Region Month
Washington home values up 7.3% in June
31 August 2010
Washington-area home prices continue to improve at a faster pace than most of the nation, rising 7.3 percent from in June 2010 from June 2009. That gain was much better than the average national median price increase of 4.3 percent for the 20 markets surveyed in the S&P/Case Shiller Home Price Index.
Home prices gain 3.6% in past year
CNN, 31 August 2010
Despite a recent spate of bad news coming out of the housing industry, home prices show signs of stabilizing.
Home prices gain 3.6% in past year
CNN, 31 August 2010
Despite a recent spate of bad news coming out of the housing industry, home prices show signs of stabilizing.
June home prices up 1% as tax credit lured home buyers
31 August 2010
Home prices rose in June for the third straight month thanks to a burst of home-buying due to tax incentives that have since expired.
The Appraisal: Using Private Eyes to Keep Track of Tenants
New York Times, 31 August 2010
Real estate investigation, a big business in a borough like Manhattan with plenty of rent-regulated apartments ripe for exploitation, has picked up in the past year.
Survey: Mortgage closing costs 37% higher
31 August 2010
A rule requiring mortgage lenders to give borrowers reliable estimates of closing costs seems to be working. Is it also costing borrowers more? ...
Hollywood lawyer sentenced to prison
30 August 2010
Hollywood attorney Peter N. Price, 49, was sentenced Friday to three years and 10 months in prison after pleading guilty to mortgage fraud, partly in connection with his own home refinancing.
AG charges American Home Mortgage
30 August 2010
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has charged mortgage debt collector American Home Mortgage Servicing Inc. for allegedly employing deceptive mortgage payment collection practices.
Home prices up 3.1%
30 August 2010
Freddie Mac?s quarterly housing price report shows healthy gains across the country.
Monday Reading: Why to Keep Adjustable-Rate Mortgages
New York Times, 30 August 2010
Why to hold onto adjustable-rate mortgages, how people feel about aggressive ad-tracking technologies and other consumer-focused items from Monday's Times.
Washington home values up 7.3% in June
31 August 2010
Washington-area home prices continue to improve at a faster pace than most of the nation, rising 7.3 percent from in June 2010 from June 2009. That gain was much better than the average national median price increase of 4.3 percent for the 20 markets surveyed in the S&P/Case Shiller Home Price Index.
Home prices gain 3.6% in past year
CNN, 31 August 2010
Despite a recent spate of bad news coming out of the housing industry, home prices show signs of stabilizing.
Home prices gain 3.6% in past year
CNN, 31 August 2010
Despite a recent spate of bad news coming out of the housing industry, home prices show signs of stabilizing.
June home prices up 1% as tax credit lured home buyers
31 August 2010
Home prices rose in June for the third straight month thanks to a burst of home-buying due to tax incentives that have since expired.
The Appraisal: Using Private Eyes to Keep Track of Tenants
New York Times, 31 August 2010
Real estate investigation, a big business in a borough like Manhattan with plenty of rent-regulated apartments ripe for exploitation, has picked up in the past year.
Survey: Mortgage closing costs 37% higher
31 August 2010
A rule requiring mortgage lenders to give borrowers reliable estimates of closing costs seems to be working. Is it also costing borrowers more? ...
Hollywood lawyer sentenced to prison
30 August 2010
Hollywood attorney Peter N. Price, 49, was sentenced Friday to three years and 10 months in prison after pleading guilty to mortgage fraud, partly in connection with his own home refinancing.
AG charges American Home Mortgage
30 August 2010
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has charged mortgage debt collector American Home Mortgage Servicing Inc. for allegedly employing deceptive mortgage payment collection practices.
Home prices up 3.1%
30 August 2010
Freddie Mac?s quarterly housing price report shows healthy gains across the country.
Monday Reading: Why to Keep Adjustable-Rate Mortgages
New York Times, 30 August 2010
Why to hold onto adjustable-rate mortgages, how people feel about aggressive ad-tracking technologies and other consumer-focused items from Monday's Times.
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