Friday Nov 27 | via San Marcos Daily Record
The list of properties scheduled to be auctioned off at the Hays County Courthouse on Tuesday has already been compiled; but the last auction of 2009 reflects a growing trend of having the same properties listed more than once. Comment?
Foreclosure rate third in state for August
Oct 6, 2009 | via The New Braunfels Herald
Comal County had the third highest rate of foreclosure in Texas in August, up 209 percent from August 2008. Comment?
Many area homeowners are - underwater' .
5 hrs ago | via Fort Worth Business Press
The Fort Worth-Arlington area has a higher percentage of negative equity homeowners than several other major metropolitan areas in Texas according to the most recent report from First American CoreLogic, a research company. Comment?
9 hrs ago | via Houston Business Journal
A few weeks after getting used to the financial institution's new owners, customers of North Houston Bank have that deja vu feeling again. Comment?
Timing a retirement home purchase
Yesterday | via Los Angeles Times
Future pensioner finds today's low prices and mortgage interest rates attractive, but a lot can change in four years. Comment?
Yesterday | via Dallas Morning News
SANDRA FAY Items may be phoned or faxed to Sandra Fay at 972-422-5834 or e-mailed to dsfay@aol.com. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott will give the keynote address at the holiday celebration and installation of officers hosted by Collin County Association of Realtors on Dec. Comment?
Starts drop sharply for high-dollar homes
Friday Dec 4 | via Residential Real Estate
North Texas homebuilders are starting 34 percent fewer houses than they were a year ago and 74 percent fewer then they were at the market's peak in mid-2006, with the start rate for higher-priced homes experiencing the most severe contraction. Comment?
Chambers County among most economically stressed
9 min ago | via The Mobile Register Online
Chambers County is the 12th most economically stressed county in the country, among counties with a population over 25,000, according to the Associated Press. Comment?
Police: Greenport woman's social security number sto...
10 min ago | via CBS 6 Albany
An investigation that began when a Greenport, Columbia County woman had trouble applying for a mortgage has been traced back to an identity theft transaction that occurred 21 years ago, State Police say. Comment?
On Housing, Tulips, And Why Demand Is Not an Externa...
10 min ago | via The US Market Blog
Mike Konczal has some thoughts on why we had a housing bubble rather than some other bubble. Comment?
San Antonio Foreclosures for Sale Reach Record Level
11 min ago | via NowPublic
San Antonio foreclosures for sale reached their highest level this year in more than 20 years. Comment?
Homeowner with Chinese drywall problem gets help fro...
12 min ago | via Tampa Bay Online
Sinus infections and corroded air-conditioning coils led Zoran Krekicto to test his New Tampa home for tainted drywall imported from China. Comment?