Feb
18
Homeowners are receiving cooperation from banks and mortgage lenders to sell their unaffordable homes as short sales at higher levels. The increase in short sales is being driven by investors calling for banks to cut their losses, resulting in a reduction of homeowners walking away from their home mortgages. Scam artists preying on homeowners at …
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Dec
16
California's housing market showed some signs of luster in November with sales picking up over the same month last year, but prices declined and foreclosures remained prevalent. Sales fell 4.2% from October, although they commonly decline from October to November, and compared with November 2010, they were up 4%, according to real estate research firm DataQuick. …
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Dec
05
Tweet According to recently published index by Anil, mortgage rates are down slightly in the fourth quarter of 2011. this observation is, according to the broker Empruntis, especially for the minimum rate reserved for loan files strongest. Of the nine lenders observed, four have rates fixed down (Credit Foncier, Credit Mutuel, CIF, LCL) and four …
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Nov
26
And should housing values continue to plummet, the agency may have to turn to taxpayers for a bailout, according to its annual report, which was released Tuesday. The agency’s reserves fell to 0.24% in fiscal 2011, down from 0.5% the year earlier, according to independent estimates in the report. this ratio measures the net worth …
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Nov
25
October foreclosure filings in the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown area fell by more than 25 percent from a year ago and more than 11 percent since September, according to a report from RealtyTrac inc. RealtyTrac inc. Latest from the Business Journals Foreclosed homes selling faster, says Bank of America CEOKentucky foreclosures drop in October Report: Tennessee …
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Nov
24
Las Vegas no longer has the highest foreclosure rate among major metropolitan areas . after 22 months in the top spot – a dubious honor – it fell to No. 5 in October, according to a new report. But there’s little cheering in Las Vegas – the city’s two newspapers didn’t even report it – …
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Nov
24
Refinance mortgage rates are currently higher on Friday, November 19, 2011. Today’s mortgage refinance rates on 30 year conforming home loans are averaging 4.08%, an increase from yesterday’s average 30 year refinance mortgage rate of 4.03%. Today’s mortgage refinance rates on 15 year conforming home loans are averaging 3.36%, up from yesterday’s average 15 year rate of 3.33%. Compare mortgage refinance rates from many lenders different by using our rate tables here: Mortgage Refinance …
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Nov
23
WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Department of Veterans Affairs announced today that the maximum amount of Veterans Mortgage Life Insurance (VMLI) increased from $90,000 to $150,000, effective Oct. 1, under the Veterans’ Benefits Act of 2010. Maximum coverage will further increase from $150,000 to $200,000 after Jan. 1, 2012. VMLI is issued to those severely disabled Veterans and …
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Nov
21
Fertility rates in both the United States and Europe have dropped since the 2008 financial crisis, as couples have postponed having children in light of economic difficulties. But researchers have found an even more direct, long-standing correlation between housing prices and bearing children, leading to an increase in fertility among homeowners. A new National Bureau …
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Nov
19
Uncle Sam’s steps to exit the mortgage market took a toll on Southern California’s housing market in October as fewer higher-cost homes sold. The median price, the point at which half the properties sold for more and half for less, dropped because sales of more expensive homes took a dive with government-backed financing for those …
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