Cobb County foreclosures remain down
A total of 121 properties were advertised for the county's May foreclosure auction, representing a continued drop in the number of foreclosures in Cobb over the last few years.
A total of 121 properties were advertised for the county's May foreclosure auction, representing a continued drop in the number of foreclosures in Cobb over the last few years.
Slim pickings put a lid on home sales in the Twin Cities metro last month, the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors said this morning. In February, 3,969 home buyers signed purchase agreements, just a half percent gain from a year ago. Foreclosure News
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After Hurricane Harvey soaked Houston with 51 inches of rain last August, Amir Befroui, a foreclosure defense specialist at Lone Star Legal Aid, started planning for a very busy spring. That's when the 90- and 180-day break on payments that mortgage companies typically give homeowners who have been hit by unexpected events like natural disasters…
Only one real estate agent is involved. The seller wants a preapproval letter from a lender before accepting an offer. Foreclosure News
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that cities may sue banks under the federal anti-discrimination in housing law, but said those lawsuits must tie claims about predatory lending practices among minority customers directly to declines in property taxes. The justices' 5-3 ruling partly validated a novel approach by Miami and other cities to try to hold…
Here's more evidence that the defining characteristic of the U.S. housing market is a shortage of inventory for sale: Homes are sitting on the market for the shortest time in 30 years, according to an annual The typical home spent just three weeks on the market, according to the report, which focused on about 8,000 homebuyers…