Topic: home value

Posted on: Saturday, February 20, 2010
More Mortgage Help
More Mortgage Help

In Nevada, California, Michigan, Florida and Arizona; average home prices have dropped more than 20%. The money will be shared based on a formula that factors in the number of unemployed residents and the net drop in home prices.

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Posted on: Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Home Construction Rises
Home Construction Rises

Compared to last year that’s a 21% rise. December’s housing starts were also revised upward.
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Posted on: Friday, February 12, 2010
Foreclosures Drop 10%
Foreclosures Drop 10%

Nevada topped the states in foreclosure rate for the 37th straight month with one in every 95 homes getting a foreclosure notice, more than four times the national average

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Posted on: Monday, January 11, 2010
Strategic Default?
Strategic Default?

This plan of action is wrong in a number of ways. Strategic default as advocated by some is irresponsible gaming of the system

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Posted on: Friday, January 8, 2010
Rough Road Ahead
Rough Road Ahead

Although the final figures are not in, expect a record number of foreclosures again for 2009. In states that have revamped their foreclosure laws by mandating changes like lender borrower mediation, the trend has slowed significantly

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Posted on: Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Optimism, Albeit Guarded
Optimism, Albeit Guarded

As 2009 winds down, two pieces of good news released yesterday are significant for homeowners. The first is that for the fifth consecutive month home prices rose in October, according to the Standard and Poor’s Case-Shiller Home Price Index. The second is that according to the Conference Board, consumer confidence has edged back up to [...]

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Posted on: Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Home Values Stabilize
Home Values Stabilize

Fewer mortgages were underwater in the third quarter of 2009, from 23% to 21% of all single family homes. According to a study by the Boston Federal Reserve Bank, when a home loan is worth more than the property backing it, that fact is a major cause of default

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Posted on: Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Washington Pushes for Permanent Loan Modications
Washington Pushes for Permanent Loan Modications

“The banks are not doing a good enough job,” according to Michael S. Barr, the US Treasury’s Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions.

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Posted on: Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Foreclosures Hit Blacks and Latinos Harder
Foreclosures Hit Blacks and Latinos Harder

“The study finds that Blacks and Latinos were two to nine more likely to have high cost mortgages than whites,” according to WCVI President Antonio Gonzalez. “These predatory banking practices have directly led to the loss of homes.”

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Posted on: Friday, October 23, 2009
Tax Credit Spurs Home Sales
Tax Credit Spurs Home Sales

582 new homeowners were under the age of 18. One was 4 years old. These children did meet the income limits, and none of them had ever owned homes before. Although these kids were all unable to sign legally binding contracts, they claimed almost $4 million in tax credits.

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