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RealtyTrac released yesterday its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report for January 2011, which shows foreclosure filings this month have increased 1 percent from last month but a 17 percent decrease from January
Zillow released yesterday its Q4 2010 Real Estate Market Report. The online real estate portal that recently merged with Yahoo! says that despite less-than-impressive numbers in the end of 2010, the market should see gains throughout the duration of
As the government works to resolve a failed lending system for homebuyers and owners, a survey released yesterday by MortgageMatch.com shows the majority of Americans agree that major change is
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury recently released the January edition of the Obama Administration’s Housing
As the Green Bay Packers made good on their quest for victory in Super Bowl XLV, they also validated the prediction of Chicago-based real estate firm Jones Lang
The latest National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) Remodeling Market Index (RMI) edged up to 41.5 in the fourth quarter of 2010, compared to 40.8 in the third quarter. An RMI below 50 indicates that more remodelers say market
FHFA this week sent a proposed rule to the Federal Register to begin formal rulemaking on private transfer
Zillow.com and Yahoo! Real Estate launched yesterday an exclusive partnership that brings together the two sites and creates the largest real estate network on the web, according to
According to a recent report from comScore, online real estate site Trulia has the highest concentration of first-time homebuyers among top real estate search
Pending home sales improved further in December, marking the fifth gain in the past six months, according to the National Association of
Members of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) elected four senior officers to top leadership positions within the federation during the association’s International Builders’ Show in
RealtyTrac recently released its 2010 Year-End Metropolitan Foreclosure Market Report, which shows that foreclosure activity increased from 2009 in 149 of the nation’s 206 metropolitan areas with a population of 200,000 or more. At the same time, the metro
By Tom Butala Google’s Earth and Maps team announced this week that they will drop the real estate listing search feature from their maps technology due to limited user
Data through November 2010, released yesterday by Standard & Poor’s for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, show a deceleration in the annual growth rates in 17 of the 20 MSAs and the 10- and 20-City Composites compared to what
Trulia.com released yesterday its latest Rent vs. Buy Index which found that it is more affordable to buy than to rent a two-bedroom home in 72 percent of America’s 50 largest
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the amount of married households in the United States now accounts for less than half of all