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More Pressure on Four Major U.S. Banks
Chief executives of Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Wells Fargo & Co. received a letter from Rep. Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee. This letter was requesting more action from these lenders be done to assist homeowners in who owed way more on their mortgages […]
Most Expensive Real Estate Sale of the Year
Tom Hanks along with his wife Rita Wilson has started off the year with the most expensive home purchase…
Trump vs. Icahn
Carl Ichan, one of the investor giants is on a new venture. He has set his mind to seize yet another well known company, a few actually…
Update: Existing Home Sales
• Sales fall 7.2% last month for existing home sales, still considered higher than a year ago o January: 5.05 million units sold (4.53 million units, January, 2009) o December: 5.44 million units sold • 11.2% decrease in newly built home sales • Deals that closed in January were contracts that were signed in November […]
Interest Rates, Housing Market and The Economy
We have been on a crazy ride with the housing market, fluctuating interest rates and the economy. S&P/ Case-Shiller • Home price index has dropped 2.5% compared with last year’s index • End of 2008, home prices had fallen 18.2%, compared to 2007 • Increase of 0.3% in home prices in December and November • […]
Million Dollar Homes Dropping Their Prices
Not only is the average housing market dropping prices, million dollar homes are seeing dramatic…
New Guidelines: Home Buyer Tax Credits
The two home buyer tax credits have helped many first time home owners. The IRS has found that more information is needed to prevent any type of fraud in the program. In 2009 people had claimed and received $8,000 checks for transaction that never occurred.
Are Fewer People Facing Foreclosure?
According to the U.S. Treasury mortgage payments have been modified and fewer individuals would face foreclosure proceedings. Reports show that at the end of January: • At the end of January, 947,000 households had received a deduction in their mortgage payments through HAMP. • 3% of 1.7 million households are eligible for HAMP. • 116,297 […]
Top Five Most Expensive Homes of 2009
Last year the real estate market did not have the most prosperous year.