Real Estate Values

Most Americans Want The Government To Combat Foreclosures: Poll

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.27.2012

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Housing Market, Housing Prices, Mitt Romney, Real Estate, Mortgage Refinancing, Housing Crisis, Barack Obama, Home Foreclosures, Housing Values, State of the Union 2012, Federal Government, Real Estate Values, Home Prices, Refinancing, Foreclosure, Obama State of the Union, State of the Union, Video, Business News

With no end in sight to the foreclosure crisis, a majority of Americans are calling on the government to do something about it. Fifty-eight percent...

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PHOTOS: 10 States Where Home Prices Are Actually Rising

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Housing Prices, Freddie Mac, State Home Prices, Home Prices, Real Estate Values, Fannie Mae, Washington DC, Fhfa, Slidepollajax, First Time Home Buyer, Business News

The national housing picture is grim, but the local picture isn't quite so dreary. U.S. home prices fell 1.6 percent in the third quarter and 3.2 p...

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Inflated Home Appraisals Key In Plaintiff's Lawsuit Against Banks

New York Times | GRETCHEN MORGENSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mortgage Backed Securities, Corelogic, Merrill Lynch, Ubs, Real Estate Values, Home Appraisals, Credit Suisse, Countrywide, Deutsche Bank, Banks, Financial Crisis, Federal Home Loan Banks, Foreclosure, Sec, Wall Street, Business News

Recent filings by two Federal Home Loan Banks -- in San Francisco and Seattle -- offer an intriguing way to clear this high hurdle. Lawyers representi...

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Slicing Away Some of Suburbia

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Attorneys, Suburbs, Small Business, Tenants, Real Estate Prices, Small Business Failure, Real-Estate-Values, Renegotiations, Commercial Real Estate, New York, Landlords, Business News
Lita Smith-Mines

The disappearance of another pizza parlor shouldn't have had much of an impact on me. What's bothering me is that there are proprietors failing in just about every business area around town.

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The Worst Performing Housing Markets Over The Last Year (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Housing Market, Real Estate Prices, Case Shiller Index, Real Estate Values, Slidepoll, Hottest Real Estate Markets, Business News

Where does your local market stand in the protracted, multi-year housing correction? First, the bad news. Only six of the 20 major real estate marke...

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Owning Home Versus Renting, Balance Shifts Toward Buying

Wall Street Journal | NICK TIMIRAOS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Renting Real Estate, Homeowners, Real Estate Bubble, Real Estate, Real Estate Values, Business News

The relative cost of owning versus renting is swinging back in favor of homeownership in some U.S. markets, buoyed by several quarters of sharp declin...

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The Reality Behind Real Estate

Michael Pento | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Subprime Mortgages, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Real Estate Values, Real Estate Bubble, President Obama, Economic Crisis, Foreclosure, Free Market, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Real Estate, Home Sales, Home Foreclosures, Business News
Michael Pento

The Obama team feels it is better to artificially prop up home prices at an unsustainable level rather than have them retreat to a price that can be supported by the free market.

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Republicans Vacating Washington Have To Sell Homes In Terrible Market

New York Times | Catherine Rampell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Real Estate Market, Real Estate Values, Finance, Economy, Financial Crisis, Personal Finance, Election Results, Getting Fairfaxed, Suburban Sprawl, Mortgage Crisis, Business News

Democrats, don't put away the celebratory booze just yet. One of the world's greatest opportunities for schadenfreude is about to present itself, as a...

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Which Real Estate Markets Will Rebound First?

Yahoo! Real Estate | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Real Estate Values, Personal Finance, Finance, Real Estate, Economy, Mortgage Crisis, Business News

If you're a homeowner seeing property values plummet, look to the commercial real estate market for solace. It might tell you which areas will recover...

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Where Is Our MBA President Now?

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, Bank Write Downs, Recession, Harvard Business School, Who Is to Blame, Real Estate Values, George W. Bush, Business News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

During this economic mess, George W. Bush, our first MBA President, a graduate of the august Harvard Business School, has been on the sidelines.

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