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| 31-JAN-10 | (AFX UK Focus) 2010-01-31 21:19 Israel housing price rises not a bubble -Fischer (Interactive Investor) (Search - Housing Market) |
| HERZILIYA, Israel, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer said on Sunday that rising housing prices did not constitute a bubble. Housing prices rose 5.6 percent in 2009, contributing to an inflation rate of 3.9 percent last year. "We have a problem of real estate market and people call it a bubble. But this is not a bubble," Fischer said at the annual Herziliya conference ... | |
| 31-JAN-10 | Helicopter appraiser not well grounded (Independent Press) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| To the editor from Tom Graham: I was big fan of the CBS sitcom “Mash”, a highly rated show from years back. The show opened with helicopters landing war wounded patients at an army field hospital as doctors and nurses... | |
| 31-JAN-10 | Housing Market Expected To Heat Up This Year (WESH 2 Orlando) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Experts expect the housing market to heat up in 2010 nationwide and in Central Florida. | |
| 31-JAN-10 | Valley homeowner grasping for ways to survive market crash (12 News Phoenix) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Phoenix-area homeowners are easily the most frustrated part of the housing market. How and when their home values stabilize and begin to increase again is part of the complex question of when the housing market will recover. | |
| 31-JAN-10 | Mortgage market under pressure as rising rates spook buyers (Brisbane Times) (Search - Housing Market) |
| AUSTRALIA'S largest mortgage broker says buyers are rapidly deserting the housing market as interest rates creep up, after its sales last month plunged to a five-year low. | |
| 31-JAN-10 | Lights, camera ... property value appeals board will see you now (Las Vegas Sun) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| For the next month or so, hundreds of Clark County residents will appear before a panel of real estate experts, seeking to lower their property values. | |
| 31-JAN-10 | Lights, camera ... property value appeals board will see you now (Las Vegas Sun) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| For the next month or so, hundreds of Clark County residents will appear before a panel of real estate experts, seeking to lower their property values. | |
| 31-JAN-10 | It only gets worse this year for commercial real estate (The Post and Courier) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| A sobering report says that "vacancies will continue to increase and rents will decrease across all property sectors before the market hits bottom in 2010 and projects value declines of 40 percent to 50 percent off 2007 market peaks.” | |
| 31-JAN-10 | It only gets worse this year for commercial real estate (The Post and Courier) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| A sobering report says that "vacancies will continue to increase and rents will decrease across all property sectors before the market hits bottom in 2010 and projects value declines of 40 percent to 50 percent off 2007 market peaks.” | |
| 31-JAN-10 | Appraiser: Homeowners could save thousands on property taxes (Marietta Daily Journal) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| MARIETTA - Most homeowners don't realize they could be saving hundreds or even thousands of dollars a year on their property taxes, according to Larry Singleton, a long-time property appraiser and ... | |
| 31-JAN-10 | PAREAL29 (The Tampa Tribune) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS The address shown is the property address listed by the buyer. Most of the sales took place during the past six weeks. This isn't a complete list of real estate transactions. Sales are listed by city, in ascending value. | |
| 31-JAN-10 | PAREAL29 (The Tampa Tribune) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS The address shown is the property address listed by the buyer. Most of the sales took place during the past six weeks. This isn't a complete list of real estate transactions. Sales are listed by city, in ascending value. | |
| 31-JAN-10 | Value of high-quality farmland in region strong, though some softness seen with acreage that's less productive (Quincy Herald-Whig) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| John Borrowman stays plenty busy these days matching buyer and seller. "We've got a lot of buyers for all kinds of property," said Borrowman, of Pittsfield-based Pike County Real Estate. | |
| 31-JAN-10 | Value of high-quality farmland in region strong, though some softness seen with acreage that's less productive (Quincy Herald-Whig) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| John Borrowman stays plenty busy these days matching buyer and seller. "We've got a lot of buyers for all kinds of property," said Borrowman, of Pittsfield-based Pike County Real Estate. | |
| 31-JAN-10 | Homeowners brace for value slide (Traverse City Record-Eagle) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Property tax assessment notices will begin showing up in regional mailboxes in about a month, and initial studies by county equalization directors in Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Benzie, Antrim and Kalkaska counties show residential assessments will drop on average 6.5 percent in Grand Traverse to 15.5 percent in Antrim. | |
| 31-JAN-10 | Homeowners brace for value slide (Traverse City Record-Eagle) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Property tax assessment notices will begin showing up in regional mailboxes in about a month, and initial studies by county equalization directors in Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Benzie, Antrim and Kalkaska counties show residential assessments will drop on average 6.5 percent in Grand Traverse to 15.5 percent in Antrim. | |
| 31-JAN-10 | Sheda worried over inability to meet housing demand (The Borneo Post) (Search - Housing Market) |
| KUCHING: Sarawak Housing and Real Estate Developers’ Association (Sheda) is concerned about not being able to meet the expected market demand particularly in affordable homes as the economy recovers. | |
| 31-JAN-10 | Property helped secure more than $1 million in loans for bankrupt SHE Group (Knoxville News Sentinel) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| To drive by it, the rolling land on the south side of Cabbage Drive isn't much to look at: trees, grass and some scrubby undergrowth along a rise near Andersonville Pike.In the past couple of years, though, the 33-acre property in Halls has helped secure big money for some of Knox County's political power brokers and their associates.The land is owned by SHE Group LLC, an Oak Ridge auto company ... | |
| 31-JAN-10 | Property helped secure more than $1 million in loans for bankrupt SHE Group (Knoxville News Sentinel) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| To drive by it, the rolling land on the south side of Cabbage Drive isn't much to look at: trees, grass and some scrubby undergrowth along a rise near Andersonville Pike.In the past couple of years, though, the 33-acre property in Halls has helped secure big money for some of Knox County's political power brokers and their associates.The land is owned by SHE Group LLC, an Oak Ridge auto company ... | |
| 30-JAN-10 | Lower property values might not help tax bills (The Herald-Mail) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| TRI-STATE The market value of residential properties in the Tri-State area has fallen, but won't necessarily mean lower real estate tax bills or reduced revenue to county governments. | |
| 30-JAN-10 | Lower property values might not help tax bills (The Herald-Mail) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| TRI-STATE The market value of residential properties in the Tri-State area has fallen, but won't necessarily mean lower real estate tax bills or reduced revenue to county governments. | |
| 30-JAN-10 | Orlando may feel pinch from falling property values (Orlando Sentinel) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Downtown venues' funding in question if properties succeed in getting taxable values reduced Orlando's skyline is falling — in value, that is. | |
| 30-JAN-10 | Orlando may feel pinch from falling property values (Orlando Sentinel) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Downtown venues' funding in question if properties succeed in getting taxable values reduced Orlando's skyline is falling — in value, that is. | |
| 30-JAN-10 | DDA to list old fire hall with real estate agency (Tri-County Times) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| The Fenton City Council approved listing the old fire hall for sale with a commercial real estate agency. Fenton — It’s official — Fenton’s old fire hall is for sale. | |
| 30-JAN-10 | DDA to list old fire hall with real estate agency (Tri-County Times) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| The Fenton City Council approved listing the old fire hall for sale with a commercial real estate agency. Fenton — It’s official — Fenton’s old fire hall is for sale. | |
| 30-JAN-10 | Assembly considers change to residential property-tax exemptions (KTUU Anchorage) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| The proposal would raise the tax-exempt portion of a home's value from $20,000 to $50,000. Supporters say homeowners will see real savings, while opponents say tax burden will be shifted to businesses. | |
| 30-JAN-10 | Assembly considers change to residential property-tax exemptions (KTUU Anchorage) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| The proposal would raise the tax-exempt portion of a home's value from $20,000 to $50,000. Supporters say homeowners will see real savings, while opponents say tax burden will be shifted to businesses. | |
| 30-JAN-10 | Latest figures point to speeding up of housing market recovery (icWales) (Search - Housing Market) |
| NEW instructions in the housing market in parts of Wales rose by 71% while sales climbed by 59% at the start of January, one of the country’s leading estate agents said yesterday. | |
| 30-JAN-10 | US Attorney - Real Estate Appraiser Gets Three Years' Prison for Mortgage Fraud That Led to $46 Million in Losses (LawFuel) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| LawFuel.com LOS ANGELES – A former state-licensed real estate appraiser was sentenced today to three years in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $46 million in restitution for her role in a massive mortgage fraud scheme that caused tens of millions of dollars in losses to federally insured banks. | |
| 30-JAN-10 | Central Texas housing market still staying strong (Temple Daily Telegram) (Search - Housing Market) |
| The housing market in Central Texas continues to defy national trends, according to two new reports issued this week by different real-estate experts. | |
| 30-JAN-10 | Holiday market reflects current housing uncertainty (The Herald-Mail) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Recent good news about the housing market has many home buyers wondering whether now is a good time to buy. | |
| 30-JAN-10 | Real estate transactions involving Moore getting a closer look (Knoxville News Sentinel) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Scott Moore paid $600 when he bought a lot on Chestnut Street from the county, and he later passed the property to a county contractor for the same price.But the contractor got a much better price in 2006 after Knoxville's Community Development Corporation exercised its eminent domain powers to take the property - $22,500.The real estate activities of Moore, a former chairman of the Knox County ... | |
| 30-JAN-10 | Real estate transactions involving Moore getting a closer look (Knoxville News Sentinel) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Scott Moore paid $600 when he bought a lot on Chestnut Street from the county, and he later passed the property to a county contractor for the same price.But the contractor got a much better price in 2006 after Knoxville's Community Development Corporation exercised its eminent domain powers to take the property - $22,500.The real estate activities of Moore, a former chairman of the Knox County ... | |
| 30-JAN-10 | Former Beverly Hills appraiser sentenced in real estate fraud ring (Los Angeles Times) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| Lila Rizk is ordered to serve three years in federal prison and to pay restitution to lenders that together lost $50 million on loans in the scheme. A former Beverly Hills real estate appraiser was sentenced to three years in federal prison Friday for her role in a multimillion-dollar real estate fraud ring. | |
| 30-JAN-10 | Housing market appears to yield modest results (The Nashua Telegraph) (Search - Housing Market) |
| The government’s latest effort to spark new life into the nation’s slumping housing market appears to be yielding modest results, according to mortgage professionals in three hard-hit states. Late last year, Congress expanded eligibility for the federal homebuyer tax credit to “move up” purchasers who own a home but plan to sell it and purchase new digs. Previously, the credit had been limited ... | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Real estate appraiser was hooked after university stock market competition (The Globe and Mail) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| Keep it simple so you don't lose your intuition | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Calif. woman gets 3 years for huge mortgage fraud (San Francisco Chronicle) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| A former Beverly Hills real estate appraiser has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for her role in a massive mortgage fraud. A federal judge in Los Angeles sentenced Lila Rizk on Friday and ordered her to pay part of $46 million in restitution... Los Angeles - Beverly Hills California - Real estate - United States - California | |
| 29-JAN-10 | SoCal woman gets 3 years for huge mortgage fraud (San Francisco Chronicle) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| A former Beverly Hills real estate appraiser has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for her role in a massive mortgage fraud. A federal judge in Los Angeles sentenced Lila Rizk on Friday and ordered her to pay part of $46 million in restitution... Los Angeles - Beverly Hills California - Southern California - Real estate - United States | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Florida Real Estate: People Who Can Assist You In Selling Your Home (Turks.US) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| There are things that are easy to do with the help of people who have the expertise on the field that we want to work on. In the field of real estate, there are lots of people that we need to know so we can be sure of any transactions that we might encounter along the way. | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Florida Real Estate: People Who Can Assist You In Selling Your Home (Turks.US) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| There are things that are easy to do with the help of people who have the expertise on the field that we want to work on. In the field of real estate, there are lots of people that we need to know so we can be sure of any transactions that we might encounter along the way. | |
| 29-JAN-10 | SoCal woman gets 3 years for huge mortgage fraud (Channel 8 San Diego) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| Associated Press - January 29, 2010 4:04 PM ET LOS ANGELES (AP) - A former Beverly Hills real estate appraiser has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for her role in a massive... | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Calif. woman gets 3 years for huge mortgage fraud (AP via Yahoo! News) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| A former Beverly Hills real estate appraiser has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for her role in a massive mortgage fraud. | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Calif. woman gets 3 years for huge mortgage fraud (AP via Yahoo! Finance) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| A former Beverly Hills real estate appraiser has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for her role in a massive mortgage fraud. | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Economist: Housing market faces slow rebound (Las Vegas Business Press) (Search - Housing Market) |
| A housing market recovery could still be far off despite signs of improvement, Portland Cement Association chief economist Ed Sullivan said during a Jan. 19 presentation at the International Builders Show in Las Vegas. | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Ensure Your Good Credit When Buying Miami Real Estate (Turks.US) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Home-buying begins with a good credit. In a down market like Miami real estate, lenders are typically tightening their belts and imposing more stringent qualifications. | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Ensure Your Good Credit When Buying Miami Real Estate (Turks.US) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Home-buying begins with a good credit. In a down market like Miami real estate, lenders are typically tightening their belts and imposing more stringent qualifications. | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Norbord says U.K. housing market expected to lead slow recovery (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) (Search - Housing Market) |
| TORONTO - The chief executive of wood panel manufacturer Norbord Inc. (TSX:NBD) says he's regaining optimism in housing markets, particularly in the United Kingdom where he sees the strongest signs of a pickup this year. | |
| 29-JAN-10 | 6 Long Islanders arrested on mortgage fraud charges, accused of running false pay stubs mill (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| 6 Suffolk County (NY) residents were arrested by the DA’s Mortgage Fraud Unit detectives’ for creating fake paystubs and federal W-2 forms to fraudulently obtain $5.9 million in fraudulent mortgages from Emigrant Mortgage Company, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, National City Mortgage and other lenders.They are Martha Huezo, Luis Lino, Irma Tocco, Victor Jinete, Connie Salas and Thomas Rosales, | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Property-tax conflict enters Nevada governor's race (North Lake Tahoe Bonanza) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| LAS VEGAS - Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Montandon on Wednesday called for broad-based reform of Nevada's property-tax system by returning to market-based assessments and scrapping property-tax caps enacted in 2005. The three-term former mayor of North Las Vegas made the comments in the wake of a record number of property-tax appeals filed in Clark County that could impact more than ... | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Property-tax conflict enters Nevada governor's race (North Lake Tahoe Bonanza) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| LAS VEGAS - Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Montandon on Wednesday called for broad-based reform of Nevada's property-tax system by returning to market-based assessments and scrapping property-tax caps enacted in 2005. The three-term former mayor of North Las Vegas made the comments in the wake of a record number of property-tax appeals filed in Clark County that could impact more than ... | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Unlicensed Maryland mortgage broker sentenced in felony theft case (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| David Young Park, 43, the former president of Capital City Financial Group in Ellicott City, was sentenced Park to five years in jail with all but 18 months suspended and ordered to make restitution to the victim in the amount of $116,556. Park assisted the victim with the refinance of her home from which she intended to use the more than $100,000 in equity to purchase a commercial condo for her business. Park obtained the victim’s proceeds from the title company and used them for himself | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Property tax valuation can fall to supervisors (Amador Ledger Dispatch) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Appraising value for a piece of real estate appeared unfamiliar duty for Amador County supervisors Tuesday, but they'll get more practice. | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Property tax valuation can fall to supervisors (Amador Ledger Dispatch) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Appraising value for a piece of real estate appeared unfamiliar duty for Amador County supervisors Tuesday, but they'll get more practice. | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Property tax valuation can fall to supervisors (Amador Ledger Dispatch) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| Appraising value for a piece of real estate appeared unfamiliar duty for Amador County supervisors Tuesday, but they'll get more practice. | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Loan modification company President charged with defrauding 165 victims (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| Irvine loan modification company president Kahram Zamani was arraigned today for defrauding and victimizing 165 distressed homeowners out of $177,000 by fraudulently promising to save their homes in exchange for an up-front fee. Between February 2008 and December 2009, Zamani, a licensed real estate broker, is accused of owning and running Infinity Group Services (Infinity), a loan modification company that targeted distraught homeowners. | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Former Alta Loma realtor sentenced to 5 yrs in CA state prison (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| Mojgan Cox also known as “Mona,” is a former real estate broker for ReMax Allegiance and owner of Exclusive Escrow Services. She is the third defendant to plead guilty in this matter. The case involved laundering money from an escrow trust account into a corporation opened up by her son, Jesse Cox. The money was used to purchase a home in Yucaipa using a “straw buyer”. | |
| 29-JAN-10 | New Jersey man charged with ID theft and mortgage fraud (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| Union County (NJ) Prosecutor Theodore J. Romankow announced that John Melchionna was arrested and charged with 13 separate counts after an investigation revealed that he used another man’s identity to secure $270,000 in mortgage loans. He faces charges of theft by deception, identity theft and forgery, said Romankow. The charges were filed on Monday following an investigation by the Prosecutor’s Office and Linden Police Department Detective Mark Case. | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Beverly Hills woman convicted of mortgage fraud to be sentenced today (KPCC Pasadena) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| A Beverly Hills real estate appraiser convicted in a far-reaching mortgage fraud scheme is scheduled to be sentenced today in Los Angeles federal court. | |
| 29-JAN-10 | NAR Responds to State of the Union (National Associaiton of Realtors - Government Affairs) |
| NAR President Vicki Cox Golder sits down with Chief Lobbyist Jerry Giovianello to discuss NAR’s response to President Obama’s State of the Union address. |
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| 29-JAN-10 | Drop in values won't trim property tax (The Olympian) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Tax notices arriving in property owners' mailboxes early next month may provide an unwelcome surprise for those expecting a decrease in their tax bill after seeing a drop in their property assessment. | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Drop in values won't trim property tax (The Olympian) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Tax notices arriving in property owners' mailboxes early next month may provide an unwelcome surprise for those expecting a decrease in their tax bill after seeing a drop in their property assessment. | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Metrostudy says Baltimore housing market 'tightening up' (Baltimore Sun) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Metrostudy , which analyzes the housing market for builders and others in the real estate industry, thinks things are looking better in the Baltimore area. Kenneth Wenhold, director of Metrostudy’s Mid-Atlantic division, says the "resale market is tightening up" with under nine months of supply. | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Norbord says U.K. housing market expected to lead slow recovery (Canadian Business) (Search - Housing Market) |
| TORONTO - The chief executive of wood panel manufacturer Norbord Inc. (TSX:NBD) says he's regaining optimism in housing markets, particularly in | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Economy: Housing market revival continues (Yorkshire Evening Post) (Search - Housing Market) |
| The housing market recovery appeared to accelerate during January with prices jumping by 1.2%, figures showed today. | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Selling Tips of Your Tampa Real Estate Home (Turks.US) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Selling a home is not that easy especially on the part of the seller. Most of the time homeowner is emotionally attach with the property especially if it has a sentimental value. This makes it harder on the part of the seller to sell their home. | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Selling Tips of Your Tampa Real Estate Home (Turks.US) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Selling a home is not that easy especially on the part of the seller. Most of the time homeowner is emotionally attach with the property especially if it has a sentimental value. This makes it harder on the part of the seller to sell their home. | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Economists have a dimmer view of local housing market (Las Vegas Sun) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Leave it to economists and housing analysts outside the Las Vegas market to put a damper on predictions that the valley’s market will be stable in 2010. | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Obama Housing Rescue Threatened by Foreclosures, Unemployment (Bloomberg) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama’s efforts to bolster the U.S. housing market, the trigger of the worst recession since the 1930s, may be undone by record unemployment and repossessions by lenders. | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Property tax requires more preparation, says opposition (Budapest Business Journal) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| A tax on residential properties could be introduced but not in the short term and only after "due preparations" and wide-scale public discussion, László Mádi, an expert of the main opposition Fidesz party, told a conference of real estate brokers and appraisers in Budapest on Thursday. | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Property tax requires more preparation, says opposition (Budapest Business Journal) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| A tax on residential properties could be introduced but not in the short term and only after "due preparations" and wide-scale public discussion, László Mádi, an expert of the main opposition Fidesz party, told a conference of real estate brokers and appraisers in Budapest on Thursday. | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Forsythe Appraisals and AppraisalWorld Partner to Train Appraisers Nationwide to Produce New Collateral Valuation Report (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| ST. PAUL, Minn. & SAN JOSE, Calif.----Forsythe Appraisals, LLC, the largest independent provider of residential real estate appraisals in the United States, and AppraisalWorld, an industry leader in appraiser productivity solutions, jointly announced that they are partnering on a nationwide initiative to train residential real estate appraisers in the use of AppraisalWorld’s groundbreaking new ... | |
| 29-JAN-10 | SAT: Currently at research stage for property and environmental taxes (People's Daily) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Yang Suizhou, deputy director of the State Administration of Taxation's (SAT) Property Tax Division stated January 28 during an online chat with Chinese taxpayers that the administration is still at the research stage on the issue of property and environmental taxes. When asked about measures the administration will take to curb housing price increases, Yang said the administration is a ... | |
| 29-JAN-10 | SAT: Currently at research stage for property and environmental taxes (People's Daily) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Yang Suizhou, deputy director of the State Administration of Taxation's (SAT) Property Tax Division stated January 28 during an online chat with Chinese taxpayers that the administration is still at the research stage on the issue of property and environmental taxes. When asked about measures the administration will take to curb housing price increases, Yang said the administration is a ... | |
| 29-JAN-10 | New rules seek to ease China property disputes (Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese whose homes are tagged for redevelopment should be paid market value and can sue over disputes before any demolition, the government said Friday, as it tries to ease persistent public anger at forced relocations. | |
| 29-JAN-10 | New rules seek to ease China property disputes (Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese whose homes are tagged for redevelopment should be paid market value and can sue over disputes before any demolition, the government said Friday, as it tries to ease persistent public anger at forced relocations. | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Mortgage Rates Flat This Week (Realty Times) |
| Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS) in which the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 4.98 percent with an average 0.6 point for the week ending January 28, 2010, down slightly from last week when it averaged 4.99 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 5.10 percent | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Investor Report: 20 Percent Limit (Realty Times) |
| Foreclosure and REO investors have begun taking a closer look at the Obama administration's recent loosening of rules on property "flips"… . And they're seeing some potential complications. | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Establishing Measurable Benchmarks For Your Team (Realty Times) |
| It is essential that you create meaningful targets or benchmarks that are tangible and traceable for each staff member. These benchmarks are much different for the sales-oriented team members like Buyer's Agents and Listing Agents. The benchmarks for these production-oriented staff need to be aligned with the standard an Agent should aspire to. | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Aging Buyers Want Easy, Comfortable Homes with First-Floor Master Bedroom (Realty Times) |
| According to BabyBoomerMagazine.com, this group has greater wealth than any other, controls 70 percent of the total net worth of American households, and accounts for 40 percent of total consumer demand. | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Obama Housing Rescue Threatened by Foreclosures, Unemployment (Bloomberg via Yahoo! News) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama’s efforts to bolster the U.S. housing market, the trigger of the worst recession since the 1930s, may be undone by record unemployment and repossessions by lenders. | |
| 29-JAN-10 | Housing Market Still Seeing Ups and Downs (FOX 17 Grand Rapids) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Existing home sales figures dropped in December Local realtors and sellers are hoping for better days ahead in the housing market. | |
| 28-JAN-10 | Clear Capital appoints Mike Ousley to lead appraisal team in Truckee (Sierra Sun) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| Thirty-year industry veteran brings extensive real estate assessment expertise to top appraisal post TRUCKEE - Clear Capital, a premium provider of data and solutions for real estate asset valuation, investment and risk assessment, announced the appointment of Mike Ousley as the company's Executive Vice President, Appraisal Group, reporting to Duane Andrews, Clear Capital CEO, and Kevin Marshall ... | |
| 28-JAN-10 | Report: Vero Beach housing market is second most undervalued in nation (St. Lucie News Tribune) (Search - Housing Market) |
| VERO BEACH —The Treasure Coast has some of the best bargains for housing in the nation, a recent report shows.Vero Beach ranked second in the nation behind Las Vegas in the percentage that houses are below value. Port St. Lucie wasn’t far behind at No. 6.The rankings are in IHS Global Insight’s House Prices in America report for the third quarter of 2009. IHS Global Insight determines housing ... | |
| 28-JAN-10 | Miami Beach Real Estate Investment Guide - Successful Home Purchase In Miami Beach (Turks.US) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Miami Beach real estate constitutes a prime property investment. The reason is simple, both location and residential units in Miami Beach are of good value. | |
| 28-JAN-10 | Miami Beach Real Estate Investment Guide - Successful Home Purchase In Miami Beach (Turks.US) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Miami Beach real estate constitutes a prime property investment. The reason is simple, both location and residential units in Miami Beach are of good value. | |
| 28-JAN-10 | Commercial real estate estate forecast shows some signs of improvement (Miami Herald) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| txtFor the commercial real estate market in South Florida and around the country to recover, buyers and sellers need to come to terms on the new price reality. | |
| 28-JAN-10 | Commercial real estate estate forecast shows some signs of improvement (Miami Herald) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| txtFor the commercial real estate market in South Florida and around the country to recover, buyers and sellers need to come to terms on the new price reality. | |
| 28-JAN-10 | Charlottesville Reports First Decline in Property Value Since 1976 (WCAV Charlottesville) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| For the first time since 1976, the City of Charlottesville is reporting an overall decline in property value by .76 percent. Officials say the decline is due to the slowing real estate market. | |
| 28-JAN-10 | Charlottesville Reports First Decline in Property Value Since 1976 (WCAV Charlottesville) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| For the first time since 1976, the City of Charlottesville is reporting an overall decline in property value by .76 percent. Officials say the decline is due to the slowing real estate market. | |
| 28-JAN-10 | Two arrested in Lithia, FL in mortgage fraud allegations (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| In 2005, Jeffrey Ryan Ayers, a licensed mortgage broker, submitted and received more than $200,000 in a mortgage loan for a property located in Riverview, Fla. Ayers, with co-defendant Allison Ann Dupree’s assistance, utilized and submitted fraudulent information during the course of the transaction. The home went into foreclosure in 2008. | |
| 28-JAN-10 | Indianapolis woman sentenced to 71 months in prison for mortgage fraud (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| Donella Locke engaged in a series of fraudulent real estate transactions either in her capacity as a real estate broker or an investor. The real estate transactions concerned high dollar homes priced between $300,000 and $1.4 million. For five properties, Locke used a false social security number to the lender, and generated false VOE’s, false VOR’s, used false business names, submitted false income amounts, and used names of people she knew without their permission on false residential leases submitted to lenders. | |
| 28-JAN-10 | 5 indicted in Tarrant County (TX) mortgage fraud allegations (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| Chekeelah Phelps, 45, of Mansfield; Clayton Bennett, 66, of DeSoto; Munzer Kawasmi, 30, of Arlington; Deborah Fernie, 48, of Keller; and Kelvin Kidd, 50, of Mansfield are accused of an elaborate scheme that primarily involved falsified loan documents originating in the sub-prime market. Four of the five defendants have professional ties to the mortgage industry and to one another. | |
| 28-JAN-10 | Homebuyer Tax Credit Boosts Economy (Realty Times) |
| A new survey reveals that savvy consumers cashing in on the new and improved homebuyer tax credit are helping fuel economic recovery. | |
| 28-JAN-10 | Keep the HOA Capital Reserve Fund Robust for Long-Term Economic Health (Realty Times) |
| In today's bootstrapping economic climate, organizations across the economic spectrum are looking for ways to stretch a dollar and scrap non-essential expenses. | |
| 28-JAN-10 | RealSource.net Executives Discuss 2010 and the Distressed Asset Marketplace (Realty Times) |
| Peter L. Mosca, host of Income Property Investment Talk dot com, shares an except of his interview with the executive team at RealSource: Michael Anderson, CCIM; founder and co-owner, Nate Hanks, CCIM; co-owner, and Blaine Walker, President and 2010 Chairman of the Realtors Commercial Alliance | |
| 28-JAN-10 | Real estate tax protest hearings are under way (Salina Journal) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Since December, when the first half of real estate property taxes were due, the owners of 123 parcels in Saline County paid their 2009 property taxes under protest, appraiser Rod Broberg told county commissioners at their meeting Tuesday. | |
| 28-JAN-10 | Real estate tax protest hearings are under way (Salina Journal) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Since December, when the first half of real estate property taxes were due, the owners of 123 parcels in Saline County paid their 2009 property taxes under protest, appraiser Rod Broberg told county commissioners at their meeting Tuesday. | |
| 28-JAN-10 | Real estate tax protest hearings are under way (Salina Journal) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| Since December, when the first half of real estate property taxes were due, the owners of 123 parcels in Saline County paid their 2009 property taxes under protest, appraiser Rod Broberg told county commissioners at their meeting Tuesday. | |
| 28-JAN-10 | After 4 Years, Housing Market Still Frail (NPR) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Housing news this week has been mixed. Home prices are beginning to stabilize but the number of sales was worse than expected. Some economists see reason for optimism, while others say the government needs to keep propping up the housing sector. | |
| 28-JAN-10 | Sorouh Fourth-Quarter Profit Drops 39% on Provisions (Update1) (Bloomberg) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Sorouh Real Estate PJSC , Abu Dhabi’s second-biggest property developer by market value, said fourth- quarter profit dropped 39 percent as the company increased provisions to reflect economic and market conditions. The shares gained on higher operating profit. | |
| 28-JAN-10 | Sorouh Fourth-Quarter Profit Drops 39% on Provisions (Update1) (Bloomberg) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Sorouh Real Estate PJSC , Abu Dhabi’s second-biggest property developer by market value, said fourth- quarter profit dropped 39 percent as the company increased provisions to reflect economic and market conditions. The shares gained on higher operating profit. | |
| 28-JAN-10 | Local home sales on the rise thanks to federal stimulus incentive (South Hills Record) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| Incentives for homebuyers seem to be making a difference in sales in the South Hills, local real estate agents say. read more » | |
| 28-JAN-10 | Flathead Forecast: Real-estate, job outlook still not good (Daily Inter Lake) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| There were few moments of optimism at the annual Flathead Economic Forecast forum on Wednesday as industry experts presented a somewhat grim progress report on real-estate and job outlooks for the coming year. | |
| 28-JAN-10 | Sorouh Fourth-Quarter Profit Drops 39% as Provisions Increase (Bloomberg) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Sorouh Real Estate PJSC , Abu Dhabi’s second-biggest property developer by market value, said fourth- quarter profit dropped 39 percent as the company set aside cash for provisions. | |
| 28-JAN-10 | Sorouh Fourth-Quarter Profit Drops 39% as Provisions Increase (Bloomberg) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Sorouh Real Estate PJSC , Abu Dhabi’s second-biggest property developer by market value, said fourth- quarter profit dropped 39 percent as the company set aside cash for provisions. | |
| 28-JAN-10 | Mah Sing Targets $292 Million in 2010 Property Sales (Update1) (Bloomberg) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Malaysia’s Mah Sing Group Bhd. aims for property sales to climb 39 percent to 1 billion ringgit ($292 million) this year as an economic recovery spurs home purchases in the Southeast Asian nation. | |
| 28-JAN-10 | Mah Sing Targets $292 Million in 2010 Property Sales (Update1) (Bloomberg) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Malaysia’s Mah Sing Group Bhd. aims for property sales to climb 39 percent to 1 billion ringgit ($292 million) this year as an economic recovery spurs home purchases in the Southeast Asian nation. | |
| 28-JAN-10 | China Tells Lenders to Scrutinize Property Loans (Update1) (Bloomberg) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- China’s banking regulator told lenders to step up scrutiny of property loans while pledging to satisfy “reasonable” financing needs as it seeks to control credit growth and prevent asset bubbles. | |
| 28-JAN-10 | China Tells Lenders to Scrutinize Property Loans (Update1) (Bloomberg) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- China’s banking regulator told lenders to step up scrutiny of property loans while pledging to satisfy “reasonable” financing needs as it seeks to control credit growth and prevent asset bubbles. | |
| 28-JAN-10 | Malaysia’s Mah Sing Targets $292 Million in 2010 Property Sales (Bloomberg) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Malaysia’s Mah Sing Group Bhd. aims for property sales to climb 39 percent to 1 billion ringgit ($292 million) this year as an economic recovery spurs home purchases in the Southeast Asian nation. | |
| 28-JAN-10 | Malaysia’s Mah Sing Targets $292 Million in 2010 Property Sales (Bloomberg) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Malaysia’s Mah Sing Group Bhd. aims for property sales to climb 39 percent to 1 billion ringgit ($292 million) this year as an economic recovery spurs home purchases in the Southeast Asian nation. | |
| 28-JAN-10 | Ruling on appraiser's license expected within a month (The Bakersfield Californian) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| An administrative law judge is expected to issue a ruling within a month on whether Kirksey J. "Mark" Newton Jr. will lose his appraiser's license. A hearing on the matter began earlier this month in Bakersfield and closing arguments concluded Tuesday in Los Angeles. | |
| 28-JAN-10 | China Tells Lenders to Scrutinize Property Loans (Correct) (Bloomberg) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| (Corrects fifth paragraph to say Jan. 26 instead of yesterday.) Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- China’s banking regulator told lenders to step up scrutiny of property loans while pledging to satisfy “reasonable” financing needs as it seeks to control credit growth and prevent asset bubbles. | |
| 28-JAN-10 | China Tells Lenders to Scrutinize Property Loans (Correct) (Bloomberg) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| (Corrects fifth paragraph to say Jan. 26 instead of yesterday.) Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- China’s banking regulator told lenders to step up scrutiny of property loans while pledging to satisfy “reasonable” financing needs as it seeks to control credit growth and prevent asset bubbles. | |
| 27-JAN-10 | 7 indicted in Denver area foreclosure and mortgage fraud allegations (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| UPDATED WITH NEW INFORMATION A Denver Grand Jury has indicted seven men in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme. The charges allege that the defendants, using phony documents and information, stole hundreds of thousands of dollars by repeatedly purchasing homes in foreclosure without any intention of paying the mortgages. The losses to mortgage companies are allegedly hundreds of thousands of dollars. | |
| 27-JAN-10 | China Pledges ‘Reasonable’ Loans, Urges Scrutiny of Property (Bloomberg) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- China’s banking regulator told lenders to step up scrutiny of property loans while pledging to satisfy “reasonable” financing needs as it seeks to control credit growth and prevent asset bubbles. | |
| 27-JAN-10 | China Pledges ‘Reasonable’ Loans, Urges Scrutiny of Property (Bloomberg) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- China’s banking regulator told lenders to step up scrutiny of property loans while pledging to satisfy “reasonable” financing needs as it seeks to control credit growth and prevent asset bubbles. | |
| 27-JAN-10 | Hamptons New York Home Sales Jump 59% as Prices Increase 4.9% (BusinessWeek) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| Home sales in the Hamptons beach retreats of Long Island jumped 59 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier and the median price rose 4.9 percent, according to a report by appraiser Miller Samuel Inc. and broker Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate. | |
| 27-JAN-10 | Commercial Real Estate Property Management Firm “ARK Management” Secures New Business in Chino, Ca / Relocates Its ... (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| ARK Management (www.ARK-Management.com) continues to expand its commercial real estate property management presence throughout Southern California by executing new property management contracts and opening satellite offices throughout the region. As an example of the firm’s success, ARK Management recently expanded and relocated its Corporate Headquarters office to ... | |
| 27-JAN-10 | Commercial Real Estate Property Management Firm “ARK Management” Secures New Business in Chino, Ca / Relocates Its ... (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| ARK Management (www.ARK-Management.com) continues to expand its commercial real estate property management presence throughout Southern California by executing new property management contracts and opening satellite offices throughout the region. As an example of the firm’s success, ARK Management recently expanded and relocated its Corporate Headquarters office to ... | |
| 27-JAN-10 | Can Government Fix The Struggling Housing Market? (NPR) (Search - Housing Market) |
| President Obama is expected to talk about jobs in Wednesday's State of the Union address, but should his administration be doing more for the housing market? William Wheaton, professor of economics and urban studies and planning at the MIT Center for Real Estate, says there's little the government can do to fix the housing sector. | |
| 27-JAN-10 | Tampa Real Estate - Ways To Sell Your Property (Turks.US) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| It is really hard for the seller to sell their personal belongings especially if it has a special sentimental value for you. Most of the time sellers have a hard time in selling their property due to the sentimental value of the property. | |
| 27-JAN-10 | Tampa Real Estate - Ways To Sell Your Property (Turks.US) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| It is really hard for the seller to sell their personal belongings especially if it has a special sentimental value for you. Most of the time sellers have a hard time in selling their property due to the sentimental value of the property. | |
| 27-JAN-10 | Realtors® Partner with National Community Stabilization Trust (National Associaiton of Realtors - Government Affairs) |
| NAR has joined forces with the National Community Stabilization Trust to help rebuild American communities devastated by foreclosures. |
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| 27-JAN-10 | Malaysia property market to ride on new wave of interest (Business Times (Malaysia)) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| CB RICHARD Ellis (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (CBRE), a real estate services company, expects the number of property transactions in the country to improve this year, thanks to a new wave of interest from local and foreign institutional funds. Executive chairman Christopher Boyd said there is strong buying interest from Singaporean, Hong Kong, Korean and Arab investors, looking for new office buildings in ... | |
| 27-JAN-10 | Malaysia property market to ride on new wave of interest (Business Times (Malaysia)) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| CB RICHARD Ellis (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (CBRE), a real estate services company, expects the number of property transactions in the country to improve this year, thanks to a new wave of interest from local and foreign institutional funds. Executive chairman Christopher Boyd said there is strong buying interest from Singaporean, Hong Kong, Korean and Arab investors, looking for new office buildings in ... | |
| 27-JAN-10 | Malaysia property market to ride on new wave of interest (Business Times (Malaysia)) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| CB RICHARD Ellis (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (CBRE), a real estate services company, expects the number of property transactions in the country to improve this year, thanks to a new wave of interest from local and foreign institutional funds. Executive chairman Christopher Boyd said there is strong buying interest from Singaporean, Hong Kong, Korean and Arab investors, looking for new office buildings in ... | |
| 27-JAN-10 | Malaysia property market to ride on new wave of interest (Business Times (Malaysia)) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| CB RICHARD Ellis (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (CBRE), a real estate services company, expects the number of property transactions in the country to improve this year, thanks to a new wave of interest from local and foreign institutional funds. Executive chairman Christopher Boyd said there is strong buying interest from Singaporean, Hong Kong, Korean and Arab investors, looking for new office buildings in ... | |
| 27-JAN-10 | LoopNet Launches The First Mobile Commercial Real Estate Search Application For iPhone and iPod touch (redOrbit) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Location Finder: Explore properties in your immediate area using the iPhone's built-in GPS capabilities, then walk or drive around and explore properties in your vicinity ... without having to go back to the office to access a computer or run a listings report.Custom Search: Filter results by price, building size and property type (office, industrial, retail, land, multifamily, etc.).Driving ... | |
| 27-JAN-10 | LoopNet Launches The First Mobile Commercial Real Estate Search Application For iPhone and iPod touch (redOrbit) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Location Finder: Explore properties in your immediate area using the iPhone's built-in GPS capabilities, then walk or drive around and explore properties in your vicinity ... without having to go back to the office to access a computer or run a listings report.Custom Search: Filter results by price, building size and property type (office, industrial, retail, land, multifamily, etc.).Driving ... | |
| 27-JAN-10 | MARKET SNAPSHOT: U.S. Stocks Weighed By Housing Data (Nasdaq) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Worse-than-expected housing data and a drop in earnings at Caterpillar fueled fears about the broader U.S. economy Wednesday, prompting a stock-market pullback. | |
| 27-JAN-10 | Impact of Citizen's United (National Association of Realtors - Law and Policy) |
| NAR Legal Affairs analyzes how the decision will affect REALTORS® and member associations. |
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| 27-JAN-10 | Court Eliminates Corporate Campaign Finance Ban (National Association of Realtors - Law and Policy) |
| Supreme Court rules that corporations have First Amendment rights to participate in federal election campaigns by making "independent expenditures." |
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| 27-JAN-10 | MARKET SNAPSHOT: U.S. Stocks Weaken After Housing Data (Fox News) (Search - Housing Market) |
| MARKET SNAPSHOT: U.S. Stocks Weaken After Housing Data | |
| 27-JAN-10 | Resorts still pawns in vast real estate game (Snowmass Village Sun) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| The news that Intrawest's vast ski area holdings will soon be sold in bankruptcy comes as no surprise. Its business plan was based on turning the skiing industry into a generic experience that could be attained anywhere in the world that it operated. Like so many of its brethren in the real estate exploitation game, it offered nothing of value. Now that its powerful faade has crumbled into ... | |
| 27-JAN-10 | Resorts still pawns in vast real estate game (Snowmass Village Sun) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| The news that Intrawest's vast ski area holdings will soon be sold in bankruptcy comes as no surprise. Its business plan was based on turning the skiing industry into a generic experience that could be attained anywhere in the world that it operated. Like so many of its brethren in the real estate exploitation game, it offered nothing of value. Now that its powerful faade has crumbled into ... | |
| 27-JAN-10 | New Property Auction to Stimulate Real Estate Activity in Upstate New York (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| Rochester New York welcomes the Upstate Property Auction - an alternative real estate platform that intends to stimulate the buying and selling of property in Upstate New York. Â The goal of the auction is to provide an affordable method that will alleviate the cost of commissions from the sellers. Â The savings to the sellers will, in turn, reduce the listing price of the property, motivating ... | |
| 27-JAN-10 | Factors conspire to hit market slump in Vail-area affordable housing (Snowmass Village Sun) (Search - Housing Market) |
| For much of last year, one part of the housing market in Colorado's Vail area resisted the slump that hit everything else. Those days - like the days of "stated income" mortgages - are over. A combination of job loss, people packing up and leaving and the difficulty in securing a mortgage means the county's stock of "deed restricted" housing - in which appreciation is capped by various methods ... | |
| 27-JAN-10 | China Pledges ‘Reasonable’ Loans, Urges Scrutiny of Property (BusinessWeek) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| China’s banking regulator told lenders to step up scrutiny of property loans while pledging to satisfy “reasonable” financing needs as it seeks to control credit growth and prevent asset bubbles. | |
| 27-JAN-10 | China Pledges ‘Reasonable’ Loans, Urges Scrutiny of Property (BusinessWeek) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| China’s banking regulator told lenders to step up scrutiny of property loans while pledging to satisfy “reasonable” financing needs as it seeks to control credit growth and prevent asset bubbles. | |
| 27-JAN-10 | Property tax talks heat up again (The Post and Courier) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Negotiations are continuing this week between South Carolina real estate agents, who are pushing for new tax breaks for those who buy property in the state, and associations representing local governments and school districts that are concerned about revenue losses during a time of budget cuts. | |
| 27-JAN-10 | Property tax talks heat up again (The Post and Courier) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Negotiations are continuing this week between South Carolina real estate agents, who are pushing for new tax breaks for those who buy property in the state, and associations representing local governments and school districts that are concerned about revenue losses during a time of budget cuts. | |
| 27-JAN-10 | Merrill's Asia property funds back in business -sources (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| * BofA decides not to sell Merrill property fund -sources | |
| 27-JAN-10 | Merrill's Asia property funds back in business -sources (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| * BofA decides not to sell Merrill property fund -sources | |
| 27-JAN-10 | Vail Daily letter: Fox guarding coop in case of property taxes (The Vail Trail) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Oliver Holmes once opined that the power to tax is the power to destroy. Here in Eagle County we can assume that the following provisions of the Colorado Constitution apply to our property rights as well: that no person shall be deprived of property without due process of law (Section 25 of Article I); that each property tax levy shall be uniform upon all real and personal property; that the ... | |
| 27-JAN-10 | Vail Daily letter: Fox guarding coop in case of property taxes (The Vail Trail) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Oliver Holmes once opined that the power to tax is the power to destroy. Here in Eagle County we can assume that the following provisions of the Colorado Constitution apply to our property rights as well: that no person shall be deprived of property without due process of law (Section 25 of Article I); that each property tax levy shall be uniform upon all real and personal property; that the ... | |
| 27-JAN-10 | Why Buy This House: 1716 Masters Drive, Franklin, TN 37064 (Realty Times) |
| Listed at $625,000. Located in the premier Keystone Community of Franklin, TN | |
| 27-JAN-10 | Three Rs: Rules, Regulations & Resolutions (Realty Times) |
| Every homeowner association has various methods available for establishing acceptable standards. As a benchmark, those standards must stand the test of federal law: For example, the board cannot enact a rule that flies in the face of the Fair Housing Act. | |
| 27-JAN-10 | New Year, New Money-Saving Strategies for Builders (Realty Times) |
| With every New Year comes the promise of a new start, of new beginnings. For builders and those in the construction and development industry, many couldn't wait to say goodbye to 2009. | |
| 27-JAN-10 | China’s Stocks Decline, Led by Property, Commodity Producers (Bloomberg) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- China’s stocks fell, sending the Shanghai Composite Index below 3,000 for the first time since Oct. 30, as raw-material producers dropped on lower commodity prices and Morgan Stanley downgraded property developers. | |
| 27-JAN-10 | China’s Stocks Decline, Led by Property, Commodity Producers (Bloomberg) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- China’s stocks fell, sending the Shanghai Composite Index below 3,000 for the first time since Oct. 30, as raw-material producers dropped on lower commodity prices and Morgan Stanley downgraded property developers. | |
| 27-JAN-10 | China’s Stocks Decline, Led by Property, Commodity Producers (BusinessWeek) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| China’s stocks fell, sending the Shanghai Composite Index below 3,000 for the first time since Oct. 30, as raw-material producers dropped on lower commodity prices and Morgan Stanley downgraded property developers. | |
| 27-JAN-10 | China’s Stocks Decline, Led by Property, Commodity Producers (BusinessWeek) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| China’s stocks fell, sending the Shanghai Composite Index below 3,000 for the first time since Oct. 30, as raw-material producers dropped on lower commodity prices and Morgan Stanley downgraded property developers. | |
| 27-JAN-10 | Real estate tax protest hearings under way (Salina Journal) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Since December, when the first half of real estate property taxes were due, the owners of 123 parcels in Saline County paid their 2009 property taxes under protest, appraiser Rod Broberg told county commissioners at their meeting Tuesday. | |
| 27-JAN-10 | Real estate tax protest hearings under way (Salina Journal) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Since December, when the first half of real estate property taxes were due, the owners of 123 parcels in Saline County paid their 2009 property taxes under protest, appraiser Rod Broberg told county commissioners at their meeting Tuesday. | |
| 27-JAN-10 | Real estate tax protest hearings under way (Salina Journal) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| Since December, when the first half of real estate property taxes were due, the owners of 123 parcels in Saline County paid their 2009 property taxes under protest, appraiser Rod Broberg told county commissioners at their meeting Tuesday. | |
| 27-JAN-10 | Housing market continues its recovery (Independent) (Search - Housing Market) |
| The housing market was given a further boost yesterday when the British Bankers' Association released figures showing that the number of mortgages approved jumped to the highest level for more than two years in December. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Recovery In Mass. Housing Market? Not So Fast (WBUR Boston) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Figures released Tuesday from The Warren Group show positive growth in the state's housing market, but a real-estate analyst is not ready to call it recovery yet. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Upgrade Your Miami Real Estate Home Wisely (Turks.US) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Sometimes, in order to increase the value of your Miami real estate property, you have to upgrade some of the areas. The key here is to know that not all home updates increase home value; there are those that really do nothing. The main issue with home improvement, however, is the money. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Upgrade Your Miami Real Estate Home Wisely (Turks.US) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Sometimes, in order to increase the value of your Miami real estate property, you have to upgrade some of the areas. The key here is to know that not all home updates increase home value; there are those that really do nothing. The main issue with home improvement, however, is the money. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Housing Market Has a Way to Go (TheStreet.com) (Search - Housing Market) |
| It's still too early to say from today's housing report whether the housing market has stabilized with another wave of foreclosures this year. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Two men indicted in Minnesota, accused in large scale fraud involving 70 properties (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| The defendants are alleged to have conspired to obtain mortgage loan proceeds fraudulently by making false representations and promises and withholding material information about the purchase of residential properties. They allegedly recruited investors to buy properties that they had bought at a discount in FL and MN and made promises about tenants, mortgage payments and other “benefits” that were not delivered.They allegedly took over $5 million in “fees” from the closing of 70 loans. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | TIP SHEET: Weak Commercial Real Estate Market Hides Deals (Fox News) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| TIP SHEET: Weak Commercial Real Estate Market Hides Deals | |
| 26-JAN-10 | TIP SHEET: Weak Commercial Real Estate Market Hides Deals (Fox News) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| TIP SHEET: Weak Commercial Real Estate Market Hides Deals | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Freddie Mac CEO: Housing Market Is Approaching Bottom (Nasdaq) (Search - Housing Market) |
| DETROIT -(Dow Jones)- Freddie Mac (FRE) Chief Executive Ed Haldeman said the national housing market appears to have bottomed although concerns remain over the impact of foreclosed homes. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | 14th person pleads guilty in North Carolina's "Waxhouse Investigation" (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| Kim Cherri Perry has pleaded guilty to an Information in relation to her involvement in a North Carolina mortgage fraud case, “The Waxhouse Investigation”. Perry has admitted that she was a “promoter” in the mortgage fraud scheme that involved the flipping of homes that had been inflated in value by between $200,000 and $500,000 and in particular she was a member of Mortgage Fraud Cell No.4. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Hungary Wealth Tax on Real Estate Unconstitutional, Court Says (Bloomberg) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Hungary’s wealth tax for high-value real estate, which would have helped the government meet budget deficit targets attached to the country’s International Monetary Fund-led bailout, was struck down by the Constitutional Court. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Hungary Wealth Tax on Real Estate Unconstitutional, Court Says (Bloomberg) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Hungary’s wealth tax for high-value real estate, which would have helped the government meet budget deficit targets attached to the country’s International Monetary Fund-led bailout, was struck down by the Constitutional Court. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Tishman deal failure signals trouble in commercial real estate (KMIR 6 Palm Springs) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| The largest real estate deal ever has failed. On Monday, Tishman Speyer BlackRock, one of America's largest commercial property owners, threw in the towel. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Tishman deal failure signals trouble in commercial real estate (KMIR 6 Palm Springs) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| The largest real estate deal ever has failed. On Monday, Tishman Speyer BlackRock, one of America's largest commercial property owners, threw in the towel. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Local property values drop 9.8% (The Fort Morgan Times) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Although the numbers of property sales in 2009 were at about the same level as 2008 in Morgan County, real estate professionals and homeowners had it rough. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Local property values drop 9.8% (The Fort Morgan Times) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Although the numbers of property sales in 2009 were at about the same level as 2008 in Morgan County, real estate professionals and homeowners had it rough. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Church Loses Millions In NYC Property Slump (MalaysiaNews.net) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| The Church Commissioners had paid the cash to real estate firm Tishman Speyer, which was redeveloping a giant complex of apartments in Manhattan called the Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village. Howev... | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Church Loses Millions In NYC Property Slump (MalaysiaNews.net) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| The Church Commissioners had paid the cash to real estate firm Tishman Speyer, which was redeveloping a giant complex of apartments in Manhattan called the Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village. Howev... | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Home prices suggest tenuous housing rebound (Reuters via Yahoo! News) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Home prices slipped in November and were softer than expected in the latest sign that a rebound in the U.S. housing market is still tenuous, according to Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller indexes on Tuesday. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | RI State Police arrest real estate attorney and charge him with misappropriating over $1.1 million (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| A criminal complaint alleges that Robert D. Natal received funds from real estate closings and failed to remit those funds to the seller or pay off mortgages as detailed on the HUD-1 settlement statement. While the investigation was ongoing, additional victims made complaints to the Chief Disciplinary Counsel and the Financial Crimes Unit, increasing the total amount Natal misappropriated to $1,136,013.77. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Outlook for housing market is muddied by minuscule rise in prices (Los Angeles Times) (Search - Housing Market) |
| A 0.2% increase in the S & P/Case-Shiller index is the third month of weak gains, casting doubt on the strength of the housing market's rebound. Home prices inched up in November, a closely watched national index released Tuesday showed, but the monthly increase was so small that it shed little light on whether the U.S. housing market was headed for a full recovery or another dip. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Stocks open down after housing data (Reuters via Yahoo! News) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Wall Street opened lower on Tuesday after China tightened bank lending requirements and data showed a rebound in the U.S. housing market is tenuous. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Church Loses Millions In NYC Property Slump (Ananova) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| The Church of England says it is "learning lessons" after a failed property development in New York City saw it suffer a loss of around £40m. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Church Loses Millions In NYC Property Slump (Ananova) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| The Church of England says it is "learning lessons" after a failed property development in New York City saw it suffer a loss of around £40m. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | New York property gamble costs Church of England (MalaysiaNews.net) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village. $5.4bn deal came at the top of the property boom Photograph: SHANNON STAPLETON/REUTERS The Church of England has lost £40m from a disastrous investment in ... | |
| 26-JAN-10 | New York property gamble costs Church of England (MalaysiaNews.net) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village. $5.4bn deal came at the top of the property boom Photograph: SHANNON STAPLETON/REUTERS The Church of England has lost £40m from a disastrous investment in ... | |
| 26-JAN-10 | ECM Leader Nuxeo Wins New Real Estate Customer (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| PARIS and BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - 01/26/10) - ECM company Nuxeo continues to gain more customers in the real estate and construction markets, including property management firm Vilogia. The company chose Nuxeo open source document management software for its rich functionality, ease of use and standards-based architecture. Vilogia's ECM Objectives France-based Vilogia, a privately held ... | |
| 26-JAN-10 | ECM Leader Nuxeo Wins New Real Estate Customer (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| PARIS and BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - 01/26/10) - ECM company Nuxeo continues to gain more customers in the real estate and construction markets, including property management firm Vilogia. The company chose Nuxeo open source document management software for its rich functionality, ease of use and standards-based architecture. Vilogia's ECM Objectives France-based Vilogia, a privately held ... | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Easing off the property rally (Investors Chronicle) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Thursday 4 February sounds like an unremarkable date. However, economists fear it will be the day the mini-boom in the UK commercial property market comes to an end. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Easing off the property rally (Investors Chronicle) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Thursday 4 February sounds like an unremarkable date. However, economists fear it will be the day the mini-boom in the UK commercial property market comes to an end. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Wayne residents asked to support higher property tax (The Beacon News) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Wayne residents will be asked to support a property tax increase tohold back declining revenues experienced by government entities in thecurrent economy. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Wayne residents asked to support higher property tax (The Beacon News) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Wayne residents will be asked to support a property tax increase tohold back declining revenues experienced by government entities in thecurrent economy. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Church of England loses £40m in US property investment (The New Statesman) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| In June 2007, when the property market was at its peak and the credit crunch was yet to arrive, the Church made investments in Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village, two Manhattan housing estates situated along the New York's East River. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Church of England loses £40m in US property investment (The New Statesman) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| In June 2007, when the property market was at its peak and the credit crunch was yet to arrive, the Church made investments in Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village, two Manhattan housing estates situated along the New York's East River. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Great time to invest in rental property (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Low rates, low prices make this a great time to invest in rental property. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Great time to invest in rental property (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Low rates, low prices make this a great time to invest in rental property. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Scramble after property deal collapses (The Courier Mail) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| CREDITORS and potential buyers were scrambling today for control of a massive apartment complex in New York after the owners gave up one of the biggest single residential property deals in US history. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Scramble after property deal collapses (The Courier Mail) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| CREDITORS and potential buyers were scrambling today for control of a massive apartment complex in New York after the owners gave up one of the biggest single residential property deals in US history. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Compromise reached to rezone hospital property (The Weekly Calistogan) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| St. Helena Hospital and its neighbors reached a compromise Wednesday that allowed the Napa County Planning Commission to back a proposal to rezone 92 acres of hospital property in Deer Park. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Compromise reached to rezone hospital property (The Weekly Calistogan) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| St. Helena Hospital and its neighbors reached a compromise Wednesday that allowed the Napa County Planning Commission to back a proposal to rezone 92 acres of hospital property in Deer Park. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Compromise reached to rezone hospital property (The St. Helena Star) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Saturday update St. Helena Hospital and its neighbors reached a compromise Wednesday that allowed the Napa County Planning Commission to back a proposal to rezone 92 acres of hospital property in Deer Park. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Compromise reached to rezone hospital property (The St. Helena Star) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Saturday update St. Helena Hospital and its neighbors reached a compromise Wednesday that allowed the Napa County Planning Commission to back a proposal to rezone 92 acres of hospital property in Deer Park. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Housing market tenuous - Tue, 26 Jan 2010 PST (The Spokesman-Review) (Search - Housing Market) |
| WASHINGTON – Sales of previously occupied homes rose in 2009 for the first time in four years, despite a December slump that was due to a tax credit that led many buyers to complete sales earlier. Still, prices plunged more than 12 percent last year – the sharpest fall since the Great Depression. The price drop for 2009 – to a median of $173,500 – showed the housing market remains too weak to ... | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Feds Plan Exit from Housing Market (MalaysiaNews.net) (Search - Housing Market) |
| For more than a year, the government pulled out the stops to revive home buying by driving down mortgage rates. Now, whether the housing market is ready or not, the government is pulling out. Th... | |
| 26-JAN-10 | $5.4B NYC Real Estate Deal Sinks Owners (MalaysiaNews.net) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| The record purchase price seemed outrageous to many real estate analysts, but the partnership believed it had a winning strategy: It would aggressively convert thousands of rent-regulated apartments o... | |
| 26-JAN-10 | $5.4B NYC Real Estate Deal Sinks Owners (MalaysiaNews.net) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| The record purchase price seemed outrageous to many real estate analysts, but the partnership believed it had a winning strategy: It would aggressively convert thousands of rent-regulated apartments o... | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Fourth person pleads guilty in Crisp and Cole case (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| Megan Balod, daughter of co-defendants Kevin and Leslie Sluga, admitted that during the period from May 2004 to May 2006, at the direction of one of the owners of Crisp & Cole, she purchased 11 properties with a total purchase value at the time of approximately $5.4 million and obtained loans to finance such purchases. In almost all of the loan applications, she knowingly made misstatements or omitted relevant information. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | China’s Stocks Decline for Third Day as Banks, Property Slide (BusinessWeek) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| China’s stocks fell for a third day, posting their the longest losing streak in a month, as banks and real estate developers declined on concern the government will tighten credit growth to cool the economy. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | China’s Stocks Decline for Third Day as Banks, Property Slide (BusinessWeek) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| China’s stocks fell for a third day, posting their the longest losing streak in a month, as banks and real estate developers declined on concern the government will tighten credit growth to cool the economy. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Standardized Short Sale Process Will Benefit All Parties (Realty Times) |
| Two years ago the National Association of Realtors formed a task force to address the vexing issue of short sales. A multitude of members had complained of lengthy and often incomprehensible processes that -- although they varied in detail from lender to lender -- all seemed to share the characteristics of being inefficient and irrational. Upon completing its studies the task force issued recommendations that the short sale process be standardized among lenders, that common forms be used, and that fixed time frames be adopted for various phases of the short sale process. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Real Estate Outlook: Sobering News? (Realty Times) |
| You might have seen the headlines last week about an unexpected drop in housing starts. That's not the direction we ought to be headed in a rebounding economy. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Advertising as Distilled Listening (Realty Times) |
| Mobile computing will challenge the effectiveness of advertising in real estate. PJ Wade offers 3 Tips for preparing to recognize the constructive and destructive shifts ahead, so you gain the advantage in deciphering pitches and promotions. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Florida Predicted to Have a Rough Year in Housing Market (WCTV Tallahassee) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Floridians in the housing market are being warned to brace themselves for the year ahead. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | County's property values up 49 per cent in five years (The Truro Daily News) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| TRURO – During the past five years the value of residential properties in Colchester County has increased by about 49 per cent. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | County's property values up 49 per cent in five years (The Truro Daily News) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| TRURO – During the past five years the value of residential properties in Colchester County has increased by about 49 per cent. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Appraiser says he never intentionally created a misleading report (The Bakersfield Californian) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| LOS ANGELES -- Appraiser Kirksey J. "Mark" Newton Jr., who is fighting to keep his appraiser's license, on Monday defended his choices in the inexact art of estimating home values, and blasted the media and regulatory authorities for dragging him into the "frenzy" over mortgage fraud allegations against disgraced former real estate agents David Crisp and Carl Cole. The California Office of Real ... | |
| 26-JAN-10 | China’s Stocks Decline for Third Day as Banks, Property Slide (Bloomberg) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) -- China’s stocks fell for a third day, posting their the longest losing streak in a month, as banks and real estate developers declined on concern the government will tighten credit growth to cool the economy. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | China’s Stocks Decline for Third Day as Banks, Property Slide (Bloomberg) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) -- China’s stocks fell for a third day, posting their the longest losing streak in a month, as banks and real estate developers declined on concern the government will tighten credit growth to cool the economy. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | No agreement yet on property tax bill (The State) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Real estate agents and local government officials were unable to settle their differences Monday on a bill changing the way property is valued for tax purposes when it is sold. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | No agreement yet on property tax bill (The State) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Real estate agents and local government officials were unable to settle their differences Monday on a bill changing the way property is valued for tax purposes when it is sold. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Area home sales create market optimism (Chicago Tribune) (Search - Housing Market) |
| In a major departure from national trends, Chicago-area home sales surged 33 percent last month, prompting optimism that 2010 may be the year in which the local housing market makes a small comeback. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | M’sian property market stays positive (The Borneo Post) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| KUCHING: Fundamentals of the Malaysian property market has remained positive, despite ending 1.9 per cent lower in the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) Property Index last week. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | M’sian property market stays positive (The Borneo Post) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| KUCHING: Fundamentals of the Malaysian property market has remained positive, despite ending 1.9 per cent lower in the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) Property Index last week. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Tishman deal fails: sign of trouble in commercial real estate (The Christian Science Monitor) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Tishman sends its $5.3 billion investment in 11,000 apartments back to its bankers. The move involves two massive developments in Manhattan: Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Tishman deal fails: sign of trouble in commercial real estate (The Christian Science Monitor) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Tishman sends its $5.3 billion investment in 11,000 apartments back to its bankers. The move involves two massive developments in Manhattan: Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | The sages are wrong about real estate (MSN Money) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Dozens of experts claim that commercial real estate is toast for 2010. But look more closely, and you'll see at least 6 real-estate investment trusts worth buying into now. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | The sages are wrong about real estate (MSN Money) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Dozens of experts claim that commercial real estate is toast for 2010. But look more closely, and you'll see at least 6 real-estate investment trusts worth buying into now. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Eastday-Top-end housing market seen stable (Eastday.com) (Search - Housing Market) |
| SHANGHAI'S high-end residential sales market will remain stable this year, according to major real estate services firms, as cooling measures introduced by the city since late last year are already having some effect on the local housing market. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Tishman deal fails: sign of trouble in commercial real estate (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| The largest real estate deal ever has failed. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | Tishman deal fails: sign of trouble in commercial real estate (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| The largest real estate deal ever has failed. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | IL Housing Market Numbers Show Promise (WMBD - FOX 43 Peoria) (Search - Housing Market) |
| ILLINOIS - Illinois housing markets show signs of stabilizing. | |
| 26-JAN-10 | MKs flood legislature with 'populist' real-estate proposals (Haaretz Daily) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| Some Knesset members are so troubled by rising real estate prices that the legislature has been awash with bills to cool down the market. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Drivers Jonas to join Deloitte to create a new business in the real estate advisory market (Consultant News) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Deloitte and Drivers Jonas to combine businesses to create £110m Real Estate Group. Deloitte, the business advisory firm, aims to create a new model in the real estate advisory market with the addition to the firm of Drivers Jonas, the UK’s oldest property advisory firm. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Drivers Jonas to join Deloitte to create a new business in the real estate advisory market (Consultant News) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Deloitte and Drivers Jonas to combine businesses to create £110m Real Estate Group. Deloitte, the business advisory firm, aims to create a new model in the real estate advisory market with the addition to the firm of Drivers Jonas, the UK’s oldest property advisory firm. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Frisco, Colorado Commercial Property Development: Why Build Now? (Summit Daily News) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Frisco, Colorado - Commercial developments in Frisco, Colorado are a great value right now. The flagging economy has lowered property prices and construction costs, so, for those with foresight, this is an excellent time to develop commercial property in Frisco, Colorado. If you can catch the market at or close to its bottom, and acquire commercial property at those low values, the market then ... | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Frisco, Colorado Commercial Property Development: Why Build Now? (Summit Daily News) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Frisco, Colorado - Commercial developments in Frisco, Colorado are a great value right now. The flagging economy has lowered property prices and construction costs, so, for those with foresight, this is an excellent time to develop commercial property in Frisco, Colorado. If you can catch the market at or close to its bottom, and acquire commercial property at those low values, the market then ... | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Firms Default on Mortgages, So Why Can't Homeowners? (CNBC via Yahoo! Finance) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| The lead story in commercial real estate today is the dynamic duo of Tishman Speyer and BlackRock walking away from Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village in Manhattan. The two have been trying to refi $4.4 billion in debt on the 11,200-apartment property, to no avail. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Firms Default on Mortgages, So Why Can't Homeowners? (CNBC via Yahoo! Finance) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| The lead story in commercial real estate today is the dynamic duo of Tishman Speyer and BlackRock walking away from Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village in Manhattan. The two have been trying to refi $4.4 billion in debt on the 11,200-apartment property, to no avail. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Housing Market: Even More Pain in Store? (Fox News) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Some economists say the housing bubble could deflate more in the coming year. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Feds Plan Exit from Housing Market (CBS News) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Washington Post: Stakes are High as Government Winds Down Support for Mortgage Rates | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Case and Trial Updates (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| 25-JAN-10 | Power Play: Housing market wild, woolly, and wacko, writes Barbara Yaffe (Vancouver Sun) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Bargain teardowns for $1 million? Welcome to Vancouver's wild and woolly housing market. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Top 5: Year-end apartment report: Vancancies to rise to 7% in 2010 (The Oregonian) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| FRONT PORCH BLOG: Also in Monday’s Top 5 real estate stories: U.S. existing home sales fall 16.7% in December / Forecast: Portland-area home prices will be down .4% over year / Centennial Mills makeover, the anti-mall / Sign of the times: Major NYC housing complex is returned to creditors | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Year-end apartment report: Portland-area vacancies to rise through 2010; recovery may come in 2011 (The Oregonian) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| FRONT PORCH BLOG: An apartment appraiser says he expect vacancies to rise to at least 7 percent in 2010, with the worst showings seen among downtown high-rise apartments and outlying suburbs | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Housing affordability at vancouversun.com January 25, 2010 (Vancouver Sun) (Search - Housing Market) |
| A new report says Vancouver is the most unaffordable housing market in Canada. Managing Editor Kirk LaPointe discusses our coverage of this and other stories that editors and reporters at The Vancouver Sun are posting online at vancouversun.com today. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Two Missouri loan officers plead guilty in flipping scheme (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| This site has learnt that on October 22, 2009 Mark Kiel and Codi McArdle of First National Mortgage Solutions, LLC entered guilty pleas in relation to their roles in a wider mortgage fraud. The Plea Agreement states that they acted with the Sheryl Elms [who has not yet been indicted] a closing title agent for Integrity Title and Legacy Land Title, in a scheme which featured straw borrowers and inflated purchase prices. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Former attorney and two others charged in Orange County (CA) loan modification fraud allegations (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| Tony Rackauckas Orange County (CA) District Attorney announced that a former lawyer and his business partner have been arrested on charges of defrauding over 400 victims in a $1.25 million loan modification scam that targeted distressed homeowners. Former attorney Christopher Lee Diener,and business partners Stefano Joseph Marrero and Terrence Green Sr., 43, are each charged with one felony count of conspiracy to commit grand theft and 97 felony counts of grand theft by false pretense. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | "Rescuer and attorney found liable for damages and costs in foreclosure rescue fraud (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| A New Jersey bankruptcy judge has found that Frederick Cleveland defrauded Sean and Nicole O’Brien, by failing to disclose that he would be stripping $100,000 of the equity in their home for his own benefit during a foreclosure rescue transaction, while leaving them in jeopardy of foreclosure. He also found that William E. Gahwyler, an attorney at law licensed in New Jersey, should have refused to participate in a fraudulent, unconscionable transaction. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | IRS Releases Revised Tax Forms, Instructions for Claiming Tax Credit (National Associaiton of Realtors - Government Affairs) |
| The IRS has released IR-2010-006 providing a revised Form 5405 to reflect the changes to the tax credit made in the extension and expansion legislation enacted in November 2009. |
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| 25-JAN-10 | Vancouver housing market 'severely unaffordable,' Victoria right behind study shows (Victoria Times Colonist) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Vancouver not only has the least affordable housing of 28 markets measured in Canada, but of 272 metropolitan markets ranked in Ireland, the U.K., New Zealand, Australia, the U.S. and Canada. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Vancouver housing market 'severely unaffordable,' Victoria right behind study shows (CHEK News) (Search - Housing Market) |
| OTTAWA -- Vancouver has become one of the most unaffordable housing markets in the world, with Toronto and Montreal not far behind, according to a survey released Monday. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Three indicted in Las Vegas foreclosure rescue fraud allegations (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| An indictment filed by the Nevada AG alleges that Jason Todd Wilhite, Ronald Quilang and Benjamin Moraleda operated Rescorp, a document preparation and loan modification business that charged between $1,200.00 to $2,200.00 for loan modifications who misled customers by falsely claiming that their services would prevent foreclosures on their homes and/or that they would obtain loan modifications. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Mortgage market poised for a big test (UPI) (Search - Housing Market) |
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. government's plan to wind down help for the troubled housing market is a big stakes gamble whose time has come, a Treasury Department official said. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | US housing news weighs on world markets (AP via Yahoo! News) (Search - Housing Market) |
| European stock markets extended losses Monday as a Wall Street rally ground to a halt following particularly bad U.S. housing data and ongoing concerns about President Barack Obama's plan to curb banks' risk-taking. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Mansion market holding steady (Orange County Register) (Search - Housing Market) |
| The ultra-high end of the Orange County housing market held its ground in 2009. Fifty-two homes sold in Orange County for $5 million or more, just two less than in 2008. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | New York Housing Market Finishes Strong in '09 Fueled by Solid Second Half (Marketwire) (Search - Housing Market) |
| ALBANY, NY--(Marketwire - January 25, 2010) - Fueled by a recovery in the second half of the year, statewide sales of existing single-family homes in New York State rebounded from a double-digit deficit in the first half of the year to finish only 3.2-percent behind the 2008 total. According to preliminary existing single-family sales data accumulated by the New York State Association of ... | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Market Snapshot: U.S. stocks modestly higher after housing data (Market Watch) (Search - Housing Market) |
| U.S. stocks are slightly higher Monday, as investors take advantage of newly-cheaper stock prices following last week's battering, but keep their distance from the financial sector. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | New York Housing Market Finishes Strong in '09 Fueled by Solid Second Half (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) (Search - Housing Market) |
| ALBANY, NY--(Marketwire - 01/25/10) - Fueled by a recovery in the second half of the year, statewide sales of existing single-family homes in New York State rebounded from a double-digit deficit in the first half of the year to finish only 3.2-percent behind the 2008 total. According to preliminary existing single-family sales data accumulated by the New York State Association of REALTORS, 77 ... | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Tishman Surrenders Massive NYC Housing Complex (Fox News) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Commercial real estate developer Tishman Speyer said it will hand over the massive New York residential complexes Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town to its creditors after Tishman defaulted on the $5.4 billion property. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Tishman Surrenders Massive NYC Housing Complex (Fox News) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Commercial real estate developer Tishman Speyer said it will hand over the massive New York residential complexes Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town to its creditors after Tishman defaulted on the $5.4 billion property. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | New Consumer Protection Bill Would Reinstate Practices that Led to Housing Bubble: Appraisal Management Group (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| PITTSBURGH, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Title/Appraisal Vendor Management Association (TAVMA) today announced its opposition to federal and state legislation that would dismantle new federal safeguards designed to protect appraiser independence and provide unbiased appraisals to homebuyers and lenders. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Latest Web Trends Begin to Influence Real Estate Websites (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| MyHouseDeals.com just launched a new version of its popular real estate investment website. The site was redesigned to offer new features that are aligned with the latest Web trends. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Latest Web Trends Begin to Influence Real Estate Websites (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| MyHouseDeals.com just launched a new version of its popular real estate investment website. The site was redesigned to offer new features that are aligned with the latest Web trends. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | New real estate company established at KD1m -- Kuwait Al-yom (MENAFN) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| New real estate company established at KD1m -- Kuwait Al-yom | |
| 25-JAN-10 | New real estate company established at KD1m -- Kuwait Al-yom (MENAFN) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| New real estate company established at KD1m -- Kuwait Al-yom | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Beijing to put affordable housing on sale (People's Daily) (Search - Housing Market) |
| A large number of affordable houses would enter into the market this year in Beijing, which may curb the home price hike to some extent, said Chen Gang, deputy mayor of Beijing yesterday. As to Beijing, increasing supply of land could not solve the skyrocketing housing price in the city. And, the land in Beijing is extremely scarce, Chen said. Beijing could not supply the houses beyond its urban ... | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Housing market blue in Hawaii (MalaysiaNews.net) (Search - Housing Market) |
| House prices remain hot, hot, hot back in ice-cold Canada, with talk of a bubble bubbling up among some economists and real estate watchers. But there's no talk of a bubble here in wondrously warm Haw... | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Housing confidence bounces back (ShareCast) (Search - Housing Market) |
| LONDON (SHARECAST) - Confidence over the UK housing market is surging back according to the latest survey from online estate agent Rightmove. The number of respondents expecting a rise in prices this year was 53% compared to just 10% this time last year. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Landed homes lift private property market (AsiaOne) (Search - Housing Market) |
| LANDED homes turned out to be the star performer of the private property market last year, rising far more in price than other types of housing. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Mortgage broker 'shot twin sons and wife because he was depressed over housing market' (Daily Mail) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Neal Jacobson, 49, gunned down Eric and Joshua and wife Franki before fleeing from his £500,000 Florida home covered in blood, according to police. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Daring to tax forgiveness (Baltimore Sun) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Our view: Anne Arundel County imprudently goes after real estate short sales A nne Arundel County has a long history of capping property taxes, a policy that has kept its rate among the lowest in the Baltimore area but which has forced a generation of county executives to look for creative ways to bolster tax revenue. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Daring to tax forgiveness (Baltimore Sun) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Our view: Anne Arundel County imprudently goes after real estate short sales A nne Arundel County has a long history of capping property taxes, a policy that has kept its rate among the lowest in the Baltimore area but which has forced a generation of county executives to look for creative ways to bolster tax revenue. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Huge Housing Complex in N.Y. Returned to Creditors (New York Times) (Search - Housing Market) |
| The owners of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village, the iconic middle-class housing complexes overlooking the East River in Manhattan, have decided to turn over the properties to creditors, officials said Monday morning. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | End of an error: Tishman giving up StuyTown (New York Post) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Tishman Speyer's days as the landlord of the massive Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village apartment complex are coming to an end. A group led by the real-estate developer has reportedly thrown in the towel on trying save its role as property manager, just weeks after the Tishman group missed a... | |
| 25-JAN-10 | End of an error: Tishman giving up StuyTown (New York Post) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Tishman Speyer's days as the landlord of the massive Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village apartment complex are coming to an end. A group led by the real-estate developer has reportedly thrown in the towel on trying save its role as property manager, just weeks after the Tishman group missed a... | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Diminished Value Claims Network Growing Rapidly (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| The diminished value claims network of professionals is the newest feature to be included in Insurance Claim Contractor Groups' LocalPropertyDamageAppraisers.Com division for 2010. Since its' implementation, requests for diminished value auto appraisals are being submitted on a daily basis, throughout the United States. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Diminished Value Claims Network Growing Rapidly (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| The diminished value claims network of professionals is the newest feature to be included in Insurance Claim Contractor Groups' LocalPropertyDamageAppraisers.Com division for 2010. Since its' implementation, requests for diminished value auto appraisals are being submitted on a daily basis, throughout the United States. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | US Housing News Weighs on World Markets (ABC News) (Search - Housing Market) |
| US housing news weighs on world markets; uncertainty lingers over banking reform proposal Wall Street - Stock market - Business - Stocks and Bonds - Investing | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Washington Report: FHA Tightening Standards (Realty Times) |
| FHA is tightening up its standards for home buyers - but the changes are not as tough as some analysts had feared - especially on downpayments. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | San Diego Real Estate 2010 Forecast: The Year of the Strategic Mortgage Default (Realty Times) |
| It would be easy to write a 2010 real estate forecast by repeating the industry line that “the new year will mark a turnaround for real estate values; those who act fast will be able to get the best buys.” Real world facts, at least in San Diego, seem to indicate otherwise. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Goliad County: Republican: county judge (The Victoria Advocate) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| Editor's Note: The primary elections for the Republican and Democratic parties are March 2. To help our readers learn more about the candidates in the contested races in each primary, the Advocate is publishing profiles of the candidates. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Arkansas housing market could stabilize this year (KTHV Little Rock) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Arkansas home sales enter 2010 after a major boost late last year. In November, they were up 53 percent. That's a positive sign from just a year before during the financial crisis that pushed lending to a near halt. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Property owners struggle, delinquent taxes rise (The News Herald) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| PANAMA CITY — Janice Kiefer’s property taxes were too high for her to pay in 2008, so last summer, her debt was among seven other tax lien certificates John McDanal bought as an investment. The recession is changing the property tax business... | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Property owners struggle, delinquent taxes rise (The News Herald) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| PANAMA CITY — Janice Kiefer’s property taxes were too high for her to pay in 2008, so last summer, her debt was among seven other tax lien certificates John McDanal bought as an investment. The recession is changing the property tax business... | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Real estate market likely to bottom out in Q2 (Zawya) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| The floor in the real estate market of the UAE is likely to come in the second quarter of this year. However, the entry of distressed assets and vulture funds is yet to materialise, according to a new report. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Real estate market likely to bottom out in Q2 (Zawya) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| The floor in the real estate market of the UAE is likely to come in the second quarter of this year. However, the entry of distressed assets and vulture funds is yet to materialise, according to a new report. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Experts seek ways to keep the roof on housing prices (China Daily) (Search - Housing Market) |
| A property tycoon has questioned the government's commitment to keeping a lid on rising property prices after it was revealed that the housing market is now responsible for half of the capital's GDP. | |
| 25-JAN-10 | Market slump hits Vail-area 'affordable housing' (The Aspen Times) (Search - Housing Market) |
| EAGLE COUNTY, Colo. - For much of last year, one part of the housing market in Colorado's Vail area resisted the slump that hit everything else. Those days - like the days of "stated income" mortgages - are over. A combination of job loss, people packing up and leaving and the difficulty in securing a mortgage means the county's stock of "deed restricted" housing - in which appreciation is ... | |
| 24-JAN-10 | Confidence in Mordialloc-Chelsea housing market (Leader Community Newspapers) (Search - Housing Market) |
| HOUSE prices surged across Kingston's south last quarter with Patterson Lakes the only suburb to record a decrease. | |
| 24-JAN-10 | Janesville real estate market may be bottoming out (The Janesville Gazette) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| New home construction in Janesville approached its lowest level in 30 years while the value of existing homes sold hit a level not seen since 2000. Real estate agents and builders, however, predict that the local market has bottomed out and soon will begin a gradual ascent. | |
| 24-JAN-10 | Janesville real estate market may be bottoming out (The Janesville Gazette) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| New home construction in Janesville approached its lowest level in 30 years while the value of existing homes sold hit a level not seen since 2000. Real estate agents and builders, however, predict that the local market has bottomed out and soon will begin a gradual ascent. | |
| 24-JAN-10 | Michael Peltier: Tough times may benefit affordable housing efforts (Naples Daily News) (Search - Housing Market) |
| TALLAHASSEE —The late Rep. Mike Davis spent the latter part of his legislative career championing efforts to put more Floridians in homes they could afford.Facing skyrocketing property values throughout Southwest Florida, the Naples Republican instinctively knew that providing affordable housing for critical public servants and others was not only morally commendable but critical to the region’s ... | |
| 24-JAN-10 | Market slump hits Vail Valley 'affordables' (The Vail Trail) (Search - Housing Market) |
| VAIL VALLEY, Colorado - For much of last year, one part of the housing market in Colorado's Vail Valley resisted the slump that hit everything else. Those days - like the days of "stated income" mortgages - are over. A combination of job loss, people packing up and leaving and the difficulty in securing a mortgage means the county's stock of "deed restricted" housing - in which appreciation is ... | |
| 24-JAN-10 | Market slump hits Vail Valley 'affordables' (Vail Daily) (Search - Housing Market) |
| VAIL VALLEY, Colorado - For much of last year, one part of the housing market in Colorado's Vail Valley resisted the slump that hit everything else. Those days - like the days of "stated income" mortgages - are over. A combination of job loss, people packing up and leaving and the difficulty in securing a mortgage means the county's stock of "deed restricted" housing - in which appreciation is ... | |
| 24-JAN-10 | Commercial real estate is a hot market, for court-appointed caretakers (Los Angeles Times) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| As the sluggish economy deprives building owners of their property, receivers are in high demand. Bill Hoffman has logged more than 1.5 million airline miles in his travels to troubled hotels, office buildings and other business properties. | |
| 24-JAN-10 | Commercial real estate is a hot market, for court-appointed caretakers (Los Angeles Times) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| As the sluggish economy deprives building owners of their property, receivers are in high demand. Bill Hoffman has logged more than 1.5 million airline miles in his travels to troubled hotels, office buildings and other business properties. | |
| 24-JAN-10 | Buddy Guy: Ambassador to the blues (Chicago Sun-Times) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| Buddy Guy is in the midst of his final shows at the blues club that share his name. Buddy Guy's Legends will close its doors in the spring and move a block north to a new, expanded space in a building owned by Guy himself. And the ever-faithful tailgaters continue to carry on the tradition of getting in line early and often to see the blues legend perform during his January residency. | |
| 24-JAN-10 | Revealed: where East Lancashire's £48m housing regeneration cash will be spent (Lancashire Telegraph) (Search - Housing Market) |
| BURNLEY and Pendle will top the spending next year in the multimillion pound regeneration of East Lancashire’s housing market. | |
| 24-JAN-10 | Housing remains rickety (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette) (Search - Housing Market) |
| The housing market remains a significant risk to the economy as bad weather across much of the country hammered the construction industry, data showed Wednesday. | |
| 24-JAN-10 | Eye in sky reveals property-tax fraud (The Columbus Dispatch) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| From a small, windowless office on the 20th floor of the Franklin County Courthouse, Auditor Clarence Mingo can see property-tax cheats. | |
| 24-JAN-10 | Eye in sky reveals property-tax fraud (The Columbus Dispatch) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| From a small, windowless office on the 20th floor of the Franklin County Courthouse, Auditor Clarence Mingo can see property-tax cheats. | |
| 24-JAN-10 | Officials say West Michigan commercial real estate development to lag in 2010 (The Grand Rapids Press) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Chronicle/Ken StevensThe Sidock Building, left, and The Baker College Culinary Insitiute of Michigan in downtown Muskegon. Commercial real estate development in West Michigan, which was strong until 2008, will lag in 2010 because of the struggling economy, an economist says.Commercial... | |
| 24-JAN-10 | Officials say West Michigan commercial real estate development to lag in 2010 (The Grand Rapids Press) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Chronicle/Ken StevensThe Sidock Building, left, and The Baker College Culinary Insitiute of Michigan in downtown Muskegon. Commercial real estate development in West Michigan, which was strong until 2008, will lag in 2010 because of the struggling economy, an economist says.Commercial... | |
| 24-JAN-10 | Foreclosures test Ewa Beach area (Honolulu Star-Bulletin) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| Mason and Jessica Thompson, who just left Germany on a military transfer, were excited about their move to Oahu and thankful that their arrival was in the midst of a housing slump so that they could realize their dream of homeownership. | |
| 24-JAN-10 | Property tax bills are set to rise (Baltimore Sun) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Revenue to grow about 3% as most pay more, panel told Most Howard County homeowners will pay more in property taxes this July despite sharply falling assessments in Maryland, but the outlook beyond next year is unclear, a citizens group studying spending was told Thursday. | |
| 24-JAN-10 | Property tax bills are set to rise (Baltimore Sun) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Revenue to grow about 3% as most pay more, panel told Most Howard County homeowners will pay more in property taxes this July despite sharply falling assessments in Maryland, but the outlook beyond next year is unclear, a citizens group studying spending was told Thursday. | |
| 24-JAN-10 | Robert B. Jacobs: Trees can be a real issue (Contra Costa Times) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Law of the Land: Real estate information | |
| 24-JAN-10 | Robert B. Jacobs: Trees can be a real issue (Contra Costa Times) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Law of the Land: Real estate information | |
| 24-JAN-10 | It’s official: We’re now a Walmart town (Lawrence Journal-World) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| According to newly released data, Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, also was the top single payer of real estate property taxes in all of Douglas County in 2009. | |
| 24-JAN-10 | Wind energy is attracting attention, Langemeier says (Fremont Tribune) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| "Wind is where its at," Sen. Chris Langemeier said. The Schuyler senator who represents District 23 chairs the Natural... (2 comments) | |
| 24-JAN-10 | Local Property Assessments Rising (The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| WHEELING - People may be surprised to learn property assessments are still on the rise across the Ohio Valley - despite the flailing economy. In Marshall County, Assessor Christopher Kessler said it appears in his county, overall property values will show an increase for the 2010 tax year. | |
| 24-JAN-10 | Local Property Assessments Rising (The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| WHEELING - People may be surprised to learn property assessments are still on the rise across the Ohio Valley - despite the flailing economy. In Marshall County, Assessor Christopher Kessler said it appears in his county, overall property values will show an increase for the 2010 tax year. | |
| 24-JAN-10 | It's remote and one of the last untouched parts of Florida (Highlands Today) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| Four pine trees stand peacefully in the middle of green pasture land that stretches beyond the eye and merges with a clear, baby blue sky. | |
| 24-JAN-10 | Eye in sky reveals property-tax fraud (The Columbus Dispatch) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| Franklin County Auditor Clarence Mingo's staff uses aerial photos and computers to track down unreported improvements to property that could increase the assessment, and taxes. | |
| 24-JAN-10 | City selling lake property lots; 2/3 of phase 1 owners make purchase (Abilene Reporter-News) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Sixty-three percent of the lots the city has offered residents who have been leasing property around a section of Lake Fort Phantom Hill have either sold or have a contract pending.According to City Attorney Dan Santee, 20 of the 38 city-owned lots offered for sale in Phase I — in the vicinity of Comanche Trail and Choctaw Point — of the Lake Fort Phantom Lot Sales Project have closed.Another ... | |
| 24-JAN-10 | City selling lake property lots; 2/3 of phase 1 owners make purchase (Abilene Reporter-News) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Sixty-three percent of the lots the city has offered residents who have been leasing property around a section of Lake Fort Phantom Hill have either sold or have a contract pending.According to City Attorney Dan Santee, 20 of the 38 city-owned lots offered for sale in Phase I — in the vicinity of Comanche Trail and Choctaw Point — of the Lake Fort Phantom Lot Sales Project have closed.Another ... | |
| 24-JAN-10 | Uncertain future (Corsicana Daily Sun) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| Saved from the wrecking ball just three years ago, the Halbert House could be facing demolition once again | |
| 24-JAN-10 | Confidence high in housing market in spite of coming election (Independent) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Homebuyers are not being put off by the prospect of an impending general election according to the UK's biggest property website, Rightmove.co.uk. | |
| 23-JAN-10 | Housing market blue in Hawaii (National Post) (Search - Housing Market) |
| There’s no talk of a housing bubble here in wondrously warm Hawaii, where prices continue to cool off | |
| 23-JAN-10 | Appraisers, landlords at odds in Butler Co. (The Cincinnati Enquirer) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| Butler County landlords are contesting how their properties are appraised, with millions of dollars at stake in many cases, especially with student housing in Oxford. | |
| 23-JAN-10 | Bay Area housing market showing signs of growth (San Mateo Daily Journal) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Bay Area home sales in December increased slightly over the previous year, signaling a possible bottom to the regional housing market, according to the real estate information service MDA DataQuick. | |
| 23-JAN-10 | Retired teacher enjoying new career as real estate appraiser (Telegraph-Journal) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| Fred McAvoy likes the variety his new career offers him. | |
| 23-JAN-10 | Pace of foreclosures moderated in 2009, but expected to worsen this year (The Scranton Times-Tribune) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| The pace of foreclosures in Northeast Pennsylvania moderated in 2009, but experts expect things to get worse this year. Foreclosures in Lackawanna County fell from 562 in 2008 to 477 last year, a 15 percent drop. In Luzerne County, properties facing fore | |
| 23-JAN-10 | Compromise scheme on IPPs’ property tax payments explored (Manila Bulletin) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Despite increasing number of court filings and long years of dispute resolution, the independent power producers (IPPs) are still in search of a “compromise arrangement” that will resolve their concerns over real property tax (RPT) payments. | |
| 23-JAN-10 | Compromise scheme on IPPs’ property tax payments explored (Manila Bulletin) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Despite increasing number of court filings and long years of dispute resolution, the independent power producers (IPPs) are still in search of a “compromise arrangement” that will resolve their concerns over real property tax (RPT) payments. | |
| 23-JAN-10 | Got stuff? Get it appraised (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| By MARSHA FOTTLER Correspondent Experts who have appeared on 'Antiques Roadshow' to appear in Sarasota | |
| 23-JAN-10 | Tri-State housing market perks up (Evansville Courier & Press) (Search - Housing Market) |
| EVANSVILLE —The Tri-State residential market perked up in the last six months of 2009, and officials of the Evansville Area Association of Realtors believe there's a good chance the sales activity will continue to pick up.Chris Dickson, the association's president-elect, reports a 19.5 percent increase in the number of single-family residential homes sold in Vanderburgh, Warrick, Posey and ... | |
| 23-JAN-10 | Dubai banks to drive down property prices (MalaysiaNews.net) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| The repossession and liquidation of an apartment in Dubai by a bank may have repercussions for the Dubai property market as a whole. | |
| 23-JAN-10 | Dubai banks to drive down property prices (MalaysiaNews.net) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| The repossession and liquidation of an apartment in Dubai by a bank may have repercussions for the Dubai property market as a whole. | |
| 23-JAN-10 | Real estate pulse | Arrivals in Myrtle Beach area (The Myrtle Beach Sun News) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| Jeremy Rollison has joined the retail team at Tradd Commercial, a Myrtle Beach-based commercial real estate firm. His focus is site selection and tenant/investor targeting. | |
| 23-JAN-10 | Orlando man pleads guilty to mortgage fraud, 2nd conviction in 4 yrs (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| Garry S. Martin of Orlando has been sentenced to 22 years for conspiring to commit money laundering in connection with various mortgage fraud schemes and violating the terms of his supervised release. He was also ordered to pay more than $1 million in restitution. He was previously convicted for mortgage fraud in 2006 by a court in New York. | |
| 23-JAN-10 | FinCEN releases SAR Activity Review for first half of 2009 (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today released its latest and 13th edition of The SAR Activity Review - By the Numbers. The report’s covers the first 6 months of 2009 and it findings indicate some moderation in previously reported suspected fraudulent activities and significant increases in other areas.Mortgage Fraud numbers basically static with 1% increase with big increases in Check and Travelers Check frauds. | |
| 22-JAN-10 | Job losses push back housing recovery in Phoenix (The Arizona Republic) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Metropolitan housing market and economy will make little progress toward a recovery in 2010. | |
| 22-JAN-10 | Weekly Housing Market Activity Report Shows Signs of Recovery for Twin Cities (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) (Search - Housing Market) |
| BLOOMINGTON, Minn.----The Twin Cities housing market is seeing some positive shoots of growth in the midst of some slumping numbers. According to the Minneapolis Area Association of REALTORS® and data from the Regional Multiple Listing Service of Minnesota, Inc. the Supply-Demand Ratio, Housing Affordability Index and Months Supply of Inventory have all had a positive change compared to their ... | |
| 22-JAN-10 | 2009: Possible bottom to area housing market (The San Francisco Examiner) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Bay City News | Bay Area home sales in December increased slightly over the previous year, signaling a possible bottom to the regional housing market, according to the real estate information service MDA DataQuick. Sales of new and resale houses and condos in the nine-county region rose 13.8 percent... | |
| 22-JAN-10 | 'Special tax' imposed on state commissions (McCook Daily Gazette) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| If you have a license as a beautician, barber, pilot, engineer, surveyor, appraiser, real estate salesman, architect, CPA, abstractor, landscape architect, electrician, geologist or if you are connected to the Commission on Public Advocacy, Nebraska Investment Council, (electric) Power Review Board, Oil and Gas Commission, Motor Vehicle Licensing Board or State Racing Commission, the Nebraska ... | |
| 22-JAN-10 | Appraiser wraps up 2010 real estate values (The Augusta Daily Gazette) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| Notices to property owners going out Feb. 26 | |
| 22-JAN-10 | Housing construction rebound is in slo-mo, economists say (Dallas Morning News) (Search - Housing Market) |
| LAS VEGAS - A weak national economic recovery will slow down the pace of the housing market rebound this year. | |
| 22-JAN-10 | REALTORS® Donate $550K to Haiti Relief and REALTOR® Good Neighbor Winner (National Association of Realtors - Press Room) |
| The REALTORS® Relief Foundation of the National Association of Realtors® is contributing $550,000 to the relief of victims of the Haiti earthquake, and is calling upon its 1.2 million members to help. |
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| 22-JAN-10 | Appraiser and author gives to relief fund (The Huntsville Times) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| A Birmingham real estate appraiser and author is using the proceeds from her latest book to benefit disaster relief. | |
| 22-JAN-10 | Tracy Gannon: Your misdirected outrage (Merced Sun-Star) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| By TRACY GANNONYour editorial Tuesday, "Are we on fast track for new bubble," was quite | |
| 22-JAN-10 | Housing market faces ‘bumps’ (Tacoma News Tribune) (Search - Housing Market) |
| This year will be a year of transition for the state’s housing market, and although the economy likely will make the transition from recession to recovery in 2010, the real estate market still faces “bumps in the road,” the state’s top economist told the real estate community Thursday. | |
| 22-JAN-10 | Experts try to foresee the future of Las Vegas housing market (KTNV Las Vegas) (Search - Housing Market) |
| When things look bleak, it's not uncommon to hear someone say they'll reach for their crystal ball to see when things might turn around. That's exactly what a group of experts did with the state of our housing market. | |
| 22-JAN-10 | Job losses push back housing recovery (The Arizona Republic) (Search - Housing Market) |
| The predicted timetable for the recovery of metropolitan Phoenix's housing market has been extended to 2014, according analysts and economists speaking at Urban Land Institute Arizona's annual forecast on Thursday. The housing recovery, they say, depends on a job recovery. | |
| 22-JAN-10 | How to Repair Your Home Without Damaging Your Wallet (Realty Times) |
| Some homeowners have a long laundry list of to-do repairs and, interestingly enough, many of those items don't get addressed until (or if at all) it's time to sell the house. In hot real estate markets, repairs are sometimes not done before the sale. Remember bidding wars over properties that needed work? Well, today sellers are looking for the advantage that makes their home stand out. Even though housing inventory declined toward the end of last year, it's expected to rise as more foreclosures tumble into the marketplace this year. | |
| 22-JAN-10 | 30-Year Rates Down For Third Consecutive Week (Realty Times) |
| Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®) in which the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 4.99 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending January 21, 2010, down from last week when it averaged 5.06 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 5.12 percent. | |
| 22-JAN-10 | Determining Commission Plans Based on Your Key Numbers (Realty Times) |
| The secret to an effective commission plan for Buyer's Agents is your ability to calculate the split arrangement from your seven key numbers. You must determine what amount of the net profit you are willing to share after all costs are paid for. | |
| 22-JAN-10 | Market Conditions Report (Realty Times) |
| The National Association of Realtors and Lowe's, a partner in NAR's REALTOR Benefit Program, are coming together to contribute relief to Haiti and the victims of the country's recent earthquake. Together NAR and Lowe's are leading the charge as Realtors spread the awareness of good neighbors to those in desperate need. | |
| 22-JAN-10 | Investor Report: Florida Condos (Realty Times) |
| Investors in foreclosures and REOs: Get ready to rev up your business volume. That's because starting February first, HUD is waiving its controversial 90-day anti-flipping rule for FHA financing. | |
| 22-JAN-10 | Naza Aims to Be Malaysia’s Tata as It Doubles Property Unit (Bloomberg) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Naza Group, Malaysia’s biggest luxury vehicle importer, has lined up 6.4 billion ringgit ($1.9 billion) of property projects this year and is in talks for its first overseas real estate foray in China. | |
| 22-JAN-10 | Naza Aims to Be Malaysia’s Tata as It Doubles Property Unit (Bloomberg) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Naza Group, Malaysia’s biggest luxury vehicle importer, has lined up 6.4 billion ringgit ($1.9 billion) of property projects this year and is in talks for its first overseas real estate foray in China. | |
| 22-JAN-10 | Chesterfield property values drop 4 percent (Richmond Times-Dispatch) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Property values in Chesterfield County are down nearly 4 percent from last year, meaning county leaders would need to approve a 5-cent tax-rate increase to hold real estate revenue steady for the next fiscal year. Raising the rate to a revenue-neutral level to help offset deep cuts was proposed by schools Superintendent Marcus J. Newsome in a letter last week to the county administrator on ... | |
| 22-JAN-10 | Chesterfield property values drop 4 percent (Richmond Times-Dispatch) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Property values in Chesterfield County are down nearly 4 percent from last year, meaning county leaders would need to approve a 5-cent tax-rate increase to hold real estate revenue steady for the next fiscal year. Raising the rate to a revenue-neutral level to help offset deep cuts was proposed by schools Superintendent Marcus J. Newsome in a letter last week to the county administrator on ... | |
| 22-JAN-10 | Naza Aims to Be Malaysia’s Tata as It Doubles Property Unit (BusinessWeek) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Naza Group, Malaysia’s biggest luxury vehicle importer, has lined up 6.4 billion ringgit ($1.9 billion) of property projects this year and is in talks for its first overseas real estate foray in China. | |
| 22-JAN-10 | Naza Aims to Be Malaysia’s Tata as It Doubles Property Unit (BusinessWeek) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Naza Group, Malaysia’s biggest luxury vehicle importer, has lined up 6.4 billion ringgit ($1.9 billion) of property projects this year and is in talks for its first overseas real estate foray in China. | |
| 22-JAN-10 | Naza lines up RM6.4b property projects (Business Times (Malaysia)) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Naza Group, Malaysia's biggest luxury vehicle importer, has lined up RM6.4 billion (US$1.9 billion) of property projects this year and is in talks for its first overseas real estate foray in China. The company, which was picked by Peugeot Automobiles this month to lead its expansion in Southeast Asia, is counting on an economic recovery to draw local and foreign investors to its real estate ... | |
| 22-JAN-10 | Naza lines up RM6.4b property projects (Business Times (Malaysia)) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Naza Group, Malaysia's biggest luxury vehicle importer, has lined up RM6.4 billion (US$1.9 billion) of property projects this year and is in talks for its first overseas real estate foray in China. The company, which was picked by Peugeot Automobiles this month to lead its expansion in Southeast Asia, is counting on an economic recovery to draw local and foreign investors to its real estate ... | |
| 22-JAN-10 | Naza lines up RM6.4b property projects (Business Times (Malaysia)) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Naza Group, Malaysia's biggest luxury vehicle importer, has lined up RM6.4 billion (US$1.9 billion) of property projects this year and is in talks for its first overseas real estate foray in China. The company, which was picked by Peugeot Automobiles this month to lead its expansion in Southeast Asia, is counting on an economic recovery to draw local and foreign investors to its real estate ... | |
| 22-JAN-10 | Naza lines up RM6.4b property projects (Business Times (Malaysia)) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Naza Group, Malaysia’s biggest luxury vehicle importer, has lined up RM6.4 billion (US$1.9 billion) of property projects this year and is in talks for its first overseas real estate foray in China. | |
| 22-JAN-10 | While Disappearing Banker Bonuses Have Lowered Real Estate Property In Manhattan And The Financial District, Allowing ... (OfficialWire) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Bankers bonuses return! | |
| 22-JAN-10 | While Disappearing Banker Bonuses Have Lowered Real Estate Property In Manhattan And The Financial District, Allowing ... (OfficialWire) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Bankers bonuses return! | |
| 21-JAN-10 | Steady Trading For Residential Property Market (Scoop.co.nz) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| New Zealand’s residential property market is in for a steady – if somewhat unspectacular - year of recovery in both prices and sales volumes, according to the head of one of the country’s largest real estate agencies. | |
| 21-JAN-10 | Steady Trading For Residential Property Market (Scoop.co.nz) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| New Zealand’s residential property market is in for a steady – if somewhat unspectacular - year of recovery in both prices and sales volumes, according to the head of one of the country’s largest real estate agencies. | |
| 21-JAN-10 | 2010: A 'steady' year for property - Bayleys (3news) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| New Zealand’s residential property market is in for a steady but subdued year of recovery, according to real estate company Bayleys. | |
| 21-JAN-10 | 2010: A 'steady' year for property - Bayleys (3news) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| New Zealand’s residential property market is in for a steady but subdued year of recovery, according to real estate company Bayleys. | |
| 21-JAN-10 | Fairfield (OH) man pleads guilty in $7 million real estate investment fraud (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| Kevin Miller was a salesperson for Capital Investments. Capital Investments, Greater Miami Debentures and Great Miami Real Estate were companies that duped victims into investing in scheme they said was secured by equity in properties in Butler County, Ohio and in Florida. Many of the properties were not purchased or developed and were owned by one of the conspirators or a relative and many of them lacked equity, were in a state of disrepair, were in default, or in foreclosure. | |
| 21-JAN-10 | Chesterfield County property values drop 4 percent (Richmond Times-Dispatch) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Property values in Chesterfield County are down nearly 4 percent from last year. That means county supervisors would need to raise the county’s real estate tax rate 5 cents to $1 per $100 of assessed value for fiscal 2011 to match this year’s revenue level. Raising the rate to a revenue-neutral level was proposed by Superintendent of Schools Marcus J. Newsome on behalf of the School Board last ... | |
| 21-JAN-10 | Chesterfield County property values drop 4 percent (Richmond Times-Dispatch) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Property values in Chesterfield County are down nearly 4 percent from last year. That means county supervisors would need to raise the county’s real estate tax rate 5 cents to $1 per $100 of assessed value for fiscal 2011 to match this year’s revenue level. Raising the rate to a revenue-neutral level was proposed by Superintendent of Schools Marcus J. Newsome on behalf of the School Board last ... | |
| 21-JAN-10 | Improved 'Housing Affordability' Only Relative (Realty Times) |
| Forget years of falling prices, recent record low mortgage rates, and tax credits that help offset the cost of buying a home. | |
| 21-JAN-10 | Going Green Trims Taxes (Realty Times) |
| Installing energy-efficient home improvements like windows and doors in your principal residence will qualify you for a tax credit. | |
| 21-JAN-10 | NAR and Lowe's Donate Relief Aid to Haiti and Good Neighbor Winner (National Association of Realtors - Press Room) |
| The National Association of Realtors® and Lowe’s, a partner in NAR’s REALTOR Benefit® Program, are coming together to contribute relief to Haiti and the victims of the country’s recent earthquake. Together NAR and Lowe’s are leading the charge as Realtors® spread the awareness of good neighbors to those in desperate need. |
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| 21-JAN-10 | Notary and Concert Promoter plead guilty in wider North Carolina fraud case (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| A notary and a music promoter bring the number of people to plead guilty in the ongoing North Carolina mortgage fraud case called the “Waxhouse Investigation” to twelve. They are Anthony Willis, a notary and Aaron Simmons a concert promoter. It is known that a thirteenth person has pleaded guilty and I am trying to get the details of the person from the United States Attorney’s office. | |
| 21-JAN-10 | Stamford accountant pleads guilty to providing false "accountant letters" to lenders (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| Jose I. Flores, an accountant, has admitted that from approximately 2004 to 2008, he conspired with others to defraud mortgage lenders by causing so-called “accountant letters,” which contained materially false information about the loan applicant, to be submitted to lending institutions on behalf of applicants for residential real estate mortgages. | |
| 21-JAN-10 | Property Where Plane Crashed In Madison Will Stay On The Market (WHNT-TV Huntsville) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Now that the wreckage from the plane crash in Madison's Ashbury subdivision is gone, the site looks as if nothing ever happened. But even though the wreckage is removed, questions about the crash site remain. There are concerns, both from the real estate and environmental angles regarding that property. | |
| 21-JAN-10 | Property Where Plane Crashed In Madison Will Stay On The Market (WHNT-TV Huntsville) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Now that the wreckage from the plane crash in Madison's Ashbury subdivision is gone, the site looks as if nothing ever happened. But even though the wreckage is removed, questions about the crash site remain. There are concerns, both from the real estate and environmental angles regarding that property. | |
| 21-JAN-10 | White House lost 5 percent in value last year (Sun-Sentinel) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Zillow.com had a little fun “zestimating” the value of the White House a year after President Obama and family moved in. The Seattle-based real estate firm determined the home was worth $308 million in January 2009, but a year later, the value has dropped to $292.5 million, a 5 percent slide. | |
| 21-JAN-10 | White House lost 5 percent in value last year (Sun-Sentinel) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Zillow.com had a little fun “zestimating” the value of the White House a year after President Obama and family moved in. The Seattle-based real estate firm determined the home was worth $308 million in January 2009, but a year later, the value has dropped to $292.5 million, a 5 percent slide. | |
| 21-JAN-10 | Value of White House Drops by More Than $15 Million (CNBC via Yahoo! Finance) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| It just goes to show you, not even the president is immune to the real-estate slump: The value of the White House is down more than $15 million in the past year, despite improvements the Obamas made such as a vegetable garden and fancy swing set. | |
| 21-JAN-10 | Value of White House Drops by More Than $15 Million (CNBC via Yahoo! Finance) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| It just goes to show you, not even the president is immune to the real-estate slump: The value of the White House is down more than $15 million in the past year, despite improvements the Obamas made such as a vegetable garden and fancy swing set. | |
| 21-JAN-10 | Saudi Dar Al Arkan Said to Plan Islamic Dollar Bonds (Update1) (Bloomberg) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development Co. , Saudi Arabia’s biggest property company by market value, plans to sell Islamic bonds to refinance its $600 million debt, said two bankers with the knowledge of the sale. | |
| 21-JAN-10 | Saudi Dar Al Arkan Said to Plan Islamic Dollar Bonds (Update1) (Bloomberg) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development Co. , Saudi Arabia’s biggest property company by market value, plans to sell Islamic bonds to refinance its $600 million debt, said two bankers with the knowledge of the sale. | |
| 21-JAN-10 | Saudi Dar Al Arkan Plans to Sell Islamic Bonds, Bankers Say (Bloomberg) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development Co., Saudi Arabia’s biggest property company by market value, plans to sell Islamic bonds to refinance its $600 million debt, said two bankers with the knowledge of the sale. | |
| 21-JAN-10 | Saudi Dar Al Arkan Plans to Sell Islamic Bonds, Bankers Say (Bloomberg) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development Co., Saudi Arabia’s biggest property company by market value, plans to sell Islamic bonds to refinance its $600 million debt, said two bankers with the knowledge of the sale. | |
| 21-JAN-10 | Real Money (Jan. 21): Capital Raisings, Property Financings (CoStar Group) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| PGGM Private Real Estate Fund (PGGM), an investment vehicle for Dutch pension funds, agreed to increase its investment in Behringer Harvard's growing portfolio of multifamily communities to $300 million. This most recent commitment represents the third... | |
| 21-JAN-10 | Real Money (Jan. 21): Capital Raisings, Property Financings (CoStar Group) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| PGGM Private Real Estate Fund (PGGM), an investment vehicle for Dutch pension funds, agreed to increase its investment in Behringer Harvard's growing portfolio of multifamily communities to $300 million. This most recent commitment represents the third... | |
| 21-JAN-10 | No 'simple answer' to impact of gas drilling on land value (The Daily Star) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| How does a gas lease affect the value of land? According to local realtors and lawyers, when an owner sells a leased parcel and retains the subsurface (gas and mineral) rights, the land is worth less than if sold with all rights intact. And then there are some leases _ those that accord a company much latitude for little money _ that diminish property values, even when the seller's rights are ... | |
| 21-JAN-10 | No 'simple answer' to impact of gas drilling on land value (The Daily Star) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| How does a gas lease affect the value of land? According to local realtors and lawyers, when an owner sells a leased parcel and retains the subsurface (gas and mineral) rights, the land is worth less than if sold with all rights intact. And then there are some leases _ those that accord a company much latitude for little money _ that diminish property values, even when the seller's rights are ... | |
| 21-JAN-10 | Ailing housing market still a risk to economy (MalaysiaNews.net) (Search - Housing Market) |
| WASHINGTON - The housing market remains a significant risk to the economy, data showed Wednesday, as bad weather across much of the country hammered the construction industry. Along with icy storms, ... | |
| 21-JAN-10 | Property-tax relief plan on hold (The Post and Courier) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| A plan aimed at stimulating commercial real estate sales in South Carolina by offering generous property tax incentives was unveiled in the state Senate on Wednesday but ran into unexpected resistance just hours later. | |
| 21-JAN-10 | Property-tax relief plan on hold (The Post and Courier) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| A plan aimed at stimulating commercial real estate sales in South Carolina by offering generous property tax incentives was unveiled in the state Senate on Wednesday but ran into unexpected resistance just hours later. | |
| 21-JAN-10 | China GDP Growth Surge Leads to Rising Property Prices (Time Magazine) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| With its new GDP numbers in, China says it's the first world economy to recover from the global slump. For its next act, can Beijing rein in the runaway property market? | |
| 21-JAN-10 | China GDP Growth Surge Leads to Rising Property Prices (Time Magazine) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| With its new GDP numbers in, China says it's the first world economy to recover from the global slump. For its next act, can Beijing rein in the runaway property market? | |
| 21-JAN-10 | Housing market still a big risk, data shows (Richmond Times-Dispatch) (Search - Housing Market) |
| The housing market remains a significant risk to the economy, data yesterday showed, as bad weather across much of the country hammered the construction industry. Along with icy storms, the real estate recovery is facing man-made headwinds. The government said buyers will face higher fees and tougher standards for loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration, a popular source of loans for ... | |
| 21-JAN-10 | Radar Logic Report Shows Unseasonable Strength in Housing Market (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) (Search - Housing Market) |
| NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - 01/21/10) - November provided further evidence of recovery in the housing market , according to the November 2009 RPX Monthly Housing Market Report released today by Radar Logic Incorporated . Home sales , as indicated by RPX transactions counts, increased in all 25 metropolitan areas covered by the report relative to a year prior. Home sales across all 25 cities have ... | |
| 21-JAN-10 | Realtors' property tax deal hits a wall (The Myrtle Beach Sun News) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| A plan aimed at stimulating commercial real estate sales in South Carolina by offering generous property tax incentives was unveiled in the state Senate on Wednesday but quickly met resistance. | |
| 21-JAN-10 | Realtors' property tax deal hits a wall (The Myrtle Beach Sun News) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| A plan aimed at stimulating commercial real estate sales in South Carolina by offering generous property tax incentives was unveiled in the state Senate on Wednesday but quickly met resistance. | |
| 21-JAN-10 | New York City's Housing Market On the Rise, Slowly (The Epoch Times) (Search - Housing Market) |
| The housing market in New York City appears to be on the upward climb as sales pick up and price declines slow. | |
| 21-JAN-10 | Ezdan to build Asia Towers (The Peninsula) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| DOHA: Qatar’s biggest property developer by market value, Ezdan Real Estate Company, has joined force with Qatar General Insurance and Reinsurance Company and Al Sarri Trading Company for the Asia Towers project, which has an estimated cost of QR2.5bn ($686.5m). | |
| 21-JAN-10 | Ezdan to build Asia Towers (The Peninsula) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| DOHA: Qatar’s biggest property developer by market value, Ezdan Real Estate Company, has joined force with Qatar General Insurance and Reinsurance Company and Al Sarri Trading Company for the Asia Towers project, which has an estimated cost of QR2.5bn ($686.5m). | |
| 21-JAN-10 | U.S. housing market faces slog (Miami Herald) (Search - Housing Market) |
| The housing market remains a significant risk to the economy, data Wednesday showed, as bad weather across much of the U.S. hammered the construction industry. | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Housing market remains a risk to economy (ABC 13 Houston) (Search - Housing Market) |
| The housing market remains a significant risk to the economy, data Wednesday showed, as bad weather across much of the country hammered the construction industry. | |
| 20-JAN-10 | 2010 outlook for Portland's housing market (KOIN News 6 Portland) (Search - Housing Market) |
| As activity in the housing market gets underway in this new year, Portland investors and homeowners are looking for signs of recovery in order to strategize. | |
| 20-JAN-10 | U.S. housing starts fall, but permits at 14-month high (Reuters via Yahoo! News) (Search - Housing Market) |
| U.S. housing starts unexpectedly fell last month as unusually cold weather hampered construction, but a jump in building permits to a 14-month high indicated the housing market recovery was intact. | |
| 20-JAN-10 | SURVEY SAYS: Foreign Investors Still Bullish On U.S Property (CoStar Group) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| More than half of foreign investors now say the U.S. provides the best opportunity globally for growing the value of commercial real estate investments, according to the annual survey conducted among the members of the Association of Foreign Investors... | |
| 20-JAN-10 | SURVEY SAYS: Foreign Investors Still Bullish On U.S Property (CoStar Group) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| More than half of foreign investors now say the U.S. provides the best opportunity globally for growing the value of commercial real estate investments, according to the annual survey conducted among the members of the Association of Foreign Investors... | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Will Federal Short-Sales Guidelines Speed Deals? (National Associaiton of Realtors - Government Affairs) |
| NAR Managing Director of Regulatory Affairs Jeff Lischer walks REALTORS® through the new federal short sale guidelines and assesses their potential impact in this REALTOR® Magazine interview. |
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| 20-JAN-10 | FHA Announces Changes (National Associaiton of Realtors - Government Affairs) |
| The FHA announces changes to ensure its long-term financial soundness. |
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| 20-JAN-10 | Southern California housing market strengthens in December (Los Angeles Times) (Search - Housing Market) |
| In a typically sluggish month, the median sale price rises 4% over the same period a year earlier, and sales jump 12.1%. The pace of sales is the best since 2006, aided by tax credits that end soon. Rock-bottom interest rates and stronger sales in higher-priced neighborhoods helped Southern California's housing market post robust gains in the typically sleepy month of December, new data show ... | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Housing starts fall, but permits at 14-month high (Reuters via Yahoo! News) (Search - Housing Market) |
| U.S. home starts unexpectedly fell last month as unusually cold weather hampered construction, but a jump in building permits to a 14-month high indicated the housing market recovery was intact. | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Southern California housing market strengthens in December (San Fernando Valley Business Journal) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Rock-bottom interest rates and stronger sales in higher-priced neighborhoods helped Southern California's housing market post robust gains in the typically sleepy month of December, new data show, and experts say the momentum is continuing -- ushering in an early start to the spring home-buying season. | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Federal Tax Credits Stimulating Oklahoma Housing Market (News On 6 Tulsa) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Over the past three years, Oklahoma's housing market has remained stable compared with the rest of the country. Now local experts say federal tax credits are keeping the market going. Oklahoma Impact Team | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Property Bonds Beat Corporates as Simon Sells: Credit Markets (Bloomberg) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Real estate borrowers are leading the rally in U.S. corporate bonds as investors add to bets property companies will weather an increase in commercial mortgage defaults. | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Property Bonds Beat Corporates as Simon Sells: Credit Markets (Bloomberg) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Real estate borrowers are leading the rally in U.S. corporate bonds as investors add to bets property companies will weather an increase in commercial mortgage defaults. | |
| 20-JAN-10 | REPORT: NYC's Housing Market Shows Signs of Recovery as Transactions and Sales Values Rise in 4th Quarter (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) (Search - Housing Market) |
| NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - 01/20/10) - New York City's housing market showed signs of recovery in the fourth quarter of 2009 as the total dollar value of residential real estate sales increased 22 percent to $7.9 billion compared to the previous quarter, according to a report released today. The report by ResidentialNYC.com, the public real estate listings Web site of The Real Estate Board of ... | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Regent Partners and TriGate Capital form Property Fund (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Regent Partners, one of Atlanta’s leading real estate investment, development and services firms and TriGate Capital, a prominent national real estate investment firm announce the formation of the Regent-TriGate Property Fund I (the “Fund” or “Regent-TriGate”). | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Regent Partners and TriGate Capital form Property Fund (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Regent Partners, one of Atlanta’s leading real estate investment, development and services firms and TriGate Capital, a prominent national real estate investment firm announce the formation of the Regent-TriGate Property Fund I (the “Fund” or “Regent-TriGate”). | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Housing Starts Show Much Steeper Than Expected Drop In December (INO News) (Search - Housing Market) |
| (RTTNews) - New residential construction showed a notable decrease in the month of December, according to a report released by the Commerce Department on Wednesday, with the data likely to add to recent concerns about the sustainability of the recovery in the housing market. | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Housing Starts Dip, Permits Up (TheStreet.com) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Housing starts data for December is weaker than expected, but building permits are up -- the latest of many mixed signals in the U.S. housing market. | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Rehabilitation Act Covers Independent Contractors (National Association of Realtors - Law and Policy) |
| Creating a circuit split, Ninth Circuit rules that the Act protects independent contractors as well as employees. |
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| 20-JAN-10 | Mass. Market: State legislature will be asked to tackle controversial home appraisal system (The Cape Codder) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| While Congress weighs potential fixes to a controversial new system for home appraisals, the Massachusetts Board of Real Estate Appraisers is crafting legislation to address this at the state level. This bill would regulate appraisal management companies – intermediaries that are increasingly called upon to assign appraisers for a refinancing or home closing. | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Mass. Market: State legislature will be asked to tackle controversial home appraisal system (The Register) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| While Congress weighs potential fixes to a controversial new system for home appraisals, the Massachusetts Board of Real Estate Appraisers is crafting legislation to address this at the state level. This bill would regulate appraisal management companies – intermediaries that are increasingly called upon to assign appraisers for a refinancing or home closing. | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Mass. Market: State legislature will be asked to tackle controversial home appraisal system (The Sandwich Broadsider) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| While Congress weighs potential fixes to a controversial new system for home appraisals, the Massachusetts Board of Real Estate Appraisers is crafting legislation to address this at the state level. This bill would regulate appraisal management companies – intermediaries that are increasingly called upon to assign appraisers for a refinancing or home closing. | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Ahead of the Bell: Housing Starts (San Francisco Chronicle) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Housing construction likely grew for the second-straight month in December, but applications for building permits are expected to show a decline _ a pair of mixed signals about the shaky housing market. Economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters expect new home... Thomson Reuters - Real estate economics - Business - Real estate - Construction permit | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Ahead of the Bell: Housing Starts (AP via Yahoo! News) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Housing construction likely grew for the second-straight month in December, but applications for building permits are expected to show a decline — a pair of mixed signals about the shaky housing market. | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Federal Housing Administration to raise fees (AP via Yahoo! News) (Search - Housing Market) |
| The Federal Housing Administration is raising fees and tightening lending standards to shore up its strapped finances and avoid a taxpayer bailout. | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Outlook remains grim for commercial real estate (Indianapolis Business Journal) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Expect another year of rising vacancies, declining property values and distressed sales in the central Indiana commercial real estate market. That's the message from Colliers Turley Martin Tucker in its annual State of Real Estate report. | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Outlook remains grim for commercial real estate (Indianapolis Business Journal) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Expect another year of rising vacancies, declining property values and distressed sales in the central Indiana commercial real estate market. That's the message from Colliers Turley Martin Tucker in its annual State of Real Estate report. | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Decades of housing growth (Mortgage Introducer) (Search - Housing Market) |
| This is according to the Halifax, which has looked at the housing market over the past 50 years and identified the key changes. The analysis starts at the end of the 1950s and commences with the record growth in housebuilding through the 1960s. | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Economists predict more struggles for Las Vegas housing market (Las Vegas Sun) (Search - Housing Market) |
| The Las Vegas housing market will continue to struggle in 2010 as it faces more price declines and a growing number of foreclosures, economists said Tuesday. | |
| 20-JAN-10 | China's housing investment is preposterously large (Shanghaiist) (Search - Housing Market) |
| The more we hear about China's housing market , the more outrageous it seems. China's real estate investment grew by 75% last year : in total, 4.4 trillion yuan was spent last year, a large part of which was fueled by 9.5 trillion in new loans . If you need a physical gauge for just how much that is, chew on this: over the course of the year, China sold 937 million square meters of space, nearly ... | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Signs of recovering market? Homebuilders drawn to Shiloh (Belleville News-Democrat) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Signs of a recovering housing market can be found at a new metro-east residential development. | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Housing market improves (Chatham Daily News) (Search - Housing Market) |
| The Daily News Based on the latest numbers, the Chatham-Kent housing market is on the upswing. The number of homes sold in the municipality posted a second consecutive double-digit increase in December.[...] | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Report: Real estate hits low (Jackson Hole News & Guide) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| A longtime valley real estate analyst declared this week “the market has hit bottom.” While market data in a new report may signal a slow improvement in property sales, any gains are coming out of a deep trough. | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Report: Real estate hits low (Jackson Hole News & Guide) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| A longtime valley real estate analyst declared this week “the market has hit bottom.” While market data in a new report may signal a slow improvement in property sales, any gains are coming out of a deep trough. | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Ten Tips to Being a Good "Refer-ee" (Realty Times) |
| Everyone loves referrals. There's nothing more exciting than getting a call from an agent across the country who has a slam-dunk buyer or seller lead to send your way. Sure, you'll get to pay a referral fee, but that's okay! In today's slower real estate market, even 25% less cash-in-pocket is better than no cash at all! | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Turning Internet Confusion into Success: Part 5 (Realty Times) |
| The simple fact that the internet is a part of the returning real estate market is not big news, but with so much information coming out so fast, understanding it can be difficult. This article is the fifth in a series of six that decodes the basics, and even some mild intricacies, of the world of electronic marketing and will show you how to compete and succeed in an area of marketing where you might have previously feared to tread. | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Allied Van Lines Report Shows Texas as #1 Destination Spot in U.S. (Realty Times) |
| In an economy as challenging as the one we are working under as we enter the second decade of the 21st Century, the mantra "location, location, location" will play an especially important role not only for REALTORS and investors, but also for builders and other construction-industry professionals. | |
| 20-JAN-10 | News Near You for Jan. 20 (Richmond Times-Dispatch) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Richmond People who own property in Richmond should receive their 2010 assessment notices late this week, City Assessor James D. Hester said. The city has been anticipating a decrease of 5 percent to 6 percent, or $1 billion, in its tax base based on declining real estate sales. At the current tax rate of $1.20 per $100 of assessed value, that translates to a $12 million loss in tax revenue for ... | |
| 20-JAN-10 | News Near You for Jan. 20 (Richmond Times-Dispatch) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Richmond People who own property in Richmond should receive their 2010 assessment notices late this week, City Assessor James D. Hester said. The city has been anticipating a decrease of 5 percent to 6 percent, or $1 billion, in its tax base based on declining real estate sales. At the current tax rate of $1.20 per $100 of assessed value, that translates to a $12 million loss in tax revenue for ... | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Uniontown Area won't raise taxes over state index (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Property owners in the Uniontown Area School District won't have their real estate taxes rise more than 0.5 mill this coming fiscal year -- meaning they won't pay more than an extra $25 for every $50,000 of assessed value, district officials said. | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Uniontown Area won't raise taxes over state index (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Property owners in the Uniontown Area School District won't have their real estate taxes rise more than 0.5 mill this coming fiscal year -- meaning they won't pay more than an extra $25 for every $50,000 of assessed value, district officials said. | |
| 20-JAN-10 | San Francisco's Housing Market Continues to Strengthen Unlike Many Other Areas of the Country (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) (Search - Housing Market) |
| SAN FRANCISCO----Falling inventory levels and strong sales activity in December, 2009, helped to drive continued improvement in San Francisco’s housing market, according to the latest Market Focus report issued jointly by Rosen Consulting Group and the San Francisco Association of REALTORS®. | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Property tax deal possible (The State) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Real estate agents, local government officials and lawmakers have reached a tentative deal on changing the way some properties are valued for tax purposes after they are sold. | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Property tax deal possible (The State) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Real estate agents, local government officials and lawmakers have reached a tentative deal on changing the way some properties are valued for tax purposes after they are sold. | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Signs of life in the new home market (Belleville News-Democrat) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Signs of a recovering housing market can be found at a new metro-east residential development. | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Land tax must be universal, say property investors (The New Zealand Herald) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Real estate industry insiders have mixed views on some of the Tax Working Groups recommendations, which are designed to start taxing property investments harder. | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Land tax must be universal, say property investors (The New Zealand Herald) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Real estate industry insiders have mixed views on some of the Tax Working Groups recommendations, which are designed to start taxing property investments harder. | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Light at the End of the Tunnel for Real Estate Billionaires? (Forbes) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Real estate expert Peter Slatin says commercial real estate will continue its free fall. But there m | |
| 20-JAN-10 | Light at the End of the Tunnel for Real Estate Billionaires? (Forbes) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Real estate expert Peter Slatin says commercial real estate will continue its free fall. But there m | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Health stocks pull market higher as Mass. votes (AP via Yahoo! News) (Search - Housing Market) |
| The stock market rebounded Tuesday as traders placed bets that the outcome of an election in Massachusetts would make it harder for President Barack Obama to make changes to health care. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Three charged in Miami area mortgage fraud allegations (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| Three people, including a disbarred attorney, are charged with engaging in a scheme to enrich themselves by fraudulently causing real property in Broward and Miami-Dade Counties to be bought and sold through straw buyers, using identities that had been stolen from unwitting individuals. In order to obtain mortgages on these properties, the defendants allegedly submitted and caused the submission of fraudulent documents to the mortgage lenders. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Real estate appraiser running for Anderson City Council (Anderson Independent-Mail) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| ANDERSON —Anderson real estate appraiser Mike Buckner is the first person to announce that he plans to run for the open seat on the Anderson City Council.Filing for the council’s elections begins Thursday and extends to Feb. 4. The election will be held April 6.Buckner said he plans to run for the at-large seat being vacated by Blake Williamson.Williamson announced in November that he did not ... | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Texas Mortgage Fraud Task Force releases 2009 Report (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| The Texas Mortgage Fraud Task Force has released its 2009 report on its activities. The report is attached herein. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Murphy’s Law and the Real Estate Agent (RISMedia Real Estate News) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| RISMEDIA, January 20, 2010—In preparing my presentations for the Triple Play Convention in early December 2009, I started thinking about the real estate market in 2008 and 2009 and how difficult closing a real estate transaction has become. In speaking with agents… | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Fort Lauderdale realtor charged in fraud allegations (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| The New Times reports that a New York man told Fort Lauderdale police that Denny Hughes was refusing to release the $25,000 that the man had given to Hughes for deposit in an escrow account. Hughes then allegedly asked the man for another $25,000 in September, in order to avoid primary mortgage insurance. The $50,000 was to be presented by Hughes at the closing of a property Boyle was buying. It is alleged that Hughes did not turn up and refused to return the money to Boyle. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Former Irving (TX) police officer pleads guilty in "officer next door" fraud (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| Reyes was employed as a police officer for the City of Irving since 1998. In 1998, Reyes purchased a home located on Dorothy Drive in Grand Prairie, Texas, and began living there. In 2007, Reyes purchased another home in Mesquite, Texas, using the “Good Neighbor Next Door/Officer Next Door” mortgage program. To comply with the program’s requirements, Reyes transferred title of this Grand Prairie home to a relative and continued to live in the Grand Prairie home, maintaining all utilities in his name and paying the property taxes on the residence. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Brazil's Real Closes Weaker On Surging US Dollar (The Forex Market) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| SAO PAULO (Dow Jones)--The Brazilian real closed weaker against the U.S. dollar Tuesday as the greenback surged across international markets. The real closed at BRL1.7727 to the dollar in trading on the BM&F Bovespa exchange, weaker from Monday's close at BRL1.7680. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Brazil's Real Closes Weaker On Surging US Dollar (The Forex Market) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| SAO PAULO (Dow Jones)--The Brazilian real closed weaker against the U.S. dollar Tuesday as the greenback surged across international markets. The real closed at BRL1.7727 to the dollar in trading on the BM&F Bovespa exchange, weaker from Monday's close at BRL1.7680. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | County housing market sees slight growth in December (Ventura County Star) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Ventura County’s housing market most likely hit bottom in 2009, though it might linger there for awhile as people hesitate to buy or sell homes.On Tuesday, the latest numbers from MDA Dataquick gave a final snapshot of a year with low sales and prices.December’s median sales price for new and existing homes and condominiums hit $360,000, up 6.5 percent from $338,0000 the previous year, while ... | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Hilco Real Estate Brokers Sale of Two Wextrust Capital Assets (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| NORTHBROOK, Ill.----Hilco Real Estate, LLC, working in concert with Badger Real Estate Advisors as Chief Restructuring Officer for the Wextrust Capital Receivership, successfully brokered the sale of two properties. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Hilco Real Estate Brokers Sale of Two Wextrust Capital Assets (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| NORTHBROOK, Ill.----Hilco Real Estate, LLC, working in concert with Badger Real Estate Advisors as Chief Restructuring Officer for the Wextrust Capital Receivership, successfully brokered the sale of two properties. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | F.C. Tucker predicts modest rally for residential market (Indianapolis Business Journal) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Central Indiana's housing market is on track to notch gains in the number of homes sold and the average sales price in 2010. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Mature-Market Home Buyers Look Beyond Buildings, Desire Services (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) (Search - Housing Market) |
| LAS VEGAS----A survey of consumers and builders, conducted in 2009 by the National Association of Home Builders and the MetLife Mature Market Institute, has yielded a new round of data specific to the housing preferences of the 55+ consumer. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Plainfield real estate, historic preservation enthusiast dies (MyCentralJersey.com) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| PLAINFIELD — William Hetfield, the real-estate appraiser who was a leading figure in the city's extremely active historic preservation movement, has died. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Sell off shares that lost their value? (South Bend Tribune) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| I have some stock shares that have lost most of their value. Should I sell enough shares to take advantage of the $3,000 that can be taken for a tax loss or should I sell all of it? | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Sell off shares that lost their value? (South Bend Tribune) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| I have some stock shares that have lost most of their value. Should I sell enough shares to take advantage of the $3,000 that can be taken for a tax loss or should I sell all of it? | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Canada Dec. Leading Indicator Gains Most in 27 Years on Housing (Bloomberg) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Jan. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Canada’s index of leading economic indicators posted its biggest gain in almost 27 years on household spending, housing and stock market gains. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | 01/19/2010 14:38 CHINA In 2009, property sales reach 4.4 trillion yuan (AsiaNews.it) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| » Property prices are rising non-stop, especially in the big cities, favoured by easy bank loans. The government is concerned about speculation, which excludes many people, because it could cause huge losses in the financial markets. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | 01/19/2010 14:38 CHINA In 2009, property sales reach 4.4 trillion yuan (AsiaNews.it) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| » Property prices are rising non-stop, especially in the big cities, favoured by easy bank loans. The government is concerned about speculation, which excludes many people, because it could cause huge losses in the financial markets. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Halifax Research - The UK Housing Market Over the Past 50 Years (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Halifax has looked over the past 50 years and identified the key changes in the UK housing market. The analysis starts at the end of the 1950s and commences with the record growth in house-building through the 1960s. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Brazil's Real Opens Weaker Amid Global Economic Gloom (The Forex Market) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| SAO PAULO (Dow Jones)--The Brazilian real opened weaker against the U.S. dollar Tuesday amid gloom over the prospects of a global recovery. Meanwhile, the imminent presence of the Brazilian treasury buying dollars also had an impact on the exchange rate. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Brazil's Real Opens Weaker Amid Global Economic Gloom (The Forex Market) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| SAO PAULO (Dow Jones)--The Brazilian real opened weaker against the U.S. dollar Tuesday amid gloom over the prospects of a global recovery. Meanwhile, the imminent presence of the Brazilian treasury buying dollars also had an impact on the exchange rate. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Cash-laden trusts lift commercial real estate (The Globe and Mail) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Well-financed real estate investment trusts that hoarded cash during the recession are lifting the commercial property sector out of one of its worst slumps in a decade. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Cash-laden trusts lift commercial real estate (The Globe and Mail) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Well-financed real estate investment trusts that hoarded cash during the recession are lifting the commercial property sector out of one of its worst slumps in a decade. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Rising property-sale indicators in Lebanon buck global trend (Zawya) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| BEIRUT: Figures released by the Directorate of Real Estate indicate that the number of property-sale transactions in Lebanon and the value of such transactions witnessed an increase in 2009, bucking the trend of dwindling real-estate activity across the MENA region and the world at large. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Rising property-sale indicators in Lebanon buck global trend (Zawya) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| BEIRUT: Figures released by the Directorate of Real Estate indicate that the number of property-sale transactions in Lebanon and the value of such transactions witnessed an increase in 2009, bucking the trend of dwindling real-estate activity across the MENA region and the world at large. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Cost of new public housing soars (The Columbus Dispatch) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Officials at a state agency are trying to cap rising costs associated with low-income housing projects they finance across Ohio, including those in Franklin County that have increased 76 percent since 2004. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | County median housing price on upswing (San Diego Union-Tribune) (Search - Housing Market) |
| San Diego County’s median housing price rose in December for the first time in four months, MDA DataQuick reported yesterday, adding further evidence that the housing market is stabilizing after four years of declines. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Real estate radio show host pleads guilty to fraud (McKinney Courier-Gazette) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Real estate and investment guru and radio talk show host Cliff Robertson, who said he could sell “ice to Eskimoes” pled guilty Wednesday in federal court to bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Real estate radio show host pleads guilty to fraud (McKinney Courier-Gazette) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Real estate and investment guru and radio talk show host Cliff Robertson, who said he could sell “ice to Eskimoes” pled guilty Wednesday in federal court to bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | UK housing market can survive rise in interest rates, Taylor Wimpey argues (Daily Telegraph) (Search - Housing Market) |
| The boss of Taylor Wimpey, one of Britain's biggest housebuilders, has said the housing market could absorb a rise in interest rates this year without a recovery being impacted. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Egypt may stall property tax law (Zawya) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| 18 January 2010 CAIRO: President Mubarak said Sunday that the property tax law is not finalized yet, and that he is "thinking of ways to render the implementation gradual." | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Egypt may stall property tax law (Zawya) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| 18 January 2010 CAIRO: President Mubarak said Sunday that the property tax law is not finalized yet, and that he is "thinking of ways to render the implementation gradual." | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Real Estate Outlook: Strong Sales Predicted (Realty Times) |
| Will housing outperform the overall economy in 2010 as we pull out of the Great Recession? | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Real Estate License Can Be Easily Lost (Realty Times) |
| "Bad facts make bad law", they say, and the recent case of Robbins v. Davi, heard by California's Second Appellate District Court of Appeal, drives that point home for real estate licensees. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Six of 50 Canadian Cities Get Top Marks for Attracting Newcomers (Realty Times) |
| Only six out of 50 Canadian cities get an "A" grade when it comes to attracting new people to live there, according to a new study. Jim Adair reports on which cities get top marks, and which ones need to do some more homework. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Cost to build new public housing soars (The Columbus Dispatch) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Officials at a state agency are trying to cap rising costs associated with low-income housing projects they finance across Ohio, including those in Franklin County that have increased 76 percent since 2004. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Lake Cowichan residential property assessments up by as much as 10% (Lake Cowichan Gazette) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Property assessments in Lake Cowichan will increase compared to last year, but modestly according to Bill MacGougan, Vancouver Island regional assessor in Nanaimo. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Lake Cowichan residential property assessments up by as much as 10% (Lake Cowichan Gazette) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Property assessments in Lake Cowichan will increase compared to last year, but modestly according to Bill MacGougan, Vancouver Island regional assessor in Nanaimo. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | China Property Sales Rise 75.5% to 4.4 Trillion Yuan (Update1) (Bloomberg) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Jan. 19 (Bloomberg) -- China property sales jumped 75.5 percent to 4.4 trillion yuan ($644 billion) last year, led by the eastern cities of Zhejiang and Shanghai, as record new loans boosted buying. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | China Property Sales Rise 75.5% to 4.4 Trillion Yuan (Update1) (Bloomberg) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Jan. 19 (Bloomberg) -- China property sales jumped 75.5 percent to 4.4 trillion yuan ($644 billion) last year, led by the eastern cities of Zhejiang and Shanghai, as record new loans boosted buying. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Housing Market Turnaround (KFDA-TV Amarillo) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Amarillo, TX--Some real estate agents are saying there's good news for homeowners in Amarillo. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Property values up and down (Parksville Qualicum Beach News) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| PARKSVILLE — Average property values have dropped in Parksville and Qualicum Beach. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Property values up and down (Parksville Qualicum Beach News) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| PARKSVILLE — Average property values have dropped in Parksville and Qualicum Beach. | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Tough housing market in 2010 (Ventura County Star) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Rosy government projections for 2010 call for gross domestic product gains and a vigorous recovery across all sectors. For real estate, many mainstream economists believe prices will finally reach bottom in late 2010.Our advice: Be careful, and consider the motivations of industry groups and pundits who call a bottom in real estate, and remember that many economists were overly optimistic about ... | |
| 19-JAN-10 | Tough housing market in 2010 (Ventura County Star) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| Rosy government projections for 2010 call for gross domestic product gains and a vigorous recovery across all sectors. For real estate, many mainstream economists believe prices will finally reach bottom in late 2010.Our advice: Be careful, and consider the motivations of industry groups and pundits who call a bottom in real estate, and remember that many economists were overly optimistic about ... | |
| 18-JAN-10 | CapitaLand buys China property business for $2.2 billion (Finance Asia) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Leading Singapore real estate developer CapitaLand pays $2.2 billion for Orient Overseas International's China property business. | |
| 18-JAN-10 | CapitaLand buys China property business for $2.2 billion (Finance Asia) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Leading Singapore real estate developer CapitaLand pays $2.2 billion for Orient Overseas International's China property business. | |
| 18-JAN-10 | Housing market toughens (Stuff) (Search - Housing Market) |
| House hunting is getting harder, with a combination of fewer homes for sale and pre-recession price tags making it even tougher for first-home buyers. | |
| 18-JAN-10 | Gary J. States, 55 (The Clay County Advocate-Press) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| Gary J. States, 55, of Geff, passed away at 5:50 p.m., Sunday, January 10, 2010 at Fairfield Memorial Hospital, Fairfield. Gary was born September 16, 1954 in Fairfield to Charles F. and Fawn A. (Mills) States. He married Melinda Frank on January 10, 1981 in Cisne. Gary had been a Real Estate Appraiser for Farm Credit Services for 25 years, and a member of Pleasant Grove Christian Church in ... | |
| 18-JAN-10 | Housing market toughens (Marlborough Express) (Search - Housing Market) |
| House hunting is getting harder, with a combination of fewer homes for sale and pre-recession price tags making it even tougher for first-home buyers. | |
| 18-JAN-10 | Toronto commercial real estate sinks (The Globe and Mail) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Toronto's commercial real estate industry had its worst year in a decade in 2009, despite an end of the year investment surge. | |
| 18-JAN-10 | Toronto commercial real estate sinks (The Globe and Mail) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Toronto's commercial real estate industry had its worst year in a decade in 2009, despite an end of the year investment surge. | |
| 18-JAN-10 | (AFX UK Focus) 2010-01-18 13:03 Aberdeen sees 9.2% return from commercial property (Interactive Investor) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Aberdeen Property Investors said it expects its UK commercial property to post 9.2 percent annualised returns over the next five years, as the recovering sector becoming attractive than lower-risk asset classes. The property investment unit of Aberdeen Asset Management said on Monday it bought about 250 million pounds ($408 million) of UK commercial properties in the ... | |
| 18-JAN-10 | (AFX UK Focus) 2010-01-18 13:03 Aberdeen sees 9.2% return from commercial property (Interactive Investor) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Aberdeen Property Investors said it expects its UK commercial property to post 9.2 percent annualised returns over the next five years, as the recovering sector becoming attractive than lower-risk asset classes. The property investment unit of Aberdeen Asset Management said on Monday it bought about 250 million pounds ($408 million) of UK commercial properties in the ... | |
| 18-JAN-10 | (AFX UK Focus) 2010-01-18 13:08 Aberdeen sees 9.2% return from commercial property (Interactive Investor) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Aberdeen Property Investors said it expects its UK commercial property to post 9.2 percent annualised returns over the next five years, as the recovering sector becomes more attractive than lower-risk asset classes. The property investment unit of Aberdeen Asset Management said on Monday it bought about 250 million pounds ($408 million) of UK commercial properties in ... | |
| 18-JAN-10 | (AFX UK Focus) 2010-01-18 13:08 Aberdeen sees 9.2% return from commercial property (Interactive Investor) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Aberdeen Property Investors said it expects its UK commercial property to post 9.2 percent annualised returns over the next five years, as the recovering sector becomes more attractive than lower-risk asset classes. The property investment unit of Aberdeen Asset Management said on Monday it bought about 250 million pounds ($408 million) of UK commercial properties in ... | |
| 18-JAN-10 | Ezdan in deal to build $687 mln Qatar property project (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| DUBAI, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Ezdan Real Estate , Qatar's biggest developer by market value, on Monday said it inked a deal to develop Doha's $687.2 million Asia Towers project. | |
| 18-JAN-10 | Ezdan in deal to build $687 mln Qatar property project (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| DUBAI, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Ezdan Real Estate , Qatar's biggest developer by market value, on Monday said it inked a deal to develop Doha's $687.2 million Asia Towers project. | |
| 18-JAN-10 | Commercial real estate feeling recession’s impact (Fort Worth Business Press) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| All indicators show the commercial real estate depression that has gripped the country for the past year has started to appear in Tarrant County as vacancy averages in two of the local industry sectors are reporting higher numbers than the national averages. | |
| 18-JAN-10 | Commercial real estate feeling recession’s impact (Fort Worth Business Press) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| All indicators show the commercial real estate depression that has gripped the country for the past year has started to appear in Tarrant County as vacancy averages in two of the local industry sectors are reporting higher numbers than the national averages. | |
| 18-JAN-10 | Bank watchers look for clues on housing market (MalaysiaNews.net) (Search - Housing Market) |
| OTTAWA -- The Bank of Canada may shed further light on whether the country is in the midst of a housing bubble when one of the governor's advisors talks about the real estate sector in a speech Monday... | |
| 18-JAN-10 | Housing market is boosted by price rises (Belfast Telegraph) (Search - Housing Market) |
| House prices jumped by 1.2% during the first week of January as confident new sellers hiked their asking prices, research has revealed. Related Stories Property sector on shaky ground as values fall 60% Crash repair network to provide 20 new posts UK economy faces challenging year ahead, warns expert New £2.9m centre set to create 90 jobs BA staff to hold new strike ballot | |
| 18-JAN-10 | Luxury home sales rebound (The Tennessean) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| Reduced prices and sweeter returns on Wall Street for many investors may be melting a nearly frozen market for higher-priced homes, real estate agents say. | |
| 18-JAN-10 | Is Value Investing Dead? (The Motley Fool) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| If you are willing to suffer pain, you too can emulate Buffett and be a great value investor | |
| 18-JAN-10 | Is Value Investing Dead? (The Motley Fool) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| If you are willing to suffer pain, you too can emulate Buffett and be a great value investor | |
| 18-JAN-10 | What Wall Street Bonuses Mean For U.S. Housing (Channel NewsAsia) (Search - Housing Market) |
| After a year in which banks could neither afford nor justify rewarding their employees above their annual pay, big end-of-year compensation packages have returned. Observers of the luxury real estate market hope this will counter the blows taken by high-end housing last year, when bonuses all but disappeared. | |
| 18-JAN-10 | No 'bubble' in Elko's housing market (Elko Daily Free Press) (Search - Housing Market) |
| ELKO — Home sales are fairly steady in Elko, bucking the national trend, but it’s a buyer’s market, even in Elko, where northeastern Nevada gold mines and their jobs provide economic shelter. | |
| 18-JAN-10 | Housing outlook: rocky ground (Amarillo Globe-News) (Search - Housing Market) |
| [The Amarillo housing market could stay flat or perk up with a slight rebound this year, after making up ground in 2009, two brokers said. | |
| 18-JAN-10 | Washington Report: GFE Rules (Realty Times) |
| HUD officials say they plan to conduct a review of the growing use of “worksheets” and “fee estimate” forms by mortgage lenders providing quotes to home buyers and refinancers since the first of January | |
| 18-JAN-10 | Market Niches Can Equal Agent Riches: The Long-Tail in Online Marketing for Realtors (Realty Times) |
| In Real Estate, as in much of business, being all things to all people, is an impossible business model to chase. | |
| 18-JAN-10 | Housing Sales Continue To Climb (The Post-Journal) (Search - Housing Market) |
| In November, the number of homes sold in the state jumped 34 percent and increased 25 percent in the county when compared to 2008 statistics. The increase brought housing sales numbers for both the state and county back to 2007 levels. 'While the jump in sales compared to last November is obviously a positive sign for the state housing market, the 5. | |
| 18-JAN-10 | Real estate values holding steady in area (The Register-Herald) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Local county assessors say real estate property assessments and foreclosures in the region remain relatively low while other areas of the state are experiencing much tougher situations. | |
| 18-JAN-10 | Real estate values holding steady in area (The Register-Herald) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Local county assessors say real estate property assessments and foreclosures in the region remain relatively low while other areas of the state are experiencing much tougher situations. | |
| 17-JAN-10 | Residential property sales up, lower value transactions strong (New Zealand's National Business Review) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| The residential property market is continuing its steady climb to recovery, with 655 more houses sold nationwide in December 2009 than in the same month of 2008. Sales remain far below the 2007 peak, with the lower end of the market the most active. The rise in transactions last month to 4,957 homes was still 640 property sales behind the number achieved in December 2007 according to the latest ... | |
| 17-JAN-10 | Residential property sales up, lower value transactions strong (New Zealand's National Business Review) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| The residential property market is continuing its steady climb to recovery, with 655 more houses sold nationwide in December 2009 than in the same month of 2008. Sales remain far below the 2007 peak, with the lower end of the market the most active. The rise in transactions last month to 4,957 homes was still 640 property sales behind the number achieved in December 2007 according to the latest ... | |
| 17-JAN-10 | Value Of Ponsonby’s Property Sector On The Rise (Scoop.co.nz) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| The value of residential property sales in Ponsonby grew noticeably toward the end of last year – with one real estate agency in particular gaining the lion’s share of the market for the sale of top end homes. | |
| 17-JAN-10 | Value Of Ponsonby’s Property Sector On The Rise (Scoop.co.nz) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| The value of residential property sales in Ponsonby grew noticeably toward the end of last year – with one real estate agency in particular gaining the lion’s share of the market for the sale of top end homes. | |
| 17-JAN-10 | Real estate agents hurting (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| By ROBERT DIGITALE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Real estate agents, who sold more homes in 2009 than any year since 2005, still saw their commissions fall for the fourth straight year - victim of the economic downturn and plummeting home prices. | |
| 17-JAN-10 | Real estate agents hurting (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| By ROBERT DIGITALE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Real estate agents, who sold more homes in 2009 than any year since 2005, still saw their commissions fall for the fourth straight year - victim of the economic downturn and plummeting home prices. | |
| 17-JAN-10 | Barwa’s Banking Unit Acquires The First Investor (Update1) (Bloomberg) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Jan. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Barwa Real Estate Co., Qatar’s second-largest property developer by market value, made its second acquisition this year as its banking unit gained control of The First Investor . | |
| 17-JAN-10 | Barwa’s Banking Unit Acquires The First Investor (Update1) (Bloomberg) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Jan. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Barwa Real Estate Co., Qatar’s second-largest property developer by market value, made its second acquisition this year as its banking unit gained control of The First Investor . | |
| 17-JAN-10 | Tips for a foreign homebuyer in the U.S. (Bankrate.com) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Dear Real Estate Adviser, My uncle is a noncitizen and he wants to buy a home in San Diego. He has heard that if he were to die while still the owner, the government would be owed 50 percent of the property's value. What really happens in the event of the sudden death of the owner? | |
| 17-JAN-10 | Tips for a foreign homebuyer in the U.S. (Bankrate.com) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Dear Real Estate Adviser, My uncle is a noncitizen and he wants to buy a home in San Diego. He has heard that if he were to die while still the owner, the government would be owed 50 percent of the property's value. What really happens in the event of the sudden death of the owner? | |
| 17-JAN-10 | Property tax cap for seniors puts some N. Texas cities' budgets in bind (Dallas Morning News) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Six years after Texas voters gave cities the ability to cap property tax bills for senior citizens, cash-strapped communities that opted in are starting to feel the costs. | |
| 17-JAN-10 | Property tax cap for seniors puts some N. Texas cities' budgets in bind (Dallas Morning News) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Six years after Texas voters gave cities the ability to cap property tax bills for senior citizens, cash-strapped communities that opted in are starting to feel the costs. | |
| 17-JAN-10 | Harbor Real Estate appointed by Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority as the sales and leasing agent for the completed Cedre ... (AME Info) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Image 1 Mohanad Alwadiya, Managing Director of Harbor Real Estate. The ready community villas comprises of Executive villas, Twin villas and Townhouses. | |
| 17-JAN-10 | Harbor Real Estate appointed by Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority as the sales and leasing agent for the completed Cedre ... (AME Info) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Image 1 Mohanad Alwadiya, Managing Director of Harbor Real Estate. The ready community villas comprises of Executive villas, Twin villas and Townhouses. | |
| 17-JAN-10 | Steamboat 700 property tax rates would be highest in county (The Steamboat Pilot & Today) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Property tax rates in the proposed Steamboat 700 annexation would be more than double those in Steamboat Springs and would top rates across Routt County, according to 2009 figures. The difference boils down to about $100 per month between property tax payments for owners of a $350,000 home in an annexed Steamboat 700. | |
| 17-JAN-10 | Steamboat 700 property tax rates would be highest in county (The Steamboat Pilot & Today) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Property tax rates in the proposed Steamboat 700 annexation would be more than double those in Steamboat Springs and would top rates across Routt County, according to 2009 figures. The difference boils down to about $100 per month between property tax payments for owners of a $350,000 home in an annexed Steamboat 700. | |
| 17-JAN-10 | Unfinished business in real estate (Cape Cod Times) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| "Shell homes" sprout in increasing numbers on the national real estate market. | |
| 17-JAN-10 | Unfinished business in real estate (Cape Cod Times) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| "Shell homes" sprout in increasing numbers on the national real estate market. | |
| 17-JAN-10 | Property tax cap for seniors puts some North Texas cities in a bind (Dallas Morning News) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Six years after Texas voters gave cities the ability to cap property tax bills for senior citizens, cash-strapped communities that opted in are starting to feel the costs. | |
| 17-JAN-10 | Property tax cap for seniors puts some North Texas cities in a bind (Dallas Morning News) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Six years after Texas voters gave cities the ability to cap property tax bills for senior citizens, cash-strapped communities that opted in are starting to feel the costs. | |
| 17-JAN-10 | Housing Market Sales Expected to Continue in 2010 (FOX 13 Utah) (Search - Housing Market) |
| The Salt Lake Board of Realtors conducted a study of the housing market and explain homes are worth three to five percent less, but sales are up ten percent. "Interest rates are just fabulous. People that don't take advantage of the rates, the interest that we have right now, I think are gonna be wishing they had in years to come," Fred Law says. | |
| 17-JAN-10 | Property firms seen outperforming PSEI anew (Manila Bulletin) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Philippine property companies will outperform the benchmark stock index Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) for a second year on expectations valuations will rise 28 percent as they set up real estate investment trusts, Credit Suisse AG said. | |
| 17-JAN-10 | Property firms seen outperforming PSEI anew (Manila Bulletin) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Philippine property companies will outperform the benchmark stock index Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) for a second year on expectations valuations will rise 28 percent as they set up real estate investment trusts, Credit Suisse AG said. | |
| 17-JAN-10 | Realities of Real Estate: The past decade for our local market (The Capital) (Search - Housing Market) |
| A few weeks ago we took a macro look into the housing market during the past 10 years. From a national perspective, it was easy to see the housing bubble come and go. | |
| 17-JAN-10 | PAREAL15 (The Tampa Tribune) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS The address shown is the property address listed by the buyer. Most of the sales took place during the past six weeks. This isn't a complete list of real estate transactions. Sales are listed by city, in ascending value. | |
| 17-JAN-10 | PAREAL15 (The Tampa Tribune) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS The address shown is the property address listed by the buyer. Most of the sales took place during the past six weeks. This isn't a complete list of real estate transactions. Sales are listed by city, in ascending value. | |
| 17-JAN-10 | Montana's big-sky views become bigger tax burdens (Seattle Times) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Nearly 36,000 property owners have protested increases in their tax valuations based on the skyrocketing land values that have turned much of western Montana into a real-estate gold mine in the past decade. | |
| 17-JAN-10 | Montana's big-sky views become bigger tax burdens (Seattle Times) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Nearly 36,000 property owners have protested increases in their tax valuations based on the skyrocketing land values that have turned much of western Montana into a real-estate gold mine in the past decade. | |
| 16-JAN-10 | What's up on the condo market (Straits Times) (Search - Housing Market) |
| MASS market and mid-tier housing launches had dominated the market last year while developers held off launching their posh projects. But the scene is set to reverse this year, with high-end project launches taking centrestage. | |
| 16-JAN-10 | Real estate sales in Washington County decline 12% last year (The Herald-Mail) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| WASHINGTON COUNTY Despite a sales drop for all of 2009, the Washington County real estate market improved in December for the third straight month. | |
| 16-JAN-10 | Real estate sales in Washington County decline 12% last year (The Herald-Mail) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| WASHINGTON COUNTY Despite a sales drop for all of 2009, the Washington County real estate market improved in December for the third straight month. | |
| 16-JAN-10 | Property firms seen outperforming PSEI anew (Manila Bulletin via Yahoo! Philippines News) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Philippine property companies will outperform the benchmark stock index Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) for a second year on expectations valuations will rise 28 percent as they set up real estate investment trusts, Credit Suisse AG said. A measure of seven Philippine real estate stocks that's valued at 17.6 times earnings will rise to 22.5 times in 12 months following a law in December ... | |
| 16-JAN-10 | Property firms seen outperforming PSEI anew (Manila Bulletin via Yahoo! Philippines News) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Philippine property companies will outperform the benchmark stock index Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) for a second year on expectations valuations will rise 28 percent as they set up real estate investment trusts, Credit Suisse AG said. A measure of seven Philippine real estate stocks that's valued at 17.6 times earnings will rise to 22.5 times in 12 months following a law in December ... | |
| 16-JAN-10 | Florida Real Estate: Take Note of the Positive Points in Selling a Property (Turks.US) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Florida is a place of beaches and business, which is why many people visit the state every year. Aside from the business and beaches, there are also real estate areas that you can have to own or a best place to invest a property. | |
| 16-JAN-10 | Florida Real Estate: Take Note of the Positive Points in Selling a Property (Turks.US) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Florida is a place of beaches and business, which is why many people visit the state every year. Aside from the business and beaches, there are also real estate areas that you can have to own or a best place to invest a property. | |
| 16-JAN-10 | Oak Value Top Purchases (Guru Focus) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| By guruek. (GuruFocus, January 16, 2010) Long time value fund managers at Oak Value Fund have published their 4Q09 Adviser's Review and discussed their top holdings and their recent trading activities. Read more » » | |
| 16-JAN-10 | Oak Value Top Purchases (Guru Focus) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| By guruek. (GuruFocus, January 16, 2010) Long time value fund managers at Oak Value Fund have published their 4Q09 Adviser's Review and discussed their top holdings and their recent trading activities. Read more » » | |
| 16-JAN-10 | Housing recovery is at risk (The Buffalo News) (Search - Housing Market) |
| WASHINGTON(AP)--President Obama's plan to fix the foreclosure crisis has been an apparent dud, putting the housing market recovery at risk. | |
| 16-JAN-10 | Real estate market bounces to highs (The Globe and Mail) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Ted Zaharko spent the end of 2008 cutting staff and costs at Royal LePage Foothills. It was the height of the recession, and the resale housing market contracted by 25 per cent in the fourth quarter as buyers vanished "because things looked so hopelessly grim." | |
| 16-JAN-10 | Area housing market won't completely recover until 2012 (Las Vegas Review-Journal) (Search - Housing Market) |
| The housing market in Las Vegas won't fully recover until the first quarter of 2012, facing challenges this year similar to last year, high foreclosure rates and stagnant new-home sales, a housing analyst with The Concord Group said Friday. | |
| 16-JAN-10 | Obama's mortgage relief plan jeopardizing housing recovery (Arizona Daily Star) (Search - Housing Market) |
| WASHINGTON — President Obama's plan to fix the foreclosure crisis has been a dud, putting the housing market recovery at risk. | |
| 16-JAN-10 | Where Americans Pay Most In Property Taxes (Forbes) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| A national look at costs by county. | |
| 16-JAN-10 | Where Americans Pay Most In Property Taxes (Forbes) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| A national look at costs by county. | |
| 16-JAN-10 | Wayne Puff given 18 years and ordered to pay over $100 million restitution (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| Wayne Puff, the ringleader of a massive Ponzi scheme which defrauded hundreds of investors and mortgage lenders of more than $100 million through a purported real estate investment business, was sentenced to 216 months in federal prison today, U.S. District Judge Jose L. Linares also ordered Puff, 61, of Old Bridge, to pay approximately $101.1 million in restitution and to serve 3 years of supervised release upon the completion of his prison term. | |
| 16-JAN-10 | New year, new hopes for housing market (The Scotsman: Business) (Search - Housing Market) |
| THE early weeks of the new year have provided further positive news in the housing market, with some healthy competition and lower priced new mortgage deals being launched. | |
| 15-JAN-10 | Calfiornia man pleads guilty to being straw buyer in N Carolina mortgage fraud (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
Court records show that on January 4, 2010 Charles Harris Mathis, Jr was charged in an Information and entered a guilty plea in relation to his involvement in a North Carolina mortgage fraud case. He was involved in the onging mortgage fraud investigations by the FBI in NC which involve five “mortgage fraud cells”. Mathis has admitted that he worked as a straw buyer of new homes that had been inflated in value by between $200,000 and $500,000 and in particular was a member of Mortgage Fraud Cell No. 2. He has admitted that he acted as the straw buyer of the purchase of 9008 Woodhall Lakes Drive, Waxhaw, NC, which was built by No specific closings or properties are mentioned in the information. The guilty plea is not available on PACER (locked). |
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| 15-JAN-10 | Two more plead guilty in ongoing N Carolina mortgage fraud investigation (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
1. Court records show that on December 28, 2009 Jennifer H. Jackson was charged in an Information and entered a guilty plea in relation to her involvement in a wider North Carolina mortgage fraud case. She was involved in the ongoing mortgage fraud investigations by the FBI in NC which involve five “mortgage fraud cells”. Jackson has admitted that she worked as the owner and operator of Jackson Custom Homes which sold homes involved in fraudulent real estate transactions and in particular was a member of Mortgage Fraud Cell No. 2. No specific closings or properties are mentioned in the information. The guilty plea is not available on PACER (locked). 2. Court records show that on January 4, 2010 Charles Harris Mathis, Jr was charged in an Information and entered a guilty plea in relation to his involvement in a North Carolina mortgage fraud case. He was involved in the onging mortgage fraud investigations by the FBI in NC which involve five “mortgage fraud cells”. Mathis has admitted that he worked as a straw buyer of new homes that had been inflated in value by between $200,000 and $500,000 and in particular was a member of Mortgage Fraud Cell No. 2. He has admitted that he acted as the straw buyer of the purchase of 9008 Woodhall Lakes Drive, Waxhaw, NC, which was built by Jackson Custom Homes. No specific closings or properties are mentioned in the information. The guilty plea is not available on PACER (locked). |
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| 15-JAN-10 | Fort Lee man sentenced to 20 months in real estate fraud case (The Record and Herald News) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| A Fort Lee man was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison Friday for his part in creating inflated appraisals and sales contracts that helped fuel one of the biggest real estate frauds in New Jersey history. | |
| 15-JAN-10 | Former mortgage broker pleads guilty in Boston area mortgage fraud (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| Samuel Jean-Louis has entered a guilty plea to participating with others in a conspiracy to defraud mortgage lenders in connection with certain property transactions in and around the Boston area. He acted as a mortgage broker and recruiter in the underlying scheme to defraud and prepared several mortgage loan applications containing false representations. | |
| 15-JAN-10 | Former Standard Mortgage employee sentenced for theft of over $1 million (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| Jodie Hoang who was an accounting clerk at Standard Mortgage Corporation changed the deposit code for payments made by customers at mortgage closings. She then created checks payable to herself or her credit card providers from funds which she had previously fraudulently changed the accounting codes. Hoang was the individual responsible for reconciling Standard’s general operating account. | |
| 15-JAN-10 | Former Omni National Bank EVP pleads guilty in fraud case (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| Jeffrey L. Levine was Executive Vice President, the second largest bank shareholder, and head of the Community Redevelopment Lending Department at Omni National Bank from 2000 through October 12, 2007. To keep non-performing loans current on paper, he and others at Omni failed to disclose many exceptions to their policies and procedures which resulted in Omni being exposed to a greater risk of loss. | |
| 15-JAN-10 | Two charged with defrauding victim who had inoperable brain tumour (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| The Orange County DA has announced that a professional sports commentator has been arraigned tomorrow on charges of stealing $735,000 from a retired school teacher, who has an inoperable brain tumor, by convincing the victim to use his paid-off home as collateral for a development investment project. | |
| 15-JAN-10 | Carving a Market (Journal of Commerce Online) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Rail executives, transportation analysts, economists and commodity specialists are looking to the housing market for signs of the direction of lumber shipments, but the market has been sending mixed messages about 2010. | |
| 15-JAN-10 | Miami Real Estate Tips To Have Successful Investment (Turks.US) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| Now there are lots of investors who are already into real estate investing. Because of the mortgage crisis that happens during the past year, prices of properties began to drop. | |
| 15-JAN-10 | The President's Housing Challenge Continues (Nightly Business Report) (Search - Housing Market) |
| The Obama Administration has played the card it was dealt. Stabilizing the housing market was a key priority in its first year. From the numbers, it looks like that job has been done, but analysts say don't be fooled. The pace of foreclosures has slowed; three quarters of a million borrowers have been put into trial modifications under the Administration's Making Home Affordable plan. But very ... | |
| 15-JAN-10 | Arizona AG files suit against loan modification company (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| The lawsuit alleges that Asset Creation falsely represented its loan modification services to consumers throughout the Phoenix metropolitan area on its web sites and in local Spanish language media. According to court documents, Asset Creation charged consumers upfront fees ranging from $1,680 to $3,430 for loan modification services, after representing in newspaper ads that it could obtain a 50 percent reduction in the homeowners’ mortgage payments and stating on its web sites that it could help any homeowner, regardless of their situation. | |
| 15-JAN-10 | SunCity plans RM800m office towers (Business Times (Malaysia)) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| The group plans to subsequently inject them into its real estate investment trust (REIT). The property in Kuala Lumpur will be on Jalan Ampang next to the current Sunway Tower, formerly known as Wisma Denmark. This second tower, which will be 30 storeys high, will have 330,000 sq ft of nett lettable area with a value of RM230 million. "Development plans are afoot and we will start physical work ... | |
| 15-JAN-10 | SunCity plans RM800m office towers (Business Times (Malaysia)) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| The group plans to subsequently inject them into its real estate investment trust (REIT). The property in Kuala Lumpur will be on Jalan Ampang next to the current Sunway Tower, formerly known as Wisma Denmark. This second tower, which will be 30 storeys high, will have 330,000 sq ft of nett lettable area with a value of RM230 million. "Development plans are afoot and we will start physical work ... | |
| 15-JAN-10 | New Jersey Man Sentenced to 18 Years for Real Estate Fraud (New York Times) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| Wayne D. Puff, who orchestrated a Ponzi scheme during the real estate bubble, was also ordered to pay $100 million in restitution. | |
| 15-JAN-10 | Commercial property values rise most in 23 yrs (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| Commercial property values rose 3 percent in December, the largest monthly rise since records started 23 years ago, as the market's recovery accelerated after a two-year downturn, data showed Friday. | |
| 15-JAN-10 | Commercial property values rise most in 23 yrs (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| Commercial property values rose 3 percent in December, the largest monthly rise since records started 23 years ago, as the market's recovery accelerated after a two-year downturn, data showed Friday. | |
| 15-JAN-10 | Delaware housing market shows signs of life (The News Journal) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Scattered signs of revival helped lift the spirits of a still-subdued Delaware housing market last month, real estate observers said Thursday. | |
| 15-JAN-10 | Fiscal 2010 personal property (Shirley Oracle) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| SHIRLEY -- The fiscal 2010 third- and fourth-quarter real estate and/or personal property actual tax bill was mailed on Dec. | |
| 15-JAN-10 | Fiscal 2010 personal property (Shirley Oracle) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| SHIRLEY -- The fiscal 2010 third- and fourth-quarter real estate and/or personal property actual tax bill was mailed on Dec. | |
| 15-JAN-10 | Housing market passes 'point of falling prices' (Builder Magazine) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Jan. 14--Home prices in Southern California hit bottom last April and the region's foreclosure-battered housing market is recovering with no second dip in the foreseeable future, a local economist predicts. | |
| 15-JAN-10 | Springfield housing market shows signs of improvement (Builder Magazine) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Housing sales are down, carpenters are out of work and real- estate agents are surviving on dollar menus, right? | |
| 15-JAN-10 | Housing investors to be ready to build if market improves (Chicago Sun-Times) (Search - Housing Market) |
| An investor team that includes two Bridgeport businessmen and a specialist in industrial cleanups is trying its luck with high-rise housing. They have proposed a 33-story building at 519 S. Clinton, just west of the vacant Old Main Post Office. It's a poor market for planning a high-rise, so work won't start anytime soon. But Langdon Neal, the investors' zoning lawyer, said they wanted to start ... | |
| 15-JAN-10 | Millions of dollars to help revitalize local housing market (WWMT 3 Kalamazoo) (Search - Housing Market) |
| WEST MICHIGAN (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - Millions of dollars in federal funding are headed to West Michigan to help revitalize the housing market. The Department of Housing and Urban Development is giving nearly $225 million to the state to buy and re-develop foreclosed properties in 12 cities. | |
| 15-JAN-10 | China's SOE watchdog pushes for value creation mindset (People's Daily) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| by Xinhua writer Jiang Xufeng China's large state-owned companies with high sales and substantial assets may no longer be deemed "successful" under new government performance measurements. Huang Shuhe, vice chairman of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), has announced the SASAC this year will use the economic value added (EVA) measure to assess the ... | |
| 15-JAN-10 | China's SOE watchdog pushes for value creation mindset (People's Daily) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| by Xinhua writer Jiang Xufeng China's large state-owned companies with high sales and substantial assets may no longer be deemed "successful" under new government performance measurements. Huang Shuhe, vice chairman of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), has announced the SASAC this year will use the economic value added (EVA) measure to assess the ... | |
| 15-JAN-10 | Local property foreclosures up, but well below state and nation (Summit Daily News) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| SUMMIT COUNTY - The local property foreclosure rate for 2009 is up about 63 percent from 2008, but it's only a few hundred homes and local Realtors aren't especially concerned. "They're up very significantly," said Bernie Zurbriggen, broker and owner of High Country Real Estate. "But we didn't have that many to start with." Of Summit County's estimated 26,765 residential properties (with time ... | |
| 15-JAN-10 | Local property foreclosures up, but well below state and nation (Summit Daily News) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| SUMMIT COUNTY - The local property foreclosure rate for 2009 is up about 63 percent from 2008, but it's only a few hundred homes and local Realtors aren't especially concerned. "They're up very significantly," said Bernie Zurbriggen, broker and owner of High Country Real Estate. "But we didn't have that many to start with." Of Summit County's estimated 26,765 residential properties (with time ... | |
| 15-JAN-10 | Ohio-based homebuilder enters metro-area market (The Indianapolis Star) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Indianapolis -- The Fischer Group is expanding into the Indianapolis housing market with a footprint that includes 17 communities and a new design center. | |
| 15-JAN-10 | Mortgage Refinancing Increases but Some Qualified Borrowers Frustrated, Hopeful (Realty Times) |
| While bailout money was given to many banks in 2009 to help stimulate the economy, the stricter rules for getting housing loans are making it a tough job for the qualified, self-employed borrower. | |
| 15-JAN-10 | Fixed-Rates Down Slightly While ARMs Are Mixed (Realty Times) |
| Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS) in which the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 5.06 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending January 14, 2010, down from last week when it averaged 5.09 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 4.96 percent. | |
| 15-JAN-10 | Estimated Taxes: Another Deadline Today (Realty Times) |
| Make sure to stay on top of the deadlines for filing federal tax returns and the due dates for making payments. Miss just one, and the IRS might exact a sizable, nondeductible penalty. | |
| 15-JAN-10 | Creating Sales and Sales Volume Comparisons (Realty Times) |
| Evaluating your performance against the statistics of other agents or companies in your market segment is a great starting point, but it is rarely enough to uncover your unique edge or point of difference. | |
| 15-JAN-10 | HOUSING: Median prices post fifth straight monthly gain (North County Times) (Search - Housing Market) |
| High sales volume drove median prices up for the fifthconsecutive month in the North San Diego County housing market, aRealtors group said Thursday. | |
| 15-JAN-10 | China sees fastest housing price rise in 18 months last December (People's Daily) (Search - Housing Market) |
| China's property prices rose at the fastest pace in 18 months in December, ending the year with rising fears of bubbles in the property market. Housing prices in China's 70 large and medium-sized cities rose7.8 percent in December 2009 from a year earlier, and were up 1.5 percent compared to the previous month, said the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Thursday. The property price increase ... | |
| 15-JAN-10 | $100 million in federal funds to revitalize LA housing market (KPCC Pasadena) (Search - Housing Market) |
| The Los Angeles Housing Department was awarded $100 million in federal economic-stimulus funding to revitalize neighborhoods hit hardest by the housing slump, city officials said today. | |
| 15-JAN-10 | 7 indicted in Ohio for mortgage fraud, includeing 6 members of same family (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| According to the indictment, Debbie Sferrazza, Tabatha Sturgill, and the 5 others used their mortgage lending companies to submit fraudulent loan applications for herself, her family, and her customers. The loan applications showed a pattern of inflating the borrower’s income by, among other methods, creating false Verifications of Employment, fake paystubs, fake Social Security benefit letters, and fake W-2 forms. | |
| 15-JAN-10 | Appraiser distances himself from Crisp, Cole (The Bakersfield Californian) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| An attorney for appraiser Kirksey J. "Mark" Newton Jr. has asked an administrative law judge not to admit into evidence a copy of the California Department of Real Estate's revocation of the licenses of former real estate agents David Crisp and Carl Cole. The request came on day four of an administrative law hearing to determine if Newton should keep his appraiser's license. Judge Samuel Reyes ... | |
| 15-JAN-10 | New York man arrested over allegations of a foreclosed property investment scam (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| Elviston Ramasir, owner of Home Free Realty, Inc. of East Meadow, New York, has been arrested on a complaint that he obtained an investment of $2,048,850 from a victim investor on the pretense that he would use the money to purchase foreclosed real estate properties, and subsequently resell them at a profit. He allegedly falsely represented that these sales would yield a 40 percent profit. | |
| 14-JAN-10 | FRM appraiser kept N.H. license after Maine, Vt. revocations (New Hampshire Business Review) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| In 2007, two neighboring states revoked the license of Philip J. Korkosz, a real estate appraiser working with Financial Resources Mortgage Inc., but the New Hampshire Real Estate Appraiser Board did not follow suit until he applied to renew his license nearly 18 months later. | |
| 14-JAN-10 | Salem (CT) man charged with theft of a $2,900 real estate appraisal fee (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| A Salem (CT) businessman, Steven Gurnee, who is already facing felony charges in New London Superior Court was arrested today and charged in two additional warrants with cheating a friend into investing in a fictitious company and stealing money paid by another person for a real estate appraisal. | |
| 14-JAN-10 | Ashburnham realtor convicted in theft of deposits and has license revoked (Mortgage Fraud Journal) |
| Carol J. Tule, a realtor of Ashburnham, MA was sentenced in Worcester Superior Court to two years in the House of Correction after pleading guilty to allegations that she stole more than $65,000 from deposits for real estate purchases given to her by several clients. In addition her realtors license has been revoked. | |
| 14-JAN-10 | Housing market posts uptick (York Daily Record) (Search - Housing Market) |
| The 2009 York County housing market was market by a 3 percent drop in median sale price and 4 percent increase in the number of homes sold | |
| 14-JAN-10 | Tardy loans stall housing recovery (The Record and Herald News) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Foreclosure filings in New Jersey totaled about 63,000 in 2009, a scant 1 percent rise over 2008, RealtyTrac said Wednesday. But the housing market’s troubles are far from over, experts say. | |
| 14-JAN-10 | 10 Tips to Buy or Sell Real Estate in 2010 (Fox News) (Search - Real Estate Appraiser) |
| If you're trying to move in or out of a house in the coming year, these real estate tips will help. | |
| 14-JAN-10 | Speeding Through Escrow (Realty Times) |
| It's never a good idea to prolong the already tedious escrow process. Here are some tips to put you on the fast escrow track. | |
| 14-JAN-10 | Globe.St.com's Editors Look at Commercial Real in 2010 – and Beyond (Realty Times) |
| Peter L. Mosca, host of Income Property Investment Talk dot com, shares his interview with members of the editorial team at GlobeSt.com: John Salustri, editorial director, ALM's Real Estate Media Group, Ian Ritter, editor of GlobeSt.com, Sule Aygoren Carranza, editor, Real Estate Forum and Danielle Douglas, editor and distressed assets investor. | |
| 14-JAN-10 | Mr. President: Cash For Caulkers Program Should Include Preconstruction Home Buyers (Realty Times) |
| OPINION: If there was ever an opportunity to put sound and face on an improving economy it is the cash for caulkers program. But not as proposed. | |
| 14-JAN-10 | December housing statistics released (FOX Providence) (Search - Housing Market) |
| The housing market is at the forefront of the country's economic crisis. Ron and Matt Phipps joined The Rhode Show to discuss some relevant local and National statistics to help us better understand recent sales activity and values. | |
| 14-JAN-10 | Housing market mending? Realtors say falling sales, prices boon for buyers (Builder Magazine) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Jan. 14--Central Virginia home prices dropped 7.8 percent and home sales fell by 6.1 percent in 2009, but area real estate executives say a market rally in the last six months indicates the market is slowly mending. | |
| 14-JAN-10 | SEC Eyes Products Structured Before Housing Bust (Banker & Tradesman) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Securities regulators are probing the collaterized debt obligations market and are focused on products that were structured as the housing market started to show signs of distress, a top regulator said Thursday. | |
| 14-JAN-10 | Office space value on the rise in D.C. (The GW Hatchet) (Search - Mortgage Value) |
| As property values for commercial office space are declining in cities like New York and San Francisco, the value for office space in the District is poised to take the No. 1 spot as the most expensive in the country. | |
| 14-JAN-10 | Office space value on the rise in D.C. (The GW Hatchet) (Search - Real Property Value) |
| As property values for commercial office space are declining in cities like New York and San Francisco, the value for office space in the District is poised to take the No. 1 spot as the most expensive in the country. | |
| 14-JAN-10 | Missouri Kicks Off Program to Jumpstart Housing Market, Create Construction Jobs (Kansas City InfoZine) (Search - Housing Market) |
| Gov. Jay Nixon and State Treasurer Clint Zweifel joined skilled craftsmen in St. Louis and Kansas City to kick off the Home Ownership Purchase Enhancement (HOPE) Program, a | |