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April 18, 2007

Single Family Home Listings Communities and Developments

It is a small wonder just how many developments there are in Delaware. Peruse the following list… how many communities old and new are you familiar with? Townhomes and Condos communities follow…. I am placing this on our blog and as I adding links and updating the entry for the Beach To Bay blog.

Carol

Single Family Home Listings Communities and Developments
amber meadows, anderson acres, angola beach, angola by the bay, angola crest, angola estates, angola neck acres, angola neck park, angolaville, ann acres, arabian acres, arbre park, argos corner, arnell creek, arrington woods, ashburn, asbury chase, aspen meadows, atlanta estates , autumn acres, aydelotte estates, back bay cove, bald eagle village, banks acres, banks harbor retreat, banksville park, barrett park, bay breeze estates, bay colony, bay crossing, bay estates, bay forest, bay harbor, bay hollow estates, bay oaks, bay shore estates, bay shore hills, bay shores, bay vista, bay woods, bayberry dunes, bayside court, bayside farms, bayside hamlet, bayview addition, bayview estates, bayview landing, bayview pavalon park, bayville manor, baywood, beach plum place, beachfield, beachwood, beachwoods, beacon meadows, bear trap, beaver creek, beaver dam acres, beaver dam estates, beaver dam estates-south, beaver dam manor, beaver dam peninsula, beebe farm, beechwood, bethany crest, bethany dunes, bethany forest, bethany glen, bethany lakes, bethany meadows, bethany trace, bethany village, bethany preserves, betts pond, beverlyn acres, big oak, big oak landing, big pine estates, blackwater cove, blackwater estates, blackwater point, blackwater village, blue heron estates, blue willow acres, bluffs at sandy landing, bookhammer estates, boro-mills, bowden acres, bowerset, boyers village, branch acres, branchview, branchwood, brandywood, breakwater estates, breakwater landing, breezewood, brewerdale, briarhook, briarwood estates, briarwood manor, bridgeville chase, bridgeville farms, bridle ridge estates, briggs development, briny breeze, brittany acres, broad acres, broad creek estates, broad meadows, brumley acres, bryan park, buckelew addition, buntings mill, burton acres, burton farm estates, burton hall estates, burtons subdivision, bush farms, buttonwood, byewood manor, canal corkran, canal village, candlelight acres, cannery village, cape shores, cape windsor, captains grant, careys addition, careys estate, carl powell, carl webb, carpenters crossing, carriage place, carrols development, cave colony, cea estates manor, cedar beach, cedar court, cedar creek, cedar creek estates, cedar creek landing, cedar landing, cedar valley, cedar village, cedarcrest, cedarville, cee bee acres, cee bee manor, chancellery, chapel green, chapel square, chapel view, charles wilkins, cherry creek valley, cherry walk, chestnut crossing, chevy chase, chipmans chase, cinderberry estates, clara evans, clearbrook acres, clearbrooke estates, clearwater, collins creek estates, collins mill pond, collins park, collins pond acres, collins pond, colonial acres, colonial estates, conley chapel village, coolspring farms, coolspring manor, coolspring village, corders mill, cordrey, cottages at neptune canyon, cottages on whites creek, cotton patch hills, country acres, country club estates, country club village, country crossing, country estates, country glen, country grove, country living, country manor, country meadows, country oaks, country view, country village, countryside court north, county seat gardens, court canal, cove on herring creek, coverdale acres, covey creek, covington chase, craigs mill heights, crawfords addition, creek falls farm, creeks end, creekside, creekside manor, creekview, crestfield, cripple creek, crossroads, cuelen acres, cullens acres, curlew pines, dagsworthy park, daiseys addition, danfield acres, danielle park, davis estates, debraak preserve, deep pines, deer creek, deer forest, deer meadows, deer run, deer run acres, deer trails, deerbrook, deerfield, deerhaven, deerwood, delmar manor, denton manor, denton mills, denton woods, devonshire woods, devries circle, diamond acres, diamond overlook, dickerson heirs, dirickson cove, dirickson landing, dixon estates, dodds addition, dogwood, dogwood acres, dogwood estates, donovan development, donovan heritage, donovans subdivision, dove estates, dove knoll, drake knoll, draper foods, driftwood village, dunlap court, dutch acres, duvall, eagle crest, east side village, easter heights, eastman heights, edenshire, edgemoor manor, edgewater acres, edgewater estates, edgewood manor, edward steen, el rancho roxana, ellis point, elmer cox land, elwood wright estates, emerald shoals, encampment grounds, enchanted acres, equestrian estates, estates at bridle ridge, estates at carriage springs, eugene bookhammer, evergreen acres, evergreen haven, evergreen lawns, fairway oaks, fairway villas, falcon crest, fannin estates, farm view park, fawn grove, featherbed, fenwick acres, fenwick farms, fenwick island estates, fenwick shores, fenwick west, fieldcrest, fieldwood, fieldwood farms, fishermill park, fleetwood estates, florine p street estates, foreside commons, forest haven estates, forest knoll estates, forest reach, fox glen, fox hollow, fox run, foxshire, foxwood farms, foxwoods, franklin square, freeman horner, gander woods, gentle winds addition, glenn acres, golf village, gosling creek purchase, governors grant, grand at canal point, grandview shores, grants way, granville, great marsh estates, green acres, green meadows, green pines, greenbank estates, greenlea place, greens at indian river. greentop estates, greystone manor, gulls nest, hampton park, happy go lucky, harbor view, harlemtown, harmony heights, harvest run, haskel miller, hastings estates, haven lake acres, hearns pond, hearthstone manor, heath, heather glen, helm heights, henlopen acres, henlopen gardens, henlopen keys, henlopen landing, heritage acres, heritage farms, heritage lane, heritage village, heronwood, herring creek, herring creek estates, herring landing, herring wood, hickman village, hickory haven, hickory manor, hidden acres, hidden meadows, hidden oaks, high view, highland acres, highland heights acres, highland manor, hill n dale, hillcrest acres, hills edge, hilltop acres, holiday acres, holiday estates, holiday pines, holland glade, holly acres, holly cove, holly forest, holly lake, holly leaf estates, holly oak, holly park, holly patch, holly pines, holly ridge, holly ridge terrace, holly shores, holly view, holly woods, hollymount farms, hollyoak acres, hollys, hollyville acres, hollywood crossings, hollywood park, homeland acres, homestead village, hornkill avenue, houston acres, howard manor, hudson estates, hudson mill, hudson pond acres, hunters mill estates, hunters run, hurley estates, hurley heights, indian acres, indian beach, indian meadows, indian river acres, indian summer village, indian town farms, indian village, ironhorse ranch, irons acres, irons lane, island development, john burton manor, johnsons subdivision, joy beach, juliann acres, julias place, kawan acres, keen-wik, keen-wik west, keenwick sound, kellers acres, kelley estates, kenmore park, kennelwood inc, kerseys evergreen acres, killens addition, killens addition, kimes circle, kings 2nd addition, “kccc”, kings creek country club, kings crossing, kings landing, kinsale glen, knots landing, kyrie estates, lake bethany, lake pines, lakelawn estates, lakeshores, lakeside manor, lakeview estates, lakewood, lakewood estates, lam-burt corner, land of pleasant living, landing, lands of millie l warren, lands of sun marine, langrell subdivision, laurel estates, layton development, laytons riviera, lazy lake, lazy pine retreat, le breton subdivision, leisure point, leonard wisseman, lewes trailer park, lincoln manor, lincoln park, lincoln village, lingo estates, linn woods, little acres, little creek manor, loblolly village, lochwood, logans run, long neck shores, long neck village, love creek park, love creek woods, lynn lee village, maplewood argo, magnolia meadows, magnolia shores, maisons sur-mer, malcolms manor, malihorn crest, mallard creek, mallard point, manor hill, maplewood, maplewood manor, marathon estates, mariners cove, marshalls commons, marshs estates, martin cox, martin farms, mason dixon annex, mason dixon court, masseys landing, masten heights, matlinds estates, mccabe subdivision, meadow acres, meadow drive, meadow gate acres, meadow stream farms, meadow view, meadow view estates, meadowbridge, meadowbrook estates, meadows, meadows at shawnee, meadows on cubbage pond, mears, meyle estates, middlesex beach, midway acres, midway estates, midway park, milford cc estates, mill creek acres, mill landing, mill pond, mill pond acres, mill pond one, mill run, mill run acres, millcreek manor, millers creek park, millwood, mitchell acres, mitchell estates, mobile gardens, morning view, morningside village, mulberry knoll, mumford manor, murrays estates, murrays haven, nanticoke acres, nanticoke acres annex, nanticoke acres westates, nanticoke estates, nanticove landing, nassau acres, nassau commons, nassau station, nassau woods, neros acres, nesbitt station, new market village, new road estates, newton woods, north beach, north shore court, north shores, north towns end, northgate court, northridge, northwood acres, oak grove, oak acres, oak crest farm, oak crest pond, oak forest, oak grove, oak lane development, oak meadows, oak orchard westates, oakmont estates, oakridge, oaks, oakwood, ocean air park, ocean breezes, ocean farms, ocean pines, ocean ridge, ocean ridge westates, ocean view centre, ocean village, ocean way estates, old church landing, old landing, old landing farm, old landing woods, old town office park, olde mill, orchard, orchard hill, orchard manor, osprey landing, overbrook shores, owens acres, owls nest, oyster rock, pagan creek village, parker n harmon, parkers pointe, parsons village, passwaters estates, patrick court, patterson place, patty cannon estates, paynters mill, peaceful acres north, pearville, pelicans pouch, pemberton, peninsula indian river, penn del acres, perch, phillips landing estates, Phil-moor, pilottown park, pilottown village, pine bay, pine bluff, pine crest terrace, pine grove, pine haven farms, pine lake, pine lodge addition, pine manor estates, pine meadows, pine point park, pine ridge, pine tree farms, pine valley, pine woods, pines at long neck, pineshore acres, pinewater farm, piney glade, piney grove manor, piney manor, piney point, pintail pointe, pioneer park, plantation park, plantation park marina, plantations, plantations east, pleasant acres, pleasant meadows, plucks development, point farm, pond acres, pond haven, pondside acres, pondside meadow, pondview estates, poplar grove, possum point, pot nets, potnets, poynters addition, preserve, preserve at irons landing, preserve at ocean view, preserve on the broadkill, preswick, prince georges acres, providence, quail run, quaint acres, quaker heights, quillens point, railroad meadows, rawlings manor, raymond subdivision, rays acres, records estates, red fox run, red mill farms, red mill manor, reddenwood, refuge at dirickson creek, rbycc, rehoboth yacht and country club, rehoboth by the sea, rehoboth manor, rehoboth shores, reservation, reserve at fortune field, reserve at pilottown, reserves, retreat at love creek, ricland heights, ridings at rehoboth, rifle range, riley jefferson, rio rico estates, ritter subdivision, river bend, river breeze, river rock run, river village, river vista, riverdale park, rivers end, riverview, riverview acres, riverview farm, rogers haven, rolling acres, rolling meadows, rosedale addition, rumbridge acres, rumly marsh, saddlebrook, salt pond, sand dunes village, sandalwood, sandhill acres, sandhill pines, sandpiper canal, sandpiper pines, sandpiper village, sandy beach, sandy brae, sandy branch, sandy hill, sandy ridge, saraglen acres, satterfield park, savannah acres, savannah east, savannah place, savannahs landing, schoolvue, sea breeze, sea colony east, sea colony westates, sea country estates, sea del estates, sea farers village, sea gate village, sea oaks, sea spray village, sea villa, sea village, sea-wood, seabreak, seabreeze, seaford acres, seaford manor, seastrand, seatowne, seawinds, shady acres, shady grove, shady park, shady restates park, shady ridge, shady side, shadydell park, shawnee acres, shawnee acres addition, shawns hideaway, shepherds point, sherwood acres, sherwood forest, shiloh acres, shiloh farms, shiloh woods, shipbuilders village, shipcarpenter square, short hills, shufelt acres, silo acres, silver lake dunes, silver lake manor, silver lake shores, small wonder, smithfield acres, smithville estates, south bethany harbor, south hampton, south inlet, south rehoboth, south shore, south shores, south towns end, spring breeze, springbrook forest, springfield farms, squirels run, st michaels place, stable farm, stage mobile home village, stamper farms, stanley manor, starlight meadows, starlight woods, steele land, stockley crossing, stockley estates, stockley manor, stockley, stockley woods, stry acres, su-sax acres, sugar maple farms, summer patch, summerfield, summerset, summertime, sussex estates, sussex manor, sussex meadows, sussex shores, sussex woods, swains, swains addition, swanendael, swann cove, swann estates, swann keys, swann point, sweetbriar, sylvan acres, sylvan view, tall pines, tanglewood acres, tanglewood run, tatmans addition, teaberry woods, teal point, teri lane estates, tern landing, the retreat, the sanctuary, thomas horseshoe, thompson acres, thompson way, timber acres, timberbeach, timberwood estates, tingle acres, tingles addition, todds mobile court, tower shores, town of bethel, towns at laurel court, townsend acres, townsend addition, tradewind estates, tree tops, trolling acres, tru-vale acres, truitts midway, truitts park, truitts suburban, tunnel lands, turners point, turtle walk, villa park estates, village at kings creek, village at saulsbury switch, village gardens ii, village square, villages at herring creek, villages of five points, villages of old landing, vines creek acres, virginia commons, wagamons west shores, walker acres, walston walk, wanmar lake, waples pond acres, warrington, warwick acres, warwick park, washington heights, watergate, waterside, waterview acres, waterview estates, waverly, webb manor, webbs landing, wedgefield, wesley, wessex farm, westates bay park, westates beach, westates end terrace, westates manor, westates millville, westates ocean farms, westates rehoboth, westates view, westateserlee, westside, westview, wexford village, whartons cove, wheatley estates, wheatley farms, wheatley marvel, whispering woods, whistling pines, white horse farm, white owl landing, white river estates, whites addition, whites creek manor, whites neck village, whits point, william ritter manor, , willow creek, willow grove, willow lake, willow point, willow valley, willowmere, willows, wilmar village, winding creek village, windmill, wingate acres, wolfe pointe, wolfe runne, wood duck hollow, wood haven farms, woodcrest, wooded acres, woodland acres, woodland heights, woodland park, woodland station, woodlands of millsboro, woodlyn, woods at seaside, woods at trap pond, woods at walls creek, woods on herring creek, woodsboro, woodside, woodside manor, york beach, zacharias cove, ziegenfuss

Delaware Beach Condominium Developments and Communities
1040 shelter, 11 hickman st, 111 bellevue, 111 swedes st, 118 clayton st, 118 new orleans, 12 hickman, 149 henlopen avenue, 17 mc kinley, 1904 bayard, 206 philadelphia, 21 ocean drive, 210 philadephia street, 308 market street, 43 maryland, 49 maryland condo, 49 steps, 543 professional, 57 delaware avenue, 5th street plaza, 7 mckinley, 8 hickman street, 99 2nd street, admiral, admiral road, admirals bridge, admirals quarters, anchor way, ark, ashlees duo, atlantic holiday, atlantic oceanside, atlantic plaza, atlantis, bahamas beach, bay colony yacht club, bay pointe, bay shores, bay shores six, bay view, bay view apartments, bay winds, bayberry pines, bayberry woods, bayside at bethany lakes, baystrand, bayview medical center, bayville shores, beach club, beach hollow, beach landing, beach pebble square, beach place, beach quarters, beach walk, beachaven, beachcomber, beachmark, bella vista townhomes, bellevue mews, benson proper, bermuda row, bermuda sea mist, bethany bay, bethany breaker, bethany breeze, bethany crossing, bethany crossings westates, bethany house, bethany marina, bethany oaks, bethany pines, bethany proper townhomes, bethany sea view, bethany shores, bethany winds, bethany woods, bit-o-happiness, blue point villas, blue surf, bluff, boxwood house, breakers, breakwater, breakwater house, breeze end, breezeway, brooklyn place, brownwood ii, cajun cove, canal corkran, canal front, canal landing, canal place, canal square, cannery village, caprice, captains command, captains quarters, captains walk, captiva sands, carolina, carolina place, cea-dag court, cedar bay, cedar sands, cedar shores, chapel crossing, charles court, charles place, church, clayton street, clearwater, cloisters, coin beach, colonial oaks, colonial seas, commodore, cottage club, cottages by the sea, cove, cove keys, cove view, creeks end, creekwood, crest, cross gate village, dacha apartments, dewey dunes, dewey villas, dickinson place, dodd ave, dolphin manor, double eagle, doubles, drake view, drop anchor, dune retreat, dunes edge, dunes reach, e and m seaside, eagles landing, villas at bay crossing, east of the sun, edgewater house, edgewater park, el capitan, estates of sea chase, fairfield at long neck, fairway village, fairway villas, fenwick dunes, fenwick green, fenwick landing, fenwick lighthouse, fenwick mist, fenwick place, fenwick retreat, fenwick sands, fenwick towers, fenwick town village, fenwick villas, five point plaza, forj lofts, forum complex, four winds, garfield station, geo professional park, georgetown business center, georgetown medical center, gerar place, green by way, green dolphin, gull alvic-73, gull point, gulls wing, guthrie, harbour place, hearthstone manor, heathers place, henlopen, henlopen gardens, henlopen junction, henlopen station, hens nest, heron walk, hidden harbor, holly tree, hunters pointe, indian harbor villas, inn at canal square, iris court, island house, isle of fenwick, izzy plaza, kent court, keys of marsh harbor, king charles, kings grant, kings row, kings way professional center, l. h. l., lake comegys, lake house, lakeview, landmark townhomes, laurel pines, leeward crest, lewes harbor, lewestown professional, lighthouse station, lighthouse view, lingo estates, love creek cottages, lyn-del apartments, magnolias, mallard lakes, mallard landing, mariners court, mariners surfside, mariners way, maritime exchange, maryland court, maryland gardens, mason-dixon, mill landing east, millsboro medical office suite, misty cove, mulberry, nantucket square, narrows, new orleans, new orleans place, newbold square, ninety-nine steps, no. 8 admiral road, north beach, oak orchard westates, oak squarel, ocean breeze, ocean court, ocean cove, ocean dunes, ocean eight, ocean hamlet, ocean harbor, ocean house, ocean mist, ocean pointe, ocean sands, ocean six, ocean sunrise, ocean sunset, ocean to bay, ocean victorian, ocean view, oceanview, ocean view professional center, ocean villa, ocean winds village, oceans reach, oceanside townhomes, olive garden, one virginia ave, our pleasure, over the bay view, oyster bay villas, palms of rehoboth, park place on the canal, patrician towers, paynters mill, pelican cove, pellicans perch, peninsula, peregrine, philadelphia square, pilot house, pilot point, pine and brine, pine country, Phil-moor, plantation, plantation east, port lewes, poynters square, pristina, queenanne pier, queens quest, quillen road, rainbow cove, redefer court, rehoboth avenue shops, rehoboth gardens, rehoboth grand, rehoboth service center, reserves of nassau, robinson square, rodney avenue, rodney street, rose garden, royal surf motel, safe harbor, salt of the sea, sand, sand dunes, sandbar village, sandpiper village, sandpointe, sandy cove, sandy pines, sandy walk, sanibel village, savannah sands, scarborough square, scarborough village, scrod acres, sea and sand, sea birds, sea bright, sea chase, sea club vi, sea coast court, sea colony annapolis, sea colony brandywine, sea colony chesapeake, sea colony dover, sea colony edgewater, sea colony farragut, sea colony georgetown, sea colony harbor house, sea colony island house, sea colony westates, sea cove, sea dunes, sea haven, sea house, sea mist, sea pines village, sea spot shops, sea watch, seabreeze village, seabright village, seaford medical arts, seaford medical bldg, seascape, seaside at rehoboth, seaside villas, seawave, seawinds, ships view, shoals, shore break, shore house, sixty four sussex street, small venture, snug harbor, snug harbor north, south shore marina, south street station, southside, southworth, spring lake, st barts court, star of the sea, stewards watch, stonewood chase, strand haus, stuart kingston, sumerton villas, summer place, summer place, summer solstice, summerlyn, summerset, summerwinds, sun ray, sunrise, sunset bay, sunspot, surf retreat, surfrider, surfside, surfside seven, sussex street north, sussex street south, swedes street, swedes villa, taggart professional center, tall pines, tara winds, taramino, teal court, ten read ave, terrapin, tides, tidewatch apartments, tidewater house, triad, triple r, turtle walk, tween the waters, van dyke villas, verandas, versailles, victoria square, viking, village at bear trap, villages at millwood, villages of five points, villas at bay crossing, villas by the bay, villas of bethany westates, villas of fenwick, villas of tower shores, virginia square, vista road, washington court, washington place, waterford court, waters edge, waterside properties, waves, westates street, westwood, whartons bluff, will brook villas, wilmington, wilson dunes, woodhugh

April 12, 2007

New Homes Showroom Seeks Community Updates

New Homes Showroom Seeks Community Updates

Lewes, DE – Beach To Bay Real Estate Center Marketing Manager, Carol Fezuk, is currently updating marketing materials for developments in Sussex and lower Kent counties that are offered through the company’s New Homes Showroom. If you are already a participating Builder and have some new pricing/incentive or related information, please forward it to, or drop off the information at the Beach To Bay Real Estate Center, located at 17316 Coastal Highway, Lewes, DE 19958.

“We are attempting to contact our Builders to update any price/incentive information regarding their developments for the upcoming 2007 selling season. By updating your marketing materials, our representatives will be supplying new home prospects with the most current information available”, said Fezuk.

“In addition, any Builder who is not represented in the Showroom is certainly welcome to join the group by supply us with current marketing materials for the use in the showroom.”

The New Homes Showroom is the only all-inclusive, resource and information center in the state; is a Regal Award winner (Best Showroom) and is open daily to the public. It is a free tool for Builders to showcase and market their developments; is buyer-friendly and targets qualified people looking for new construction in Sussex and lower Kent counties.

The facility offers a contemporary, professional and non-competitive environment to conduct and close real estate transactions; The Company provides licensed, educated Realtors to assist prospects in defining a community lifestyle and subsequently narrowing the buyers’ search for a new home.

The Showroom maintains and inventory of Single Family, Townhomes/Condos, 55+ and Golf Community brochures onsite and includes information on Lots & Land, Custom Builders and Consumer Services in easy to navigate “stations” within the Showroom. It is also open to all licensed realtors and is available for seminars, classes and the release of new developments.

For more information, call Carol Fezuk, Director of Marketing at 302 644-3130 or email carol@beachtobayrec.com.

Beach to Bay Real Estate Center Seeks Link Exchange Partners

Beach to Bay Real Estate Center Seeks Link Exchange Partners

Lewes, DE – The Beach To Bay Real Estate Center is looking for businesses in Sussex County, with related-theme websites and who are willing to share their online information through “link exchange”, to contact us. According to a June 2000 Forrester Research survey report, “59% of internet consumers find websites through links from another site.” Therefore, effective link exchange can help attract larger, quality and targeted traffic for websites and a win-win situation for the companies’ online presence.

An efficient link exchange process creates awareness among web visitors about your website. Building link popularity through link exchange means finding websites that are willing to add a link pointing to your website, in exchange for a link pointing to their website from your site. It is important to find link exchange partners who offer a good match of content and theme to your own, since search engines give more “weight” to links from sites that compliment your online business site.

According to Beach To Bay Realtor/Owner Andy Staton, “Today, a strong web presence is the key to survival on the web and link popularity is so very important in creating that presence. Link popularity is measured by the number and quality of the inbound links of your site. Therefore, inbound links help websites attain higher search engine rankings and more online traffic. So, the more you increase the link popularity of your website through link exchange, the prospect of staying at higher search engine position for a longer period becomes brighter.”

Staton continued, “It is our hope that web surfers looking to buy a new home or who are relocating to Rehoboth Beach, Lewes, Milton, Millsboro, Long Neck, Seaford, Bethany Beach, Ocean View, Dewey Beach, Broadkill Beach or any of the other Delmarva shore spots, gain the maximum benefit from their visit to www.beachtobayrec.com and our link exchange partners. We welcome businesses interested in exploring a link exchange, to contact us.” For more information, call Carol Fezuk, Director of Marketing at 302 644-3130 or email carol@beachtobayrec.com.

April 10, 2007

Trulia… an alternatve to Zillow for information

This is an interesting article I picked up from the Wall Street Journal. It is written by Lauren Kim…. Email your comments to lauren.kim@wsj.com. -Carol
Tool/Web site: Trulia.com Heat Maps. Trulia.com, a competitor to Zillow.com, is a residential real-estate search engine that aims to provide consumers with real-estate information, including homes for sale, listing prices, sale prices and regional market trends.
Function: Trulia.com’s Heat Maps offer a visual view of home-price trends that allows users to quickly compare areas that are hot or not. The site’s national heat map offers street, satellite or hybrid views and is color-shaded by state to indicate three different data sets: average listing prices, median sales prices or Trulia.com popularity. The last category is based on the number of search inquiries from site visitors. Users can toggle between the heat maps of average listing price, median sales price or popularity by clicking on the column headers below. Somewhat surprisingly, for the week ending Jan. 31, Washington, D.C., had the highest median sales price ($720,000), while Hawaii had the highest listing price (approximately $1 million), and California ranked as the most-popular state. Kansas had the lowest median sales price ($59,044 ), and North Dakota had the lowest listing price ($168,028) and ranked as the least-popular state. (Hint: to view Hawaii or Alaska on the map, just click and drag the map into place.)

Related Link Modest Rise in Housing Inventory Offers Sellers Some Hope

Pluses: The heat maps offer a quick view of pricing trends both across the country and within more local areas. The maps are especially useful for home buyers looking to relocate — whether within their state or county or across the country. One quick glance at a selected geographical area shows which areas or neighborhoods are priciest (or perhaps out of a buyer’s price range) and which are within budget, or more affordable. Home sellers can use the maps to get home asking and selling prices for their neighborhood and gauge its popularity with buyers.
Drawbacks: While the heat maps offers data down to the neighborhood or ZIP code level for large metro areas, the maps aren’t local enough for smaller cities or areas outside large urban centers. For smaller towns or ZIP codes, consumers won’t get a visual view of what neighborhoods are hot and those that are not. For suburban areas, the heat maps may be regulated to the county level. Also, the maps rely on data that is somewhat limited in that it comes from participating brokerages only for listing prices and on preferences by Trulia.com visitors to measure an area’s overall popularity rating with home buyers.
Insider tips: To view data for areas not covered by a heat map, the best bet is to go to the Trulia.com home page and type the name of the city and state into the search box, e.g., “Brookline, Massachusetts” and click on the “Real Estate Guides” tab before hitting “Search.” Such a search will pull up a page for the city, including a map pinpointing real-estate listings, and charts with price and sales statistics, local school information and the location’s ranking. (Brookline is a “hot city,” according to Trulia.) Visitors to the site should note that the charts that accompany the heat maps are sortable — e.g., for a heat-map search on San Francisco, http://www.trulia.com/home_prices/California/San_Francisco-heat_map/, neighborhoods can be listed from highest to lowest median price by clicking on “Median Sales Price” and by clicking on “Amount” to get the down arrow — which shows that Saint Francis Wood had the highest median price ($2.2 million) between October and December of last year, a year-over-year increase of 26.1%.

April 5, 2007

David Seiders’ Forecast for Housing Sales International Builders’ Show

David Seiders’ Forecast for Housing Sales
from the Home Builders Association of Delaware April NewsletterFebruary 14, 2007 – It is only a matter of time before housing begins to recover from its first major downturn in about 15 years, said industry economists speaking at the
International Builders’ Show in Orlando, Fla., and fundamental improvements in the marketplace could already be taking hold by this year’s second quarter.
“We knew we were in a correction process a year ago, and it was an inevitable occurrence following the unsustainable boom years of 2004 and 2005 when stimulative financing conditions and speculation from escalating home prices resulted in a ‘grossly overheating market,’” said David Seiders, chief economist for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). “Indeed, the downward movements in sales and starts were even deeper in 2006 than expected.”
Even though Seiders said that he expects starts to begin a “gradual recovery” following further erosion during this year’s first quarter, total housing production for 2007 is projected to slip a further 14.2 percent to 1.560 million, and single-family starts for the year
are expected to decline 15 percent to 1.256 million. New single-family home sales were down 16.4 percent in 2006 but apparently stabilized by the end of the year. Sales are projected by NAHB to decline only 1.3 percent in 2007 as activity rises gradually during the year.
Supporting an upward turn in new home sales, Seiders said, is today’s “Goldilocks economy,” which appears poised to sustain healthy levels of growth in Gross Domestic Product, jobs and income while core inflation recedes from levels that have been worrisome
for the Federal Reserve Board. “The interest rate structure should be supportive of housing throughout this year,” he said.
While housing should be moving up before long, Seiders cautioned that it will be a couple of years before the industry reaches the 2 million annual construction pace (including 150,000 manufactured homes) that is sustainable over the long haul, the result of serious overbuilding during 2004 to 2005.
Agreeing that the housing market probably has seen the worst of the current slump in starts and sales, David Berson, chief economist of Fannie Mae, and Frank Nothaft, chief economist of Freddie Mac, said that they don’t expect to see the beginning of an upturn materialize until a quarter or two behind Seiders’ forecast, with gradual improvement likely in this year’s second half.
The housing affordability woes that reduced housing demand last year now seem to be bottoming out as incomes rise, home prices moderate and mortgage interest rates remain at favorable levels, said Berson, and he further noted that housing demand won’t be a negative for the industry this year, and could be a small positive. “There is still a bit of a rocky road and bumps ahead of us,” said Nothaft, but builders “are seeing some light at the end of the tunnel.” High housing prices have become the decisive factor behind the slowdown, he said, and “it will take time for affordability to improve.”
Nothaft added that national data have obscured local trends and there are some markets where home sales and price appreciation are “holding up well,” particularly in much of the South. On the other hand, some markets – such as California, Florida, and Massachusetts – have seen their business erode by 30 percent. While single-family activity will improve as the year progresses and into 2008, “we won’t see a recovery in areas where the local economy is in recession,” Nothaft said, such as Detroit and parts of the Midwest.

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