Mortgage & Real Estate News
- Realtors Slam Obama Foreclosure-Rental Plan
The National Association of Realtors took a public shot at the Obama administration on Wednesday, criticizing an effort to alleviate some the housing market?s woes by renting out foreclosed properties....(read more)
- NAHB: Statement from Chairman Barry Rutenberg on FHFA's GSE Reform Plan
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- HUD: Taking Steps to Streamline and Improve HUD's Web Presence
As part of President Obama's Campaign to Cut Waste, last December the .gov Reform Task Force released a report highlighting the current climate of federal websites and insight on how they can be improved. The .gov Reform Task Force will use the report to develop a web strategy and create tools, […]
- SIFMA Statement on the President's Business Tax Reform Proposals
SIFMA Statement on the President's Business Tax Reform Proposals<br/>http://www.sifma.org/news/news.aspx?id=8589937506...(read more)
- Architects See Glimmers of Hope for New Construction
Here's a sign that the wounds in the construction sector may be slowly on the mend: Architects are working more....(read more)
- FHA Knocks Reports on B of A Deal
The acting commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration on Wednesday blasted news reports that claim Bank of America Corp. was essentially bailing out the agency's mortgage insurance fund....(read more)
- JPMorgan, Citi, BofA sued for $949 million by Sealink
NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Inc., Bank of America Corp. and more than a half dozen other major banks are being hit with a new lawsuit over $949 million in residential mortgage-backed securities....(read […]
- Pimco Said to Quit Trade Group After Mortgage-Deal Silence
Pacific Investment Management Co. is quitting the American Securitization Forum after the trade group declined to issue a statement about investors’ views on the nationwide foreclosure settlement this month by five banks, two people with knowledge of the matter said....(
- NAR: Rising Apartment Rents
The December 2011 Realtors Confidence Index survey reports that apartment rents are rising. Over time this would be expected to have an overall positive effect on existing home sales and is consistent with reports from a number of housing market commentators that the residential markets should show […]
- Housing's Dilemma: There's Not Enough To Buy
Non-distressed sellers are making up less and less of the overall housing market. That does not a healthy housing market make. Without good, move-up homes available, the market cannot see real price appreciation....(read […]
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