Area home sales on rebound as joblessness sours
Wednesday Dec 23 | via SouthCoastToday.com
Home sales surged but unemployment remained high throughout southeastern Massachusetts last month, according to two sets of numbers released Tuesday. Comment?
Home sales rose in R.I., Mass. last month
Tuesday Dec 22 | via Providence Business News
" Single-family home sales increased significantly last month in both Rhode Island and Bristol County, Mass., compared with a year earlier, according to figures released Tuesday. Comment?
Jobless, home stats give mixed signals
Nov 25, 2009 | via Cape Cod Times
A pair of reports released yesterday offered a snapshot of the region's economic situation. Comment?
Mass. home sales jumped 17% in October
Nov 24, 2009 | via Providence Business News
" Sales of single-family homes in Massachusetts increased 17.2 percent in October compared with a year earlier, the biggest year-to-year jump so far this year, according to real estate tracking firm The Warren Group. Comment?
New foreclosure data shows mixed signs
Nov 19, 2009 | via The Standard-Times
Bristol County foreclosures slid by 1 percent in October when compared to the same month last year, while Plymouth County foreclosures shot up by 28.7 percent, according to new data released Thursday. Comment?
Yesterday | via Telegram & Gazette
The number of Americans preparing to buy a home fell sharply in November, an unsettling new sign that the housing market may be headed for a 'double-dip' downturn over the winter. Comment?
Tuesday | via Worcester Telegram & Gazette
The Massachusetts Association of Realtors reported today that the number of single-family homes put under agreement in December was up 5 percent over the same time last year, while condominiums were up 26 percent. Comment?
Marblehead lawyer arraigned on mortgage fraud charges
Monday Jan 4 | via Mortgage Fraud News
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has announced that a Marblehead attorney was arraigned in Cambridge District Court in Medford for his role in a million dollar mortgage hijacking scheme. Comment?
Monday Jan 4 | via Cape Cod Times
For 35 years, the state has had an initiative on the books to help senior citizens living on modest incomes by allowing them to defer property taxes until their homes are sold. Comment?
Massachusetts economy shows signs of life
Friday Jan 1 | via CapeCodOnline.com
A stabilizing real estate market, improving business and consumer confidence, lower unemployment, and higher state tax collections suggest the commonwealth's economy is heading into the new year behind a growing head of steam. Comment?
Already people are starting to worry about rising in...
3 min ago | via Times Online
We have not even had confirmation yet that Britain has actually emerged from recession and already people are starting to worry about rising interest rates. Comment?
Triple Crown Corporation picks up a third housing de...
4 min ago | via PennLive.com
Triple Crown Corporation of Lower Paxton Township has acquired a third midstate housing development that had been affiliated with Altieri Homes, a Maryland-based regional builder that has been sued by Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett and that also faces charges from Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler. Comment?
County says NY lottery winners owe $1 million
5 min ago | via Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Richard and Mary Morrison have plans for their $165 million lottery jackpot: paying off their mortgage, opening a restaurant, and helping the poor, as well as Richard Morrison's pet cause of celebrating the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution. Comment?
Canada's hot housing market to continue through mid-...
8 min ago | via Canada.com
A sold sign is displayed in front of a home in Toronto December 15, 2009. Canada has moved back into a seller's market and will remain "unusually strong" through the first half of 2010 as economic conditions improve and low interest rates spur demand, according to Royal LePage's Market Survey Forecast and House Price Survey released Thursday. Comment?
Fed emergency loans to banks increase slightly but r...
9 min ago | via CW33 Dallas KDAF-TV
Banks borrowed slightly more from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program over the past week but the amount was still well below levels reached during the height of the financial crisis, the Fed said Thursday. Comment?