Daily Real Estate News | Tuesday, April 24, 2013 The latest FNC Residential Price Index, an index created for the mortgage industry, recorded a 28-month high for home prices in February, the most recent data available. The index increased 6.1 percent — the fastest rate it’s grown since July 2006.The index shows the strongest price…Read More »
Archive for April, 2013
7 Housing Markets That Are Roaring Back
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
President’s 2014 Budget Foresees $943 Million FHA Bailout
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
The Obama administration’s proposed fiscal budget for 2014 estimates that the cash-strapped Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will need a $943 million taxpayer bailout this year to cover losses from shaky loans the agency insured as the housing market collapsed in 2007. This would be the first such bailout in the 80-year history of the FHA….Read More »
The Obama administration’s proposed fiscal budget for 2014 estimates that the cash-strapped Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will need a $943 million taxpayer bailout this year to cover losses from shaky loans the agency insured as the housing market collapsed in 2007. This would be the first such bailout in the 80-year history of the FHA….Read More »
U.S. Foreclosure Inventory Increases 9 Percent From Year Ago in First Quarter
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
IRVINE, Calif. –April 23, 2013 — RealtyTrac® (www.realtytrac.com), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties and real estate data, today released its first-ever U.S. Foreclosure Inventory Analysis, which shows nearly 1.5 million U.S. properties were actively in the foreclosure process or bank-owned (REO) in the first quarter of 2013, up 9 percent from the first…Read More »
IRVINE, Calif. –April 23, 2013 — RealtyTrac® (www.realtytrac.com), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties and real estate data, today released its first-ever U.S. Foreclosure Inventory Analysis, which shows nearly 1.5 million U.S. properties were actively in the foreclosure process or bank-owned (REO) in the first quarter of 2013, up 9 percent from the first…Read More »
U.S. Foreclosure Starts Edge Higher For Second Straight Month
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
IRVINE, Calif. – April , 2013 — RealtyTrac® (www.realtytrac.com), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties and real estate data, today released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report™ for March and the first quarter of 2013, which shows foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions — were reported on 152,500 U.S. properties in…Read More »
IRVINE, Calif. – April , 2013 — RealtyTrac® (www.realtytrac.com), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties and real estate data, today released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report™ for March and the first quarter of 2013, which shows foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions — were reported on 152,500 U.S. properties in…Read More »
Inventory Crunch Easing As Sellers Jump Back In The Market
Friday, April 12th, 2013
Are the days of low housing inventory coming to a close? There are definitely encouraging signs: the number of listings on realtor.com increased 2.36% in March, a welcome change from the -15.22% inventory free fall the market has been in for the past year. Bolstering the positive news is a .05% increase in listing prices …Read More »
Are the days of low housing inventory coming to a close? There are definitely encouraging signs: the number of listings on realtor.com increased 2.36% in March, a welcome change from the -15.22% inventory free fall the market has been in for the past year. Bolstering the positive news is a .05% increase in listing prices …Read More »
6 Easy Ways To Create More Space In Your Apartment
Thursday, April 11th, 2013
Apartment living often means living in a neighborhood with hip corner cafés, great restaurants, and convenient mass transit options (which is great!), but the tradeoff for all those urban conveniences can be dealing with having much less living space than a suburban homeowner. Which is not a bad thing – there’s something to be…Read More »
Apartment living often means living in a neighborhood with hip corner cafés, great restaurants, and convenient mass transit options (which is great!), but the tradeoff for all those urban conveniences can be dealing with having much less living space than a suburban homeowner. Which is not a bad thing – there’s something to be…Read More »
Home Staging 101
Thursday, April 11th, 2013
We sat down with our Professional Home Stager and asked them a few tricks to help your home sell. This isn’t a complete list, so if you need more assistance let us know. We provide a staging consultation, by a professional designer, for each of our new listings. Light it up! – A warm, lit…Read More »
We sat down with our Professional Home Stager and asked them a few tricks to help your home sell. This isn’t a complete list, so if you need more assistance let us know. We provide a staging consultation, by a professional designer, for each of our new listings. Light it up! – A warm, lit…Read More »
What commission rates have to do with your home sale
Thursday, April 11th, 2013
So you’ve decided to sell your home. Along with getting it cleaned up and ready to go on the market, there is the business of choosing a Realtor® and then there is the dreaded commission fees. Well, that’s what you may think, anyway. So what is the real deal with commission fees when it comes…Read More »
So you’ve decided to sell your home. Along with getting it cleaned up and ready to go on the market, there is the business of choosing a Realtor® and then there is the dreaded commission fees. Well, that’s what you may think, anyway. So what is the real deal with commission fees when it comes…Read More »
How To Use Your Tax Refund To Increase Your Home’s Value
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
How To Use Your Tax Refund To Increase Your Home’s Value
How To Use Your Tax Refund To Increase Your Home’s Value
How Can First-Time Homebuyers Stand Out In A Crowded Market?
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
How Can First-Time Homebuyers Stand Out In A Crowded Market? Real Estate News | Apr 9, 2013 We’ve written about low inventory being the real estate story of early 2013. Now as we are getting further into the year, the story has switched to talk of a… (Read More)
How Can First-Time Homebuyers Stand Out In A Crowded Market? Real Estate News | Apr 9, 2013 We’ve written about low inventory being the real estate story of early 2013. Now as we are getting further into the year, the story has switched to talk of a… (Read More)
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