House Buyer Network™ News
| 04/08/2010 |
HBN Interactive Acquires Leading Online Foreclosure Help Site
Latest Acquisition Extends Consumer Reach of Company’s Real Estate Vertical.
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| 03/29/2010 |
Don't Foreclose! Do a Short Sale
Short sales are the hottest thing going in the distressed-property market, and the trend is expected to get even hotter in coming weeks, when the government starts handing out cash to encourage lenders to close these deals.
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| 09/10/2009 |
Foreclosures: The Struggle Continues
The number of bank repossessions drops sharply in August, but the pipeline of troubled borrowers remains full. Calm before the storm?
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| 08/06/2008 |
How to Buy a Foreclosed Home
Sure, there are bargains to be had, but there are also plenty of pitfalls awaiting anyone brave enough to wade into real estate's maelstrom. Here's what to considerSure, there are bargains to be had, but there are also plenty of pitfalls awaiting anyone brave enough to wade into real estate's maelstrom. Here's what to consider.
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| 07/10/2008 |
Six months, 343,000 lost homes
Through the first half of 2008, the foreclosure rate shows little sign of letting up.
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| 05/22/2008 |
HBN Interactive Announces New Chief Technology Officer
Matthew Swanson to Drive Company's Technology Initiatives.
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| 02/07/2008 |
Homeowners: Can't pay? Just walk away
More and more borrowers are watching their house values sink while the cost of their loans skyrockets. What to do? Skip out on the mortgage all together.
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| 07/06/2007 |
Florida Foreclosure Future Shock
A tidal wave of foreclosures may be heading toward Florida, if you judge by the number of homeowners looking to get rid of their homes as fast as they can. |
| 01/23/2007 |
Real Estate Investors.TV Opens to Public
North American real estate investors get first public look at vast online resource for real estate investment education. |
| 11/13/2006 |
Bayview 1031 Joins Real Estate Investors.TV
Will be the exclusive provider of video, audio and text-based training on 1031 exchanges for Real Estate Investors.TV. |
| 11/10/2006 |
House Buyer Network Hires Matthew Goggin
Executive Producer and Senior Vice President of Marketing |
| 10/10/2006 |
Craig Proctor Productions & House Buyer Network to Announce New Home Selling System
Innovative process will accelerate home sales and benefit both listing agents and home sellers. |
| 9/19/2006 |
Motivated Sellers Surge in AZ, CA, FL
House Buyer Network Calls a Real Estate Bust in Twelve U.S. Counties |
| 7/11/2006 |
House Buyer Network Unveils New Quarterly Recognition Program
Awards recognize top real estate performances across North America. |
| 3/16/2006 |
House Buyer Network Expands Into Canada
Company now the largest home selling solutions company in North America. |
| 2/16/2006 |
Craig Proctor Productions Selects MotivatedRELeads.com
One-year agreement expands opportunities for customers of both companies. |
| 12/13/2005 |
2005 a Year of Major Milestones for House Buyer Network
Company crosses major thresholds for customers, revenue and home submissions. |
| 09/29/2005 |
House Buyer Network Launches MotivatedRELeads.com
New service provides steady stream of motivated sellers to real estate agents nationwide. |
| 09/27/2005 |
House Buyer Network Moves Into New Corporate Headquarters
New location to facilitate the continued rapid growth of the company. |
| 09/23/2005 |
House Buyer Network Hires Cheryl Rogers as Director of Sales
Continuing to support rapid expansion by adding top talent, House Buyer Network today announced the hiring of Cheryl Rogers as Director of Sales. |
| 09/22/2005 |
House Buyer Network Hits 25% Growth Again in August
Sees home submissions return to double-digit increase. |
| 08/24/2005 |
House Buyer Network Hits $10 Billion
Continued record growth pushes company over the eight-figure mark in August. |
| 08/10/2005 |
House Buyer Network Continues Record Streak in July
Company again sees significant gains in revenue, net income and home submissions. |
| 07/06/2005 |
June Marks Four Straight Record Months for House Buyer Network
Company continues streak; sets new highs for profit, revenue and home submissions. |
| 06/09/2005 |
House Buyer Network Makes It Three in a Row
Service again sets revenue and home submission records in May. |
| 05/04/2005 |
House Buyer Network Has Second Straight Record Month
Service sets dual records for revenue and home submissions in April. |
| 04/13/2005 |
House Buyer Network Launches The "We Buy Houses" Directory
Free advertising service for U.S. real estate investors consolidates the market. |
| 03/17/2005 |
House Buyer Network Hires Shane Pike as VP of Business Development
In a move to further accelerate its already booming business, House Buyer Network today announced the hiring of Shane Pike as Vice President of Business Development. |
U.S. Real Estate News - From MSN News
Real Estate Market
Housing Starts
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Housing starts to moderate for rest of year - CTV
OTTAWA — Housing starts are expected moderate in the second half of this year and stabilize in 2011 at levels consistent with demographic trends, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says. CMHC's second-quarter ... |
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Housing Starts Rise 1.7 Percent In July - BuildingOnline
Privately-owned housing starts in July were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 546,000. This is 1.7 percent above the revised June estimate of 537,000, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau and ... |
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Housing Starts Increase In July After Falling Sharply In Two Previous Months - RTT News
(RTTNews) - Housing starts showed a notable increase in the month of July, according to a report released by the Commerce Department on Tuesday, although the annual rate of housing starts came in below estimates due to a ... |
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When Will Housing Starts Recover? - Seekingalpha.com
For two years now, housing starts have been running at 600,000 a year, fifty percent below the long term average of 1.3 million. Many say this low number is producing a shortage in housing. This isn’t ... |
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Housing starts see some gain - Pueblo Chieftain
After four months of slipping back to recession lows, home building in Pueblo County picked up a bit in August, according to a monthly housing report. The county issued 17 home permits, a small number but ... |
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Japan's housing starts increase 4.3% year-on-year in July - People's Daily Online
Japanese housing starts rose 4.3 percent in July from a year earlier, marking the second year-on-year rise and surpassing economists' predictions for a 2 percent increase, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure ... |
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Record housing starts trigger Devine share-price rise - Sydney Morning Herald
Residential developer Devine Limited has posted a 51 per cent fall in full year profit, but says it expects results for the current year to hold firm with underlying earnings in the year just ended. Devine reported ... |
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Record housing starts are just Devine - ninemsn
Residential developer Devine Limited has posted a 51 per cent fall in full year profit, but says it expects results for the current year to hold firm with underlying earnings in the year just ended. Devine reported ... |
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Revived Auto Sector Fuels Factory Output - Wall Street Journal
U.S. manufacturers increased their output in July as the auto sector continued to recover, pushing overall industrial production up 1%, but housing starts extended their weakness following the spring ... |
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Homebuilders Revive Stalled U.S. Projects as Banks Unload Lots - BusinessWeek
Single-family housing starts fell 4.2 percent from June. Foreclosure filings increased almost 4 percent in July from the previous month, RealtyTrac Inc., an Irvine, California-based research company, said Aug. 12. |
Mortgage Rates
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National Bank Financial Group Adjusts Its Mortgage Rates - Market Wire
... market, while offering specialized services to its clients elsewhere ... The Bank's securities are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX:NA). For more information, visit the Bank's website at www. |
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SONYMA mortgage rates reduced to lowest level in 40 years - Empire State News
SONYMA's core program, the Low Interest Rate Program is now being offered at a rate of 4 percent and it's Achieving the Dream Program, for low-income first-time homebuyers, is being offered at 3.5 percent. |
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Modest Inflation Expectations Allow Mortgage Rates to Once Again Set New Record Lows - RealEstateRama
McLean, VA - September 2, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) — Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), and for yet another week, fixed-rate mortgages ... |
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Mortgage rates set new record lows, might hold steady next week - Los Angeles Times
Mortgage rates fell for the 10th time in 11 weeks, setting fresh record lows, Freddie Mac reported Thursday. But a rebound in Treasury yields in the last two days raises the possibility that home-loan ... |
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Low rates igniting wave of mortgage refinancings - Lansing State Journal
... rates are now the lowest they've ever seen. This fact isn't lost on a growing number of homeowners who have started a new wave of refinancings. The Mortgage Bankers Association ... mortgage giant Freddie Mac ... |
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Mortgage rates hit another record low: Freddie Mac - msnbc.com
By Julie Haviv NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S ... Mortgage rates are linked to yields on Treasuries and yields on mortgage-backed securities. (Editing by James Dalgleish) |
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30-year mortgage rate falls to 4.32% - Boston Globe
... average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage fell to 4.32 percent in the week that ended yesterday from 4.36 percent, Freddie Mac said. That was ... previously owned homes fell to the lowest level on record in July, |
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Mortgage rates drop in housing slump - United Press International
... slow the economic recovery," Freddie Mac Deputy Chief Economist Amy Crews Cutts said. "As a result, long-term bond yields fell to the lowest levels since January 2009, allowing the fixed mortgage rates to ease ... |
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Mortgage rates reach record low in 9 of 10 weeks - Detroit Free Press
NEW YORK -- Mortgage rates fell to the lowest level in decades for the ninth time in 10 weeks, as concerns grow that the economy is weakening. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate for ... |
Foreclosures
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Oklahoma gets $5M more to avert foreclosure crisis - Daily Oklahoman
... Shaun Donovan announced Wednesday. The grants are part of a third round of funding through HUD 's Neighborhood Stabilization Program, which ... tide in our battle against abandonment and blight. "We will be able ... |
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Arizona gets $45 million for foreclosure crisis - AZCentral.com
... foreclosure crisis and help more families like the Quinteros. The state, three counties and eight cities were awarded the money through the federal government's Neighborhood Stabilization Program ... NSP funding. |
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Foreclosures' social consequences eyed - Lexington Herald-Leader
... Eric Rosengren, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, at a Fed conference in Washington about neighborhood ... My own view is that too little focus has been on community problems because the focus has ... |
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Foreclosures soar in Mass. in July - Boston Globe
More than 1,200 Massachusetts homeowners lost their properties to foreclosure in July as the sluggish economy and high unemployment keep pushing the number of homes taken back by lenders toward what could ... |
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Banks to allow local groups to buy foreclosures - Palm Beach Interactive
WASHINGTON — Major banks are agreeing to give local governments and nonprofit groups the ability to buy foreclosed homes before they are sold to private investors. The Obama administration ... and Wells Fargo & Co. |
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Groups to get jump on buying foreclosures - Daily Oklahoman
... federal money because they are often outbid by speculators who are snapping up foreclosures ... administration says the largest mortgage lenders in the country, including Bank of America Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co. |
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Foreclosures Fall, but Early Delinquencies Rise - New York Times Blogs
The foreclosure crisis might have finally peaked in the first half of this year, but with the continued weakness in the economy and the recent deterioration of the housing market, the gains may prove fleeting ... |
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Foreclosures, delinquencies drop but may climb again - Washington Post
Foreclosures and late payments on home mortgages dropped slightly in the second quarter of this year, but sustained high unemployment and a stalled economic recovery could make the improvement short-lived ... |
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Foreclosures mount in Idaho - Seattle Times
The housing downturn started late in the Northwest and now it's ending late," said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics in West Chester, Pa. Idaho, Oregon and Washington lagged behind the national cycle ... |
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Scarcity of jobs puts more at risk of foreclosure - Hattiesburg American
WASHINGTON — The jobs crisis is putting more Americans at risk of losing their homes. One in 10 households has missed at least one mortgage payment, and more than 2 million homes have been repossessed since ... |
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