Real Estate Foreclosures News
- June Home Sales Up 10.1 Percent Over May Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:41PMThe local real estate market continued to show signs of a recovery - defying national trends - in both number of homes sold and median price according to statistics released today by the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) of the Greater Chattanooga Association of Realtors.
- Business Update on KPCC: Housing market changes hands Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:36PMMark Lacter: A little-noticed shift is taking place between baby boomers and younger households.
- June foreclosure numbers for San Diego Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:01PMSee the latest foreclosure and mortgage default figures from DataQuick, San Diego real estate tracker.
- Today's Top Stories in the Financial World Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:45PMA Foolish glance.
- More States Ask For Unemployment Extensions As Real Estate Market Stays In Slump Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 9:08PMUnemployment-extension.org finds connections between the high unemployment rate, slow real estate market, and the high demand for increases in unemployment extensions. (PRWeb July 17, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/unemployment/unemploymentextension/prweb8648592.htm
- Mayor Holds Home Ownership Fair Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 7:13PMThe White House and congressional aides worked Sunday to find a way out of the stalemate that threatens a default on U.S. debt payments, and a potential global economic catastrophe.
- Ladera Ranch: 50% of listings are distressed homes Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:51AMReal estate for sale in Ladera Ranch looks flat by one set of statistics -- with distressed homes for sale half higher than countywide trends.Every two weeks, Orange County broker Steve Thomas publishes a report on the supply of local homes for sale.Here's what the latest report -- as of...
- Gazette.Net: Recession decimates Maryland condo market Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:26PMSales of new condominiums in Montgomery, with 127 units, and Prince George's, with 107 units, during the past year have fallen to barely 10 percent of the peak in 2006 before the Great Recession ravaged the housing industry, according to a quarterly report by Delta Associates of Alexandria, Va.
- Mark Hulbert: Beginning of the end of the entire crisis? Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:18PMOne contrarian-oriented advisory service is detecting light at the end of the real-estate tunnel, reports Mark Hulbert..
- CDPE Hosts Broadcast with Fannie Mae Executive, Reveals Details on Speeding Up the Short Sale Process Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:07PMFannie Mae’s Marcel Bryar provided details on Fannie’s new Short Sale Assistance Desk (PRWeb July 14, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7/prweb8639952.htm
- Home foreclosure filings fall for 6th straight month Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:27PMDallas-Fort Worth foreclosure filings for August are 14 percent below a year ago, says Foreclosure Listing Service.
- Property managers busy as home list shrinks Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:16AMThere are real-estate agents who make money when a home is bought or sold. And there is Molly Harris-Whitted, who earns her keep when owners hold — leasing out property or delaying the sale for a better price.
- Stock Market Ignores Economy - For Now Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:13AMThe stock market often seems to be at odds with the reality of what is going on in the economy, and last week was - on balance - no exception. ON MONDAY The Bureau of Economic Analysis announced . . .
- Flagler hits state's highest foreclosure ratio in June Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:09AMFlagler County had a big spike in foreclosures last month, causing it to have the state's highest ratio of foreclosure properties compared with total number of homes. Volusia County also had an increase in foreclosures.
- Foreclosure notices sent over Facebook Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 2:31PMApparently, your Facebook wall is the new place to hang a foreclosure notice.
- Minutes of Federal Reserve Open Market Committee’s June 22 Meeting: Text Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 1:24PMFollowing are the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee meeting that concluded on June 22.
- The One Newsworthy Part Of The FOMC Minutes: Some Members Could Support QE3 Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 1:14PMThe FOMC Minutes are out. Read them below.
- Markets rebounding differently Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 3:21AMBay Area cities are rebounding from the housing crash in wildly different ways, confirming the adage that the three most important rules for home buying are location, location, location.
- Home price recovery in the Bay Area very uneven Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 3:15AMBay Area cities are rebounding from the housing crash in wildly different ways, confirming the adage that the three most important rules for home buying are location, location, location.Many affluent cities are nearing the stratospheric prices reached during the housing
- South Floridas Foreclosure Actions Drop By 51 Percent In The First Half of 2011 Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 3:26PMForeclosures in South Florida have hit an all-time low in the 2nd quarter of 2011 by 51 %. One of the reasons foreclosure actions has been put on a stop was because of lenders hesitating about these kinds of transactions as it was proven to be a risky business – but it is believed that if they changed the system or the irregularities in the administrative sense that there might be still hope in ...
- Florida Property Prices Show Signs Of Life With 0.6% Increase In Sales in Real The Estate Market Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 2:11PMA recent survey showed that home property sales are climbing by 0.6%. As we enter the second half of 2011, South Florida’s real estate property sales have been on a slow rise and are going for a more stable economic state.
- Foreign Investors Help Boost U.S Home Sales By A Large Margin Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 2:11PMIt has been estimated that 31% of Florida’s home property purchases were made by foreign buyers as of 2010. While the US Dollar exchange rate and its economy experiencing financial uncertainties, foreign investors took advantage of the affordable property prices since 2007.
- Has Your Real Estate Market Hit Bottom? Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 1:29PMWhether you're waiting to sell your house or you're waiting to buy, everyone involved in the real estate market is waiting for one thing: the bottom. Prices in most areas of the country are continuing ...
- Real estate: Homes sales dip 8% in June Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 12:56PMPeninsula-area home sales dipped 8 percent in June, compared to June 2010.
- Letter to the Editor: Time to pile-on City Council Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 12:39PMLet me make this perfectly clear. I have never been a piling-on-kind-of-guy. But, as a Marco Island 30-year property owner and a registered resident voter since 1992, I now proudly pile-on our City Council today for good reason: MI’s proposed FY2012 Municipal Budget.I invite all citizens to join this piling-on before the Aug. 11 City Council Budget Workshop and the final approval of the FY2012 ...
- Why Real Estate May Be The Buying Opportunity of the Decade Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 4:07AMNo one knows what the economy or the stock market will do over the next six months. But when your time horizon is 20 years, the outlook is actually a lot clearer. And right now, all the trends are lining up to make real estate a fantastic long-term buy. Of course, if you look at [...]
- Facing difficulty with bank, downtown building owner struggles Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 10:14AMELLENSBURG—Don Hines has lived in Seattle since 1976 and for years came east of the Cascades for recreational pursuits in Kittitas County. In the late 1990s, he began buying buildings in Ellensburg.
- Bay Area housing market reflects different rebounds Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 9:41AMBay Area cities are seeing wildly different rebounds from the housing crash, confirming the adage that the three most important rules for home buying are location, location, location.
- PRINCETON: Planners grant approval to Hillier's senior housing Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 7:48AMActive adults will have more choices for residences in Princeton since Copperwood, an active adult rental community, received approval from the Planning Board on Thursday night.
- Census 2010: Nobody home? Michigan's vacant housing soars, but slow turnaround begins to appear Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 5:21AMWhile Michigan's population was going down, houses kept going up.
- The Interview: Tumultuous decades for a housing-aid activist Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 3:56AMThe Interview: Vincent Quayle, founder of St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center Vincent Quayle knows the corrosive effect of foreclosures well, sitting as he does at the helm of a nonprofit that helps homeowners in trouble.
- CHESSER: Not all fraud comes from Wall Street Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 3:04AMI believe some on Wall Street knew very early that they were about to get filthy rich at the expense of the entire planet. They also figured out how to get bailed out for their efforts, and how to keep their bonuses. But that’s only the...
- Kenneth R. Harney: Banks ready for jumbo loan switch Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 2:24AMThe Nation s Housing: Real estate news from Washington
- Investors to the rescue of housing market Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 2:20AMReal estate investors will outnumber traditional borrowers 3 to 1 during the next two years, a new survey says, helping clear millions of repossessed properties from banks' books and pave the way for a recovery. Who is going to lead the housing market out of the doldrums?
- Three U.S. banks in Illinois, Colorado close: FDIC Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 7:32PMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Authorities closed three banks on Friday, bringing the total number of foreclosures in 2011 to 51.
- Housing Market Plunges 16 Pct. in Q2 Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 4:20PMResidential sales during the second quarter of 2011 proved to be an improvement from the previous quarter but still shy of totals during the same peri...
- Hernando business briefs Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 4:12PMBy Jean Hayes, Times Staff Writer Friday, July 8, 2011 Briefly Dr. Natalie Ellis , a board-certified holistic family physician, recently opened her practice, Holistic Equilibrium , at 8255 Commercial Way, Weeki Wachee. Ellis specializes in integrative holistic medicine and treatment of skin disorders. Originally from Florida, she has practiced in Virginia, North Carolina and Key West while ...
- Dems, GOP open to restoring money for N.J. cities Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 3:57PMTRENTON (AP) — All sides now seem willing to talk about restoring aid to New Jersey's struggling cities, which saw $139 million vanish with the stroke of Gov. Chris Christie's veto pen last week during a spate of 11th-hour budget vetoes.
- John E. Miller Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 10:44AMJohn E. Miller is a Real Estate Professional and special contributor to Foreclosuredeals.com. John Evan Miller has spent the last 10 years writing for several magazines and online publications.
- Broad Financial Launches its ‘Entrepreneur's Solo 401K’ for Self-Employed Individuals Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 9:58AMBroad Financial helps widen retirement plan options and opens doors to more investment opportunities with a self-directed custom-made for the self-employed.Gilbert, AZ (PRWEB) July 08, 2011 Tirdad Zarookian, 55, was looking into alternative investments to help his retirement account grow. A business tax accountant, Zarookian is used to managing accounts on his own time and it was this same ...
- Column: There’s upside in the down turn Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 9:15AMThe Vancouver and Clark County residential real estate market has seen its share of down trending in the last few years.
- Conditions Continue to Hammer Housing Stocks Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 9:09AMInstability in the housing sector takes a toll on homebuilder Lennar's second-quarter results.
- Primary Prosecutors of Mortgage Fraud? Pension Funds And Plaintiffs' Lawyers Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 1:23PMJust when you think you're caught up on all the troubles Bank of America is having with mortgage-rel
- The Ripple Effect Of Declining Real Estate Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 12:44PMRemember 2008? The market decline was precipitated by the collapse of Real Estate. The ripple effects of declining Real Estate were (and are) widespread.
- Residential foreclosure biz shrinking Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 8:39AMThe last few years, lawyers involved in foreclosures have cashed in. But that was then. With the discovery last fall of flaws in mortgage processing by big lenders, and subsequent investigations and rulings that have affected not only the practices of lenders but the attorneys that service them, the pace of foreclosure filings has dropped precipitously. According [...]
- HUD chief: Big home-price declines unlikely Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 2:49PMHousing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan was on CNN's "State of the Union with Candy Crowley" show over the weekend. From CNN's transcipt, here's snippets of what...
- Real Estate Technology is Shifting Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 4:21PMRISMEDIA, July 5, 2011—We are seeing a significant shift occurring in real estate technology that will impact our industry dramatically in the years to come. Like most shifts, it didn’t happen all at once but if you look carefully you
- Foreclosure Sales Plummet in May Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 4:06PMRISMEDIA, July 5, 2011—There are significantly fewer foreclosure sales today than there were before foreclosure moratoria were put into place during the Robogate scandal last fall and foreclosure sales are declining. The precipitous drop in foreclosure sales is keeping foreclosure…
- Fitchburg man bids farewell to old career Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 5:47AMLUNENBURG -- Michael Roy is practicing, but admits he hasn't mastered the rapid-fire auctioneer's voice yet.
- Legislators hope new laws slow Nevada foreclosures Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 10:36AMCARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — As overgrown yellow lawns and unlit windows dot vast suburban neighborhoods in Nevada, legislators hope new laws they passed this session will make a dent in a foreclosure crisis that is still hitting this desert state the hardest.