19 Articles match "April","Real Estate","Trends"

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• Local Market Perspective: Las Vegas
  
  Shari Springer Springer Realty The Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors reported May 6 that 1,794 single-family homes were sold in April, a 21.4 percent higher than April 2007. The medium price of a single-family home sold in the Las Vegas area decreased by 3 percent from $243,169 in March to $235,875 in April, and down 22.7 percent jump over the 1,478 homes sold in March. The sales are 29.9
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Data Suggests Decline in California Foreclosures
  
  This sheds light on some of the most recent foreclosure statistics published by RealtyTrac (see our latest report) , which show decreasing numbers of new filings in March and April, and May numbers up only slightly. Since unemployment rates are historically a good indicator of foreclosure rates, this bodes well for California homeowners, but less well for real estate investors, first-time home buyers and real estate professionals who may be waiting for the long-anticipated flood of foreclosure inventory. California’s latest economic numbers reported by forecasters at the A.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• MBA Survey Confirms Q1 Foreclosure Surge
  
  Foreclosure Market Report released at the end of April, which found overall foreclosure activity increased 23 percent from the fourth quarter of 2007 and 112 percent from the first quarter of 2007. That closely mirrored the trend in MBA’s foreclosure rate, which put the percentage of loans in the foreclosure process at 2.47 percent reported in the first quarter of 2007. The first quarter MBA National Delinquency Survey released today largely supports the findings of the RealtyTrac Q1 2008 U.S. percent at the end of the first quarter, up 21 percent from the 2.04
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Home Prices Fall Deeper Into the Abyss
  
  On a monthly basis, from April to May the worse decliners were Miami (-3.6 ldquo;The overall real estate market continued to slide in May, with the 10-City and 20-City Composites declining by 1.0 For potential homebuyers, investors and real estate professionals, it means the flow of foreclosed properties should continue into the indefinite future — at least until home prices stabilize somewhere down the abyss and reverse their direction back up the elevator shaft. Homeowners across the country may be feeling a bit like Mel Brooks’ character from his movie “High Anxiety” now that Standard and Poor’s has released its May numbers for the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices .
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• How a Short Sale Can Stop Foreclosure, Short Selling Bank Foreclosures - RealtyTrac
  
  Lenders are not in the business of owning real estate. They get upset when they have too many properties on their REO (real estate-owned) books instead of out in the market making it a profit through monthly mortgage payments. The lender must submit a form to the IRS stating the amount of debt forgiven, so the tax man can be waiting for the homeowner when April 15 rolls around next year —if any of the debt was indeed forgiven. Check out our NEW Features! Login Why Join? FREE Trial Feedback Help
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Immediate Relief Nowhere to Be Found
  
  According to its latest report released Tuesday, Standard & Poor’s said home prices across the nation continued to fall in April 2008, with prices in all 20 metro areas it studies for the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices showing annual declines. percent decline from the revised number for April, and down 40.3 Three top indices of economic health in the U.S. came out with negative reports this month, supporting the notion that the nation’s inventory of available properties — particularly the supply of properties in foreclosure — will remain elevated
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• A (Relatively) Few Bad Apples Spoil the Barrel
  
  Foreclosure Market Report issued today, the total number of properties with foreclosure activity in April reached the highest level on a monthly basis since RealtyTrac began issuing the report in January 2005. For example, the city council in Vallejo, California -- part of a metropolitan area with a foreclosure rate that ranked sixth highest in the nation in April - last week voted to have the city file for bankruptcy." According to the RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure filings were reported on 243,353 U.S.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Ohio Lawmaker Seeks Solution to Foreclosure Level
  
  And for subscribers to RealtyTrac — albeit investors, real estate agents or potential homebuyers — Ohio is a land of opportunity right now. The state went from the seventh highest total of foreclosures in the nation in April to the fourth highest total in June. And as always we are interested in hearing your reaction, comments or feedback to this and any information we provide on this ForeclosurePulse.blog and our website: It looks like foreclosures are starting to become a national call to action for some Washington bureaucrats. One example — Rep.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Jackson Takes a Final Bow at HUD
  
  The 13th HUD secretary since the agency was established in 1965, Jackson announced his official last day on the job as April 18. These “HUD homes,” like any homes that go back to a lender who forecloses, are a good potential pool of resources for investors and wannabe homebuyers looking to purchase bargain real estate. Posted 04-02-2008 9:00 AM by joelc Filed under: Foreclosure Trends , Real Estate Trend He gave himself a couple of weeks to clean out his desk, clear out of his office and say his final goodbyes to his staff.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Lending Standards Continue to Tighten
  
  branches and agencies of foreign banks, found that 75 percent of those banks had tightened lending standards for prime loans since the previous survey, in April. Or is this exactly what the market needs to ensure that home prices stay grounded in the reality of what homebuyers can truly afford? Posted 08-11-2008 3:47 PM by darenb Filed under: Real Estate Trend The results of a new survey released today by the Federal Reserve confirms what many people looking to buy or refinance already know — it’s hard to get approved for a loan.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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