment…

Found this article on mortgage rates in RealtorMag…cheap money. Mortgage rates were back to hitting record lows again, pushing housing affordability even higher to home buyers, Freddie Mac reports in its weekly mortgage market survey. For the sixth consecutive week, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, the most popular choice among buyers, has averaged below 4 percent…