Tag: home sales

Area home sales up more than 7% year-to-date

Area home sales showed continued strength as September's home sales report showed a 14.88% increase in sales over the same month in 2012. In all, 53 homes were sold in…

Area home sales jump in August

August proved to be another stellar month for home sales in the Fort Smith area, with the total value of home sold during the month increasing 32.73% over the same…

Fort Smith area home sales up 38% in July

Area home sales showed signs of strength as July's home sales report shows a jump in sales in July that is 38% higher than July 2012. Sebastian County showed the…

Owner financing of homes comes with risks

It is no secret that lending institutions have been forced to tighten requirements since the financial crisis of 2008. But a little-discussed financing mechanism known as owner financing, or seller…

Survey: School boundaries matter to homebuyers

As the school bells are set to ring within a month, families on the move strongly consider school district boundaries when choosing their new homes.  A recent study by Realtor.com…

Fort Smith market sees fewer cash home sales

Home sales across Northwest Arkansas and much of the country are being fueled in part by all-cash deals, short sales and institutional investors, but the Fort Smith metro area is…

Cash and short sales fuel NWA real estate market

Home sales across Northwest Arkansas and much of the country are being fueled in part by all-cash deals, short sales and institutional investors. A new report from RealtyTrac revealed more…

Sebastian County home sales up almost 8%

Home sales in the area were down for the month of June, pulled down by a more than 50% decline in sales in Crawford County. The county sandwiched between the…

Arkansas home sales strong through May

Home sales in Arkansas’ four largest markets during the first five months of 2013 are up more than 10%, and the value of homes sold are up more than 15%,…

Fort Smith area home sales flat YTD

Homes sales for the month of May were pretty even with the same month last year, though total sales volume in Crawford County was up slightly while Sebastian County saw…

Fort Smith regional home sales down

Home sales for the month of April stayed even with the same month last year, though total sales volume was down in both Crawford and Sebastian Counties. In Sebastian County,…

Regional home sales down to start 2013

Depending on what part of the Fort Smith metro area you look at, new and existing home sales are either through the roof or down in the dumps. In Sebastian…

Local homes sales post strong first quarter results

Listing five homes a week makes Coldwell Bankers’ Nicky Dou a busy, but happy real estate broker. “I currently have 16 homes under contract and writing more every day. Listing…

Home sales improve across Fort Smith region

Agents across the Fort Smith metro area sold 89 homes in February valued at roughly $12.461 million, which was a nice improvement over the year ago period. Sales volume rose…

Tepid home sales to start 2013

The local residential real estate market was muted in January as agents sold just 71 homes in Sebastian and Crawford counties combined. Unit sales slid 19.3% from 2011 and 26%…

Fort Smith real estate market shows resilience

The Fort Smith metro area had its share of challenges in 2012 with the closing of Whirlpool and other manufacturing job losses, but the local housing market held up well,…

Fort Smith housing market sends mixed signals in 2012

The greater Fort Smith metro area, which includes both Sebastian and Crawford counties, continues to report mixed results with respect to its residential housing market as 2012 nears an end….

Home prices rise in the Fort Smith area

Rising home prices are a welcome economic sign in the Fort Smith metro area as unemployment woes have dominated the headlines for the past couple of years. In the month…

Home sales rise in September

September generally marks a time when real estate sales begin to taper down, but local agents and lenders in the Fort Smith metro area say that wasn’t case this year….

Fort Smith home sales tepid, but prices rise

The Fort Smith residential real estate market kept up a tepid pace in August with 110 sales valued at $14.837 million. Market activity slipped 19% in units sold with 22%…