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ThinkstockA total of 186,455 foreclosures filings were made in the United States during the month of October, according to real estate tracking firm RealtyTrac. That number represents a rise of 3%...
In remarks at a housing conference in Maryland today, U.S. Treasury Under Secretary for Domestic Finance Mary Miller told the audience that Treasury is working with the Federal Housing Finance...
Research firm CoreLogic Inc. (NYSE: CLGX) has released its latest data on foreclosures in the United States for the month of June. The firm reports 60,000 completed foreclosures in June, compared...
Flickr, Images of MoneyAs part of the $26 billion mortgage foreclosure settlement reached between the federal and state governments with a number of mortgage lenders, borrowers who believe that their...
There are a handful of theories about what will signal a bottom of the housing market. Perhaps an increase in prices or a drop in the supply of homes or the days that the average home for sale stays...
The number of homes listed for sale in the largest cities in the country has fallen 20% in the past year, according to a report released last week by Realtor.com. While the number of homes on the...
It appears that the slowdown in foreclosure filings has reached an end. Issues surrounding foreclosure processing, state foreclosure laws, and other court rulings are getting resolved and the pace of...
Any home sale is a good one in the current market, but banks’ sales of foreclosed properties bring down prices. These sales are still a major part of the market. According to RealtyTrac, “sales...
Homebuilder Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE: TOL) reported third fiscal quarter earnings this morning, managing to post EPS of $0.25 on revenue of $394 million. Analysts were expecting EPS of $0.03 on...
For the second week in a row, the number of US mortgage applications rose, but the vast majority of the action came in refinancing, not new purchases. This spells continuing pressure on new home...
The federal government’s tax credit for home purchases ended last April. There was a sharp rise in home purchases ahead of its expiration. The housing market has moved down most months since...