Foreclosure activity is down nationwide from a year ago, but certain local housing markets tell a different story. Overall, there were 66,401 properties with foreclosure filings in October, a jump of 21% from the previous month's all-time low, but still a 4% decrease from the same period last year, according to Attom Data Solutions. Foreclosure […]
Remember the delinquency and foreclosure issues we had several years ago? It is still part of the biz. Hubzu, an online marketing platform, released data ranking the top 20 U.S. markets by the highest percentage of REO properties bought and sold within 2017 . Foreclosure News
Is Charlotte's housing market – long marked by rising home prices and scarce inventory – considered a top place to buy a home? Well, according to a new analysis that takes into account nearly two dozen indicators of a housing market's attractiveness and economic strength, the Queen City ranks fairly high in that measure. Personal […]
Almost a decade after home foreclosures skyrocketed during the financial crisis, they are starting to rise again in some of the country's hottest real estate markets. And loosening lending standards may be among the reasons, according to one expert. Foreclosure News
“Around that time there were so many bank foreclosures the market was really distressed,” said local real estate agent Jennifer Vozka. The report shows the average sales price on a home increasing by eight percent, and houses are being sold at a faster pace. Foreclosure News
While overall foreclosure activity continues to decline nationwide, the number of foreclosure starts in April increased over the previous year in 99 of the 219 metro areas tracked by Attom Data Solutions. Foreclosure activity – including starts, second notices and properties becoming real estate owned – fell 17% in April from the previous year. Foreclosure […]
Last year real estate experts predicted that 2018 should continue to be a good year for homeowners, while others are more cautious. But, as always, location is key. Foreclosure News
I mention this because to put its Alexa device in control of each house: TV, lights, temperature, shades, and more. Will humans have to think for themselves in the future? In other tech news, ATTOM Data Solutions announced that it has launched that allows users to access public record tax, deed, mortgage and foreclosure data […]
Today is “job's day,” and it seems like many people I talk to in other professions have 2-3 jobs. NPR took the Census data and developed a map of the most popular job in each state 1978-2014 . Foreclosure News
Foreclosure starts have begun to edge up in some of the nation's hottest housing markets, an unsettling development that worries some economists. Nearly a quarter of the nation's large metro areas saw upticks in foreclosure starts, the point when banks take the first step to foreclose on a delinquent home loan, in the third quarter […]