Category Archives: Housing Market

Home Prices Are Not Rebounding as Fast as You Think

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By: Diana Olick CNBC Real Estate Reporter Sold sign Home prices are rising faster than expected so far this year, or are they? Prices nationwide in July rose 3.8 percent year-over-year, according to the latest reading from CoreLogic. This includes … Continue reading →

Mass. lawsuit shows that banks haven’t changed foreclosure ways

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The Boston Globe August 21, 2012|Paul McMorrow Earlier this year, five of the country’s biggest banks agreed to cough up $25 billion because they’d routinely fleeced their own customers and wreaked tremendous economic havoc along the way. The nationwide foreclosure … Continue reading →

‘Underwater’ homes drowning neighborhoods’ chances to stabilize

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Cleveland.com Mark Siefert There’s a crisis in our communities and our options are quickly disappearing. There are neighbors who can’t accept a job in a new city because they can’t sell their home for a price high enough to pay … Continue reading →

Foreclosures Impact California Voter Turnout

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August 23, 2012 California neighborhoods reeling from record foreclosures also experienced lower levels of voter turnout in the 2008 presidential election, according to researchers at the University of California, Riverside. Voters who lost their homes were not the only ones … Continue reading →

Multistate foreclosure settlement: Judge considers use of Arizona’s $50M cut

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Thursday, August 23, 2012 8:31 AM MST TriValleyCentral.com By PAUL DAVENPORT Associated Press PHOENIX — While critics say the money should be used to help mortgage borrowers, a lawyer for the state said Wednesday that Arizona is entitled to use … Continue reading →