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Prices Fall on Move-in Properties, Rise on Fixer-uppers
Prices on homes ready to be occupied fell an average of 6.8 percent between May and June, but prices for damaged foreclosed properties increased by 5.9 percent during the same period.
Falling Home Prices Ignite Boom in Foreign Buyers
By: Steve Cook; Mon, Jul 19, 2010
The number of American homes bought by foreign nationals has nearly doubled in the past year as falling property values and record numbers of distress sales encouraged immigrants and foreign investors to take advantage of affordable prices. With home purchases by US citizens plummeting in the wake of the tax credit, foreigners are now poised to gain an even larger ownership share of the US residential market.
Broker Price Opinions are Focus of Short Sale Fraud
By: Steve Cook; Fri, Jun 11, 2010
Banks using real estate brokers and agents to value short sales are increasingly becoming the victims of fraudulent schemes that have occurred in more than 1 percent of short sales this year and have already cost lenders at least $50 million in lost revenue, according to CoreLogic.
Rising Rents Rally Investors
By: Steve Cook; Thu, Apr 22, 2010
Investors are back in the housing markets, driven by affordable prices, abundant foreclosures, low interest rates and now... rising rents.
Bargains Get Tougher for Investors
By: Steve Cook; Wed, Dec 16, 2009
Recent industry studies suggest factors are at work that will make bargains harder to find and profit margins slimmer.
Low Priced Foreclosures and High Hopes for Appreciation Draw Investors Back to Real Estate
By: Steve Cook; Thu, Nov 12, 2009
The number of consumers interested in investing in real estate has doubled since March 2009.
Wall Street Wonders About Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
By: Steve Cook; Mon, Aug 10, 2009
Suddenly Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are behaving like Wall Street Wonders instead of government-run utilities with massive debt and virtually no prospect of ever again operating like private entities.
S&P Turns Negative on Apartment REIT Sector
By: Steve Cook; Tue, Mar 24, 2009
S&P Equity Research recently lowered its fundamental outlook for the residential (apartment) REIT sector to negative from neutral based on the excess supply of vacant houses being rented out.
Commercial Real Estate Headed for Downturn
By: David Lereah; Tue, Jan 13, 2009
Commercial real estate is finally joining the party. Even though there has been no meaningful overbuilding in commercial real estate, the outlook for the industry has seriously dimmed. The retail and office sectors have turned down with vacancies rising. And the industrial sector is not far behind. A tightened credit market and a slumping economy are to blame.
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By: Steve Cook; Tue, Jul 27, 2010
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