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With foreclosures, housing vacancies, and mortgage fraud at all-time highs, it’s no secret that the residential real estate sector is struggling. These intertwined problems are threatening the stability of entire neighborhoods, making the search for effective responses crucial.As part of this sea...
05/10/2010
The true cause of the foreclosure crisis is up for debate. Did banks prey on unwitting consumers, or did households “overreach” and borrow more than they could afford? Economists at the University of Arkansas recently completed a study to answer that very question.The study, The Foreclosure Crisi...
05/10/2010
Mortgage rates holding steady for two weeks straight fell to their lowest level in six weeks for the week ending May 6, 2010, Freddie Mac and Bankrate reported Thursday.According to Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS), 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 5 percent with an averag...
05/07/2010
Lovely 3BR, 1.5 BATH Ranch Home with basement located at 1727 Mary Hubert Court, St. Louis MO 63125 will be sold to the Highest Bidder at Real Estate Auction on Monday, May 24, 2010 at 6:00 PM CDT subject to Seller Confirmation. The Home will be sold "As Is, Where Is and With All Faults". Offers...
05/06/2010
Fannie Mae initially rolled out its First Look initiative last fall. Under the program, the GSE only considers offers from those seeking to purchase a home as their primary residence and public entities during the first 15 days that a property is listed.Julia Dugger, Fannie Mae’s senior manager o...
05/04/2010
6595 Mall Drive, Cedar Hill, Jefferson Co, MO 63016 Photo Gallery Directions to location Get notified of upcoming auctions Permalink Neighborhood Financing Standard Terms of Real Estate Sales Contract • Public Notice of Sale Google Maps Auction Feed Printer Friendly Version Upcoming Auctions LOC...
04/28/2010
As part of its ongoing efforts to stabilize neighborhoods across the country, Fannie Mae announced Tuesday that it has extended its seller assistance incentive on properties purchased through HomePath, the company’s REO disposition operation.Through this program, qualified buyers receive 3.5 perc...
04/28/2010
As part of its ongoing efforts to stabilize neighborhoods across the country, Fannie Mae announced Tuesday that it has extended its seller assistance incentive on properties purchased through HomePath, the company’s REO disposition operation.Through this program, qualified buyers receive 3.5 perc...
04/28/2010
1727 Mary Hubert Court, St. Louis MO 63125 Photo Gallery Directions to location Get notified of upcoming auctions Permalink • Sellers Disclosure • Lead Paint Disclosure • Tax History • Ownership-Legal Information • Home Values • Property Flyer • Public Notice of Sale Google Maps MLS #10016302 Au...
04/22/2010
Neil Barofsky, special inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP), has been highly critical of the government’s foreclosure prevention programs inrecent months. On Tuesday, he released his quarterly report to Congress, and put the administration’s new initiatives to help un...
04/21/2010