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Earlier this week we published the results of the California home prices, Texas home prices , Florida home prices surveys. Yesterday  we published the Massachusettes home prices survey data, the  New York home prices survey data, the New Jersey home prices survey data, the North Carolina home prices survey, the Illinois home prices survey and Georgia home prices survey data.

Today we release the Colorado home prices survey results.

Set forth below are the Colorado home values survey results with the national data in parenthesis:

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Earlier this week, HomeGain, the first website to provide free instant home values, released the national and regional results of our  home prices survey of nearly 1,100 current and former HomeGain members. The survey asked their opinions on home prices and of  Obama’s performance as President. On this real estate blog we published the complete national and regional third quarter results.

Earlier this week we published the results of the California home prices, Texas home prices , Florida home prices surveys. Yesterday  we published the Massachusettes home prices survey data, the  New York home prices surveydata, the New Jersey home prices survey data and the North Carolina home prices survey data.

Today we are releasing the Illinois home prices survey data.

The Illinois survey data shows a sharp increase in the percentage of sellers who believe that their homes should be priced higher than the Realtor recommended listing price.

In the first quarter Illinois home values survey, 51% of home sellers believed their homes should be priced 10-20% higher than than the Realtor recommended listings price and 21% thought their homes should be priced 21-30% higher. In the second quarter Illinois home prices survey, 37% of home sellers thought their homes should be priced 10-20% higher and only 6% thought their homes should be priced 21-30% higher.  The second quarter drop in Illinois home owners’ pricing expectations was temporary. In the third quarter 53% of home sellers in Illinois believe their homes should be priced 10-20% higher and 11% believe they should be priced 21-30% higher (see question 2).

Illinois home buyers also changed their views on home prices. In the current survey a greater percentage of home buyers (40%) thought home prices were over valued by 10-20% than thought so in the second quarter (33%) and a lower percentage now think homes are fairly priced (15%) than thought so in the second quarter (18%) (see question 3).

Illinois Realtors were slightly more optimistic on the direction of home prices in the third quarter. Fifty-seven percent of Illinois realtors expect home prices in their state to remain the same or increase over the next six months vs. 51% who thought the same in the second quarter (see question 6).

Illinois Realtors continued to give President Obama an overall negative approval rating. In the second quarter the former Illinois Senator received an approval rating of 46%. In the third quarter the President’s approval rating among the The Prairie State’s surveyed Realtors dropped to 36% (see question 9).

Set forth below is the first, second and third quarter Illinois home prices data with the national data in parenthesis: Illinois (National)

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On Monday, HomeGain, the first website to provide free instant home values, released the national and regional results of our  home prices survey of 1,084 current and former HomeGain members. The survey asked their opinions on home prices and what they thought of  Obama’s performance as President. On this real estate blog we published the complete national and regional third quarter results.

Earlier this week we published the results of the California home prices, Texas home prices and Florida home prices surveys.

Today we published the Massachusettes home prices survey data and the  New York home prices survey data.

Today we are releasing the New Jersey home prices survey data.

The New Jersey survey data shows that  homeowners in the Garden State have increased their  pricing expectations with 57% of New Jerseyhome owners believing their homes should be priced 10-20% higher than their Realtors’ recommended listing price vs. 27% who thought the same in the second quarter New Jersey home prices survey. (see question 2).

Fifty-nine percent of  New Jersey home buyers saw homes as overpriced by 10-20% vs. 34% of home buyer who thought so in the second quarter survey.  Only 8% of New Jersey home buyers think homes are fairly priced vs. 23% who thought so in the second quarter ( see question 3).

Thirty-two percent of New Jersey Realtors now believe that home prices will decrease in the next six months vs. 27% who so believed in the second quarter. Only 11% believe home prices will increase in the next six months vs. 20% who so believed in the second quarter survey. (see question 6)

More than half of New Jersey Realtors surveyed aprove of Obama’s performance as President (vs. 42% nationally) mostly unchanged from the second quarter survey, although Realtors “strongly disapproving” of Obama’s performance rose from 20% in the second quarter to 32% in the current survey.

Set forth below is the first, second and third quarter New Jersey home values data with the national data in parenthesis: New Jersey/ (National) Continue reading this post

On Monday, HomeGain, the first website to provide free instant home values, released the national and regional results of our  home prices survey of 1,084 current and former HomeGain members. The survey asked their opinions on home prices and what they thought of Barack Obama’s performance as President. On the HomeGain real estate blog we published the complete national and regional third quarter results.

Earlier this week we published the results of the California home prices, Texas home prices and Florida home prices surveys.

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Yesterday, HomeGain, the first company to provide free instant home valuations online, released the national and regional results of our third quarter home prices survey of nearly 1100 HomeGain current and former members. The survey asked their opinions on real estate values and what they thought of President Obama’s performance as President. On the HomeGain blog we published the full survey results.  Yesterday, we published the results of the third quarter California home prices survey

Today, we published the results of the third quarter Florida home prices survey and below the Texas home prices survey.

The national results of the first quarter surey of Realtors on home values painted a very pessimistic picture. The 1st quarter Texas survey data, however, revealed far less pessimism.  In the second quarter the national results indicated some improvement in the housing market, while Realtors in Texas believed their markets to be relatively stable

In the third quarter Texas home owners reduced their valuation expectations. Seventy-three percent of Texas homeowners in the third quarter believed their homes were worth either what their Realtors recommended or within 1-9% higher or lower vs. 45% who believed the same in the second quarter. (see question 2)

In the second quarter 49% of Texas home owners according to Texas Realtors believed their homes to be worth 10-30% higher than their Realtors’ recommended listing prices vs. just 23% of Texas home owners who in the third quarter survey believed their homes were worth 10-20% more than their Realtors’ recommended listing price. (see question 2)

Forty-six percent of home buyers in Texas now believe that home prices are over valued by less than ten percent vs. 27% who so believed in the second quarter Texas home prices survey. In the second quarter, thirty-two percent of Texas home buyers believed that home prices were over valued by 10-20% vs.  12% who now believe the same. (see question 3) 

Forty-three percent of Texas Realtors now believe home values in their state will increase over the next six months vs. 24% who so believed in the second quarter. Seventeen percent of Texas Realtors realtors believe that home prices will decrease over the next six months vs. 24% who so believed in the second quarter. (see question 6)

In a dramatic divergence from the national results, President Obama’s approval rating among Texas Realtors came in at just 28% (vs. 42% nationally) with 60% of Texas Realtors “strongly disapproving” and 12% “somewhat disapproving” of the President’s performance. (see question 9)

Set forth below is the first, second and third quarter Texas home prices data  with the national data in parenthesis:

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