Category Archives: Real Estate News

US Home Prices Surge Despite Distress

Just six states, Delaware, Illinois, Connecticut, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Alabama saw annual price depreciation. New Jersey still has a huge backlog of distressed properties, as does Illinois. Arizona, Nevada and California are seeing big home price gains, as … Continue reading

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Rentals Chip Away at Home Builder Gains

“Single family starts did ‘improve’ suddenly early in 2012 on the Twist gap down in mortgage rates, but it quit ‘improving’ several months ago. Once 2013 data start to come in, the segment could quickly go from year-over-year positive to … Continue reading

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Housing Crisis: New Rules Hit Mortgage Servicers

The nation’s five largest banks service about half of all mortgages, but recently they have been selling those servicing rights to so-called “specialty servicers,” like Ocwen and Nationstar, whose stocks have been soaring. These companies specialize in delinquent mortgages. The … Continue reading

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After Eight Months, Home Builder Confidence Stalls

Current sales conditions remained unchanged, sales expectations over the next six months fell one point, and buyer traffic gained one point. Regionally, home builders were less confident in the Northeast and Midwest, but gained confidence in the South and particularly … Continue reading

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When Banks Walk Away, Homeowners Don’t Always Win

The trouble is, there are many borrowers who received delinquency notices or notices of default and thought they had to vacate. These were not notices of eviction or final foreclosure. Still, the borrower left before receiving the notice that the … Continue reading

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