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Saturday, May 05, 2012 7:20 PM

What Buyers Often Overlook in Home Purchases

While many buyers may be swayed by the home’s appearance, financing, and location when choosing a home, housing experts say they often overlook other important factors that may keep them happy for years to come with their home purchase. A recent
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Saturday, May 05, 2012 7:18 PM

Largest Mortgage Lender Takes Bigger Bite of Market Share

Wells Fargo, the nation’s largest lender for home loans, is continuing to grow its mortgage business, issuing a record 33.9 percent of mortgages in the first quarter. Other lenders now remain even further from reaching Wells Fargo’s mortgage
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Saturday, April 21, 2012 8:04 PM

Mortgage Rates Inch Up for the Week

After reaching or hovering near all-time lows last week, fixed-rate mortgages edged up slightly during the week, Freddie Mac reports in its weekly mortgage market survey. The 5-year adjustable-rate mortgage, however, hit a new all-time low of 2.78 percent
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Sunday, April 15, 2012 11:02 AM

Buyer Urgency Improves, More See Now Good Time to Buy

More home buyers may jump off the sidelines this spring as they get more urgent about purchasing a home, fearing that home price and mortgage rate increases are on the horizon. Housing surveys in recent weeks have shown that more Americans are seeing
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Sunday, January 22, 2012 7:13 PM

Banks, Gov't Near Deal on Foreclosure Settlement

Up to 1 million at-risk, underwater borrowers may be eligible for a reduction on their mortgage principal, if a settlement between big banks and government officials gets the final approval. The mortgage aid is reportedly on the table as big banks and
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Sunday, January 22, 2012 6:58 PM

“Don’t shoot the messenger”

“Don’t shoot the messenger,” is the message the Appraisal Institute has for those in the real estate industry. Appraisers have been taking heat the last few months over low home values, with critics arguing that values aren’t matching
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Friday, December 09, 2011 10:14 AM

Report Predicts Drop in Delinquencies Next Year

--> The number of borrowers behind on their mortgage payments is expected to drop sharply by the end of next year, according to a new report released by TransUnion. Mortgage delinquency rates reflect the ratio of borrowers 60 or more days behind on their
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Thursday, October 13, 2011 11:37 AM

Zillow: Home Values Hold Steady, Foreclosures Slow

Home prices mostly held flat in August, increasing a modest 0.1 percent from July to August, according to Zillow’s latest Home Value Index. Two of the nation’s hardest-hit housing markets, Detroit and Fort Myers, Fla., posted slight price
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Sunday, September 25, 2011 4:58 PM

10 States With the Highest Foreclosure Rates

For the 56th straight month, Nevada continued to have the highest foreclosure rate in the country, where one in every 118 homes received a foreclosure filing during August, according to the latest figures from RealtyTrac. Nationally, 1 in every 570 households
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Sunday, September 25, 2011 1:25 PM

Housing market is good (or great!) for buyers right

In most parts of the country, the housing market is good (or great!) for buyers right now - interest rates are bizarrely low, lots of inventory means lots to choose from, and the cost of renting has increased in a lot of markets. But just because the
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Monday, September 19, 2011 2:12 PM

Sellers Say Their Homes Are Worth More

Seventy-five percent of home owners say their homes are worth more than the recommended listing price, according to real estate professionals recently surveyed by HomeGain. On the other hand, 68 percent of home buyers say homes are overpriced. However,
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Monday, September 05, 2011 4:36 PM

More Banks Offer Incentives to Unload REOs

--> Banks facing high inventories of REOs are turning to financial incentives in the hopes of accelerating sales of these often vacant, deteriorating properties. For example, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are trying to liquidate its REOs, the National Mortgage
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Monday, September 05, 2011 4:27 PM

Gov’t Criticizes Banks for Failing More Home Owners

Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase, two of the country’s largest lenders, are not doing enough to help home owners avoid foreclosure, the Treasury Department said Thursday. Many home owners who have been eligible for loan modifications have been
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Monday, August 22, 2011 7:01 PM

Housing Affordability at Highest in 20 Years

--> Housing affordability continued to be near record highs in the second quarter, hovering near its highest level in the 20-plus years it has been recorded, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index.
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Saturday, July 30, 2011 4:41 PM

New Grant for Military First-Time Home Buyers

A new program is offering financial assistance to first-time home buyers who are veterans or active-duty military members. The Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation, a nonprofit national organization, is offering the assistance through its Dream Makers
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