House Buyer Network™ News
| 11/29/2010 |
Foreclosure scandal impact: Sales dry up
Big banks are having trouble restarting the foreclosure process after this fall's "robo-signing" scandal, and the once booming market for foreclosed homes has been hit hard as a result.
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| 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
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Obama Seeks Relief for U.S. Housing Market - Examiner
Recognizing the abysmal state of the U.S. real estate market, President Barack Obama urged Congress to pass legislation to help distressed homeowners refinance debt-ridden mortgages. Obama asked Congress for $5-10 billion in financial aid to help ... |
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Analysis finds Cleveland's commercial real estate market recovering well - Cleveland Plain Dealer
CLEVELAND A recovery in the city’s commercial real estate market could end up easing a predicted tax revenue shock on public-sector budgets that depend on property taxes, such as those for school and library districts, according to a new analysis. |
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Local real estate market ends 2011 on high note, says ECAR - Destin Log
Short sales, foreclosures, distressed properties, investment properties, condos, detached single-family homes, townhomes —what do they have in common? They were all a part of the local residential real estate market in 2011. In another banner ... |
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Home sales close 2011 on positive note - The Business Journal
The residential real estate market finished December on an uptick as single-family home sales rose 4 percent. Closed deals rose to 774 for the month compared to 743 in December 2010. That was also the best December since 2007. BNAR reported ... |
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2012 Orlando Real Estate Market To Be Active Says Orlando Florida Real Estate Firm - Emailwire
While global financial markets continue to express uncertainty, one Florida real estate firm says the 2012 Orlando market is almost certain to be an active one Orlando REATOR® says local real estate market activity should be strong for 2012 (EMAILWIRE.COM ... |
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Central Minnesota real estate market improves in 2011 - St. Cloud Times
The Central Minnesota real estate market warmed up in 2011 as pending sales jumped more than 12 percent and new listings declined 6.6 percent from 2010. According to year-end figures from the St. Cloud Area Association of Realtors, the results ... |
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Bucks County Real Estate Market Recap - Year End 2011 - Burlington County Times
You continue to hear a lot about real estate conditions, mostly from a variety of national news sources. The purpose of this article is to give a Bucks County view, using full-year 2011 as the basis for the recap. Unless otherwise noted, all ... |
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Global Real Estate Market to Reach US$24.7 Trillion by 2015, According to a New Industry Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. - YAHOO!
Follow us on LinkedIn – The global economic recession dented prospects in the construction sector due to stringent credit conditions and decreased business confidence. Residential buildings segment remained depressed due to high unemployment rates, while ... |
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Medina Waterfront Homes Sell Big In 2011: 167% Jump For Waterfront Real Estate Sales in Medina - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Waterfront home sales in Medina nearly tripled in 2011, another sign that buyers are returning to the luxury real estate market. Sales of luxury and waterfront homes in Greater Seattle have been on the rise since the bottoming out of luxury ... |
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Key West Real Estate Market Report Issued By Florida Keys REALTOR® Sean Farrer - Emailwire
Key West, Florida real estate agent Sean Farrer issued a real estate market report for the area based on recent sold statistics and trends he has observed in the market, saying the market has started off well for the year. Sean Farrer REALTOR® says the ... |
Housing Starts
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Japanese Housing Starts Fall Sharply In December - RTT News
(RTTNews) - Japan's housing starts decreased for the fourth consecutive month and at a faster than expected pace in December, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism said Tuesday. Housing starts fell 7.3 percent year-on-year in December ... |
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Housing starts drop more than expected in December - Yahoo Finance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Housing starts fell in December as groundbreaking on rental property posted a big decline, splashing some cold water on hopes the still-weak housing sector could boost economic growth this year. The Commerce Department ... |
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I'm Buying This Stock Now - Motley Fool
Morgan has spent much of the last two weeks showing us that although prices of housing may still be suffering, new housing starts -- which account for a lot of the jobs that were lost over the last three years -- are bound to pick up before long. |
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Japan Dec housing starts -7.3 pct yr/yr -govt - Reuters
TOKYO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Housing starts in Japan fell 7.3 percent in December from a year earlier, down for the fourth straight month, data by the land ministry showed on Tuesday, as uncertainty about a slowing global economy weighed on housing ... |
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Housing starts in U.S. West flat, multifamily starts up slightly - Examiner
Housing starts in the West Census region of the US, which includes Colorado, were unchanged from a year earlier during December, counting both single-family and multi-family units. According to new housing construction and housing starts data released ... |
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Sales down in first quarter, but Mueller points to growing housing starts for optimism - Herald & Review
ATLANTA - Mueller Water Products Inc. launched into a new financial year in much the same way it finished the old one - losing money - but the company says it's charting a course toward brighter shores. On Wednesday, Atlanta-based Mueller reported net ... |
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Housing starts down - Daily Observer
PETAWAWA - While commercial and residential development remains a priority for council, housing starts in Petawawa dropped last year. According to a report submitted to council by chief building official Randy Mohns, the number of permits issued and ... |
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You've Seen Housing Starts This Bad Before -- If You're Ninety Years Old - elliottwave
Unlike home prices, housing starts today are nowhere close to where they were in 2003 -- in fact they've fallen to levels that are far below anything in living memory... ...That is, unless you're 90 years old. That's right. Housing starts today ... |
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The Japanese construction orders and the annualized housing starts - International Business Times
The Japanese economy released the annual figures for the constructions orders during December, where it massively retreated to 1.5% compared with the prior reading of 21.0%. On the other hand the annualized housing starts retreated by -7.3% to ... |
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Slide in housing starts fails to dent investor enthusiasm - Globe and Mail
You might expect the U.S. housing sector to be a fickle place for investors right now, given that the S&P homebuilding index has risen more than 80 per cent since the start of October, bringing it to its highest level in about 18 months. But after a bout ... |
Mortgage Rates
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Best mortgage rates go private - Financial Times
Private banks are offering some of the most competitive rates for million-pound home loans – in spite of a number of lenders raising the cost of their mortgage deals in recent weeks. Last week, RBS Private, Barclays Wealth and UBS became the ... |
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Two More Years of 4% Mortgage Rates? - NASDAQ
The Federal Reserve announced this week that it does not plan to raise interest rates until 2014 at the earliest. Does this mean you can expect another two years of 4 percent mortgage rates? Not necessarily. While the Federal Reserve plays a major role in ... |
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Mortgage rates fall to new lows (again) - CBS News
It happened again: mortgage rates hit new lows this week, according to Freddie Mac's latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS) released Thursday. Frank Nothaft, vice president and chief economist at Freddie Mac, attributes the decline in ... |
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Mortgage rates fall once more to record lows - Investors Business Daily
CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — Mortgage rates hit record lows this week, after growth in the economy fell short of expectations, Freddie Mac’s chief economist said on Thursday. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.87% for the week ending Feb. 2, down ... |
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Clopton Capital Predicts Low Commercial Mortgage Rates for Coming Years Due to Japanese Style Inflation - Houston Chronicle
Clopton Capital, a commercial mortgage provider based in Chicago, IL is now predicting that near all time low commercial mortgage rates, in their case as low as 3.5%, are going to exist for the next five to possibly next ten years. Slow economic growth ... |
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Mortgage rates fall again to historic low - Washington Post
The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage reached yet another historic low this week, falling to 3.88 percent, according to data released Thursday by Freddie Mac. The rate is the lowest on record. The average rate fell a fraction of a percent ... |
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Mortgage rates bloom this week despite Fed's gloom on economy - Las Vegas Review Journal
Mortgage rates inched up this week, despite the Fed's latest efforts to hold rates low. Some experts worry that as investors gain confidence in the economy, rates may keep climbing. Others say there's still plenty of bad economic news to keep rates at the ... |
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Mortgage rates plunge to record lows again - Inside Fidelity
Mortgage rates plummeted this week, reaching record lows, as the Obama administration makes another attempt to help underwater homeowners refinance their mortgages to take advantage of the superlow rates. 30 year fixed rate mortgage – 3 month trend The ... |
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Mortgage rates for 30-year loans hit record low - Worldnews.com
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Mortgage Rates Higher Following Employment Report - MortgageNewsDaily.com
The monthly Employment Situation Report was released at 8:30am this morning, with much better-than-expected results. Stocks rallied sharply and most every interest rate in fixed-income markets moved higher. The economic optimism created by this ... |
Foreclosures
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Foreclosures hit 4-year low in metro area - AZCentral.com
New data indicate that the number of Phoenix-area homes taken back by lenders in January fell to its lowest level since early 2008. Last month, there were 2,263 foreclosures, or trustee sales, in the region, according to real-estate research ... |
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Las Vegas Foreclosures: What Really Happens Here - Huffington Post
Las Vegas, NEVADA - It's a cliche of journalism that lazy reporters learn all they think they need to know from the cabbies or chauffeurs who shuttle them from the airport to the hotel to the television studio and back. Read the next random ... |
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Foreclosures: Can you get a deal? - Washington Post
I’m always hearing from buyers who want to focus their search on foreclosures. Foreclosures can be a great deal, especially for those with deep pockets and remodeling expertise. But for the average homebuyer, if the price seems too good to be ... |
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On Foreclosures, Uncle Sam Courts Investors - Wall Street Journal
On Wednesday, a U.S. housing regulator invited investors to submit initial applications to bid on pools of foreclosed properties owned by Fannie Mae, the government-controlled mortgage finance company, as part of a new pilot program. The goal is ... |
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Foreclosures smaller share of home sales - Investors Business Daily
Sales of foreclosures accounted for 20% of all U.S home sales in the third quarter of last year, according to a report from RealtyTrac, released this week. That’s down from 22% in the second quarter and 30% of sales in the third quarter of 2010. |
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Completed Foreclosures Steady in Sharon, Down in State for 2011 - Patch
Completed foreclosures in Sharon held steady in 2011, according to numbers released today. The data, compiled by real estate information firm The Warren Group, had foreclosure deeds, which represent completed foreclosures, hold steady at 10 in 2010 and 2011. |
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County has record rate of foreclosures - Payson Roundup
Foreclosures in Gila County declined sharply this year, but still account for 27 percent of property sales. Forced sales peaked in 2010 at 459, then dropped to 395 out of 1,120 property sales in 2011. That’s encouraging, except the share of ... |
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NY AG Eric Schneiderman sues banks for using electronic mortgage registry that may put homeowners at a disadvantage in foreclosures - New York Post
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s attorney general on Friday accused some of the nation’s largest banks of deceit and fraud in using an electronic mortgage registry that he said puts homeowners at a disadvantage in foreclosures. Democrat Eric Schneiderman ... |
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Gallup poll: Feds should act on foreclosures - HamptonRoads.com
Most Americans want the government to step in and help stop housing foreclosures, according to a new poll Thursday. A majority of Americans - 58 percent - said they want the federal government to take further actions this year to prevent Americans from ... |
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Analyst: Las Vegas home prices expected to keep dropping - Las Vegas Review Journal
Home prices in Las Vegas will continue to slide for the next six months and recovery won't come until banks open up the spigot on foreclosures, housing analyst Dennis Smith said Thursday in his annual housing outlook webinar. Recent legislation cracking ... |
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