Belmont Real Estate News

Wednesday Dec 9 | via Free Republic 

The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, has a justly earned reputation this decade for voter registration fraud, embezzlement and other illegal acts.

Related Topix: Activism, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Middlesex County, MA

Coakley: Federal dollars for R&D are key to creating Bay State jobs

Nov 11, 2009 | via Lowell Sun 

Attorney General Martha Coakley yesterday said investing in research and development in key sectors of the Massachusetts economy like life sciences and biotechnology will be the key to creating new jobs. 5 comments

Related Topix: US Politics, Michael Capuano, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Foreclosures

Sep 30, 2009 | via The Boston Globe 

Massachusetts lawmakers will consider new rules today to protect consumers from abuses involving overdraft charges on bank accounts, unsolicited loans from financial institutions, and reverse mortgages.

Related Topix: Massachusetts, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Methuen, MA, Quincy, MA, Belmont, MA

Aug 26, 2009 | via Lowell Sun 

Perhaps some of you have heard the expression that "it is a race to the courthouse." For some of you this expression implies different meanings, but I wanted to focus on how this expression applies to our land-record system.

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Jul 28, 2009 | via WBUR-AM Boston 

What do Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Minneapolis and San Francisco have in common? They're cities where home prices rose recently.

Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, Belmont, MA, Home Listing, Home

Friday Dec 25 | via Boston.com 

For the first time in at least two decades, more US residents are moving to Massachusetts than moving out, a dramatic turnaround that has helped fuel the state's sharpest population growth since 2001, according to new estimates from the US Census Bureau.

Related Topix: Massachusetts, Massachusetts Government, Housing

Wednesday Dec 23 | via Worcester Telegram & Gazette 

Extraordinary government efforts to stabilize the housing market are paying off.

Related Topix: Housing, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Real Estate, Massachusetts

Tuesday Dec 22 | via Boston Globe 

Federal tax breaks, historically low mortgage rates, and an improving economy sparked a record surge in Massachusetts home sales last month, but with the crucial spring selling season still to come, the question remains: Can it last? First-time home buyers, rushing to beat a possible Dec.

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Tuesday Dec 22 | via WHDH-TV 

Sales of single-family homes in Massachusetts surged by about 60 percent in November when compared to the same month last year, while prices showed signs of stabilizing.

Related Topix: Housing, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Government, Real Estate

Tuesday Dec 22 | via Providence Journal 

For the first time since July 2006, the median price of single-family houses sold in Rhode Island has increased from the same period in the prior year, according to the Rhode Island Association of Realtors.

Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, Massachusetts

4 min ago | via Housing Wire 

Tree.com received an extension on its $50m warehouse mortgage line of credit from PNC Bank , according to a company statement .

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4 min ago | via Housing Wire 

The Miami Dade County Clerk of Courts dismissed a $48.5m foreclosure lawsuit filed by Capmark Bank against the owners of a rental community in Florida, according to an announcement from Sky Development .

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Miami Dade County, FL

6 min ago | via WPMT-TV York 

The Florida Supreme Court is ordering local judges to adopt a uniform mediation program to help pare down nearly 300,000 foreclosure cases clogging the state's courtrooms.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Personal Finance, Mortgage

14 hrs ago | via OrlandoSentinel.com - Space & Science 

Facing one of the worst foreclosure crises in the nation, Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Peggy Quince ordered judges statewide on Monday to starting sending foreclosure cases to a new "managed mediation" program in which financially strapped homeowners can try to negotiate a way out of losing their homes.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Life, Holidays, New Year's Day/Eve, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

10 min ago | via South Florida Business Journal 

Plagued by an ever-increasing number of foreclosure cases, Florida judges now have guidance on how to deal with them through a statewide mediation program.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Florida, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage