Nov 17, 2009 | via Victoria Advocate
Originally published November 17, 2009 at 6:39 p.m., updated November 17, 2009 at 10:35 p.m. METHODOLOGY To determine foreclosure filings for Jan. Comment?
What does up-tick in Victoria County short sales mean?
Nov 8, 2009 | via Victoria Advocate
Originally published November 8, 2009 at 11:27 p.m., updated November 9, 2009 at 10:26 a.m. WHAT IS A SHORT SALE? A real estate short sale occurs when a homeowner, who can no longer pay his mortgage, sells his home for less than what he owes. Comment?
Why do short sales take so long?
Nov 8, 2009 | via Victoria Advocate
If a lender agrees to a short sale, it also agrees to take a loss on the loan. With massive increases in the number of national foreclosures and short sales, lenders across the United States fight just to keep up with the paperwork. Comment?
Bottle house turns heads in Kingsbury
Yesterday | via Seguin Gazette-Enterprise
Imagine what life would be like without having to go to the grocery store for eggs or produce because you have - and grow - your own. Comment?
Austin home sellers stick it out, study says market ...
Monday | via Austin Business Journal
For years, economists and real estate professionals have touted the fact that Austin's relatively low cost of living has been one factor that's drawn thousands of residents from other states. Comment?
UTA, UNT students save cash by renting textbooks
Sunday | via The Dallas Morning News
You can rent an apartment, a car or a DVD. Now add college textbooks to the list expensive items that people are renting because they are short on cash or looking for a better deal. Comment?
May 18, 2009 | via Dallas Business Journal
In a time when most banks are throwing suspect loans and customers overboard, Beal Bank has been loading the boat. Comment?
Mortgage foreclosures still swamping federal efforts...
Sunday Jan 3 | via Kansas City Star
Banks and other lenders are still foreclosing on Americans' homes at a rate that's outpacing the Obama administration's main effort to stem the crisis.In fact, while the Treasury Department's Home Affordable Modification Program, or HAMP, has started the mortgage modification process on almost 760,000 homeowners who are at risk of losing their ... Comment?
4 min ago | via WMAG
Pending sales of previously owned U.S. homes fell more sharply than expected in November, but a surge in new factory orders offered assurance the economic recovery remained on track. Comment?
Watchdog offers expenses 'options'
4 min ago | via Lytham Today
Parliament's new standards watchdog will offer a set of options for reform of MPs' expenses when it launches a public consultation on Thursday, its chairman Sir Ian Kennedy has revealed. Comment?
GMAC expects $5B 4Q loss, selling mortgage assets
4 min ago | via The Las Vegas Sun
GMAC Financial Services, the auto lender now majority owned by the government, said Tuesday it expects to report a loss of about $5 billion in the fourth quarter thanks to its deeply discounted sales of underperforming mortgage loans. Comment?
Is the Fed creating another bubble?
8 min ago | via MSN Money
Is the Fed rigging the stock market? Evidence suggests the Federal Reserve is creating another bubble Posted byA Anthony Mirhaydari A on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 5:56 PM There is a long list of reasons why home prices reached such fantastic heights in 2006 before collapsing. Comment?
8 min ago | via KUAT-TV Tucson
Tucson resident Vicki Cox Golder is the new head of the National Association of Realtors . Comment?