Nov. home sales, prices higher than expected…

November home sales saw the second-highest year-over-year increase in 2012, with a 15.7 percent rise from November 2011, according to Re/Max’s November National Housing Report. http://www.floridarealtors.org/NewsAndEvents/article.cfm?id=284876

Americans mostly trust, help neighbors…

Americans are a neighborly lot, and increasingly so, says a national study that finds 76 percent trust most or some neighbors, 44 percent talk to them frequently and 65 percent exchange favors. http://www.floridarealtors.org/NewsAndEvents/article.cfm?id=284958

Top economists: FL’s housing market growing stronger, U.S. on same trend…

ORLANDO, Fla. – Dec. 12, 2012 – Florida’s residential real estate market will continue its upward trend into 2013, though the pace of recovery may be slower than the U.S. as a whole, according to leading U.S. economists speaking today at Florida Realtors® 2013 Real Estate and Economic Forecast Conference in Orlando. http://www.floridarealtors.org/NewsAndEvents/article.cfm?id=284687

Survey: Buyers should comparison shop for a mortgage…

The study examined how consumers across different demographic groups and income levels shop for a mortgage. http://www.floridarealtors.org/NewsAndEvents/article.cfm?id=284267

Home prices: Biggest rise in more than 2 years…

In another sign of a housing market rebound, home prices posted the biggest percentage gain in more than two years in the third quarter, according to the closely followed S&P/Case-Shiller index. http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/27/real_estate/home-prices/index.html