Tag Archives: Distressed Sales

Excluding Distressed Sales, Are Home Prices Just Fine?

Page 1 of 3 | Next PageShow Entire Article Home prices in May were down 7.4 percent year-over-year, according to a new report from CoreLogic. This is the first of the May numbers, as SP Case Shiller, which was released … Continue reading →

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Don’t Let Falling Foreclosure Numbers Fool You

Page 1 of 4 | Next PageShow Entire Article Let me preface with an apology for the huge supply of numbers in this post, but if you can make it through them all, I think you will get the picture … Continue reading →

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Distressed Property Sales Drop, Despite Push to Sell

Page 1 of 3 | Next PageShow Entire Article The share of distressed sales in May, that is foreclosed properties and short sales (when the property is sold for less than the value of the loan), fell to 31 percent … Continue reading →

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New Push to Unload Bank-Owned Properties Squeezes Out Investors

Page 1 of 4 | Next PageShow Entire Article As big banks and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac [ FMCC 0.373  +0.0145 (+4.04%) ] push foreclosures through the pipeline, the inventory of REO (bank-owned) properties is rising. That pushes distressed and … Continue reading →

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Short Sales Pressure Home Prices

Page 1 of 3 | Next PageShow Entire Article Home prices fell 6.7 percent in February year over year, according to a new report from CoreLogic. That numbers includes distressed sales, that is, sales of foreclosed properties or short sales, … Continue reading →

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