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More REOs on Market While Price Drops Moderate
One of the most consistent patterns during the housing crisis is that as bank-owned properties on the market rise, home values fall in the most affected markets. Analysts at Clear Capital have...
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Housing Crunch Coming for Older Americans
By 2050, the population of Americans 65 and older will more than double and is expected to grow at a faster rate than any other age group, according to U.S. Census data. By that time, one in five...
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BofA Announces Shortened Short Sale Process
Bank of America announced it is refining its short sale process to streamline its approval process and reduce the wait in accepting offers and making it to closing. The changes are expected to trim...
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Investor Activity is Heating Up
The National Association of Realtors® annual Investment and Vacation Home Buyers Survey confirms that investor buying activity has picked up significantly in the past year. Investment home sales...
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4th Quarter 2011 Mortgage Picture Improves Gradually
The quarterly report of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency reports regularly on first-lien residential mortgages representing about 60% of the mortgage market. In the 4th quarter 2011 shows...
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Attractive Agents Sell Homes for More Money?
Appearance may matter when it comes to selling homes, at least according to researchers in a newly-published study in an industry journal, Applied Financial Economics. Physically attractive real...
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$100 Billion in REO Rentals a Possibility
CoreLogic’s April MarketPulse report says that the single family rental market is extremely strong right now, so strong that CoreLogic expects the REO-to-rental program to boost the market to $100...
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Mortgage Rates Inch Up for the Week
After reaching or hovering near all-time lows last week, fixed-rate mortgages edged up slightly during the week, Freddie Mac reports in its weekly mortgage market survey. The 5-year adjustable-rate...
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Make Video Marketing Work for Your Business
To answer questions about how to ensure marketing videos are successful and whether adding such videos to Web sites can improve search engine rankings, CIO.com interviewed several video experts....
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March Pending Home Sales Rise, Market Recovering
Pending home sales increased in March and are well above a year ago, another signal the housing market is recovering, according to the National Association of REALTORS®. The Pending Home Sales Index,...
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