First Person: How Buying a 'For Sale by Owner' Home Saved Us $550
Buying a home is stressful no matter how you go about it. There are a lot of steps that have to be taken care of before you can complete the process. Our new home was previously owned by my husband's grandparents. They built the home in the early '60s, and have lived in it ever [...]
Home of the Week: Sleek contemporary in Beverly Hills
The modern four-bedroom, 41/2-bathroom house is designed for entertaining and features a massive concrete fireplace, a glass-walled loft and walls of glass looking out onto the swimming pool and deck. Pocket doors slide away to connect the indoors and outdoors at this sleek contemporary. Designed for entertaining, the modern house features a massive concrete fireplace, [...]
Columbia home foreclosures decline – The State
Home foreclosures in the Columbia area declined in the first three months of the year, bucking a trend seen in other major metropolitan areas of the state. But industry experts say another wave of foreclosures is on the horizon for the capital …
Area home prices jump in April thanks to fewer foreclosures
Slump in cheap distress deals pushes average price up in region The Baltimore region saw a double-digit gain in average home sale prices in April, the most in six years — driven by a shrunken supply of cheap foreclosures rather than by homes seeing a rapid resurgence in value.
Home for sale by owner! 4 bdr, 2 ba, 218-820-3370
Home for sale by owner! 4 bdr, 2 ba, tuck under garage, hardwood floors, stained glass. Corner lot in town of Walker. View of Leech Lake, close to school & biking trails. 218-820-3370
Baltimore-area home prices jump in April thanks to fewer foreclosures
Slump in cheap distress deals pushes average price up in region The Baltimore region saw a double-digit jump in average home sale prices in April, the most in six years — but the gain was driven by a shrinking supply of cheap foreclosures rather than a resurgence in value. Danny Chung is trying to sell [...]
Bill aimed at preventing home foreclosures in Massachusetts moves forward in Legislature
A bill meant to stop “unnecessary” foreclosures in Massachusetts cleared its first major legislative hurdle Wednesday when it gained approval from the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Financial Services. The bill, filed by Attorney General Martha Coakley, would require banks to analyze certain troubled mortgage loans and offer borrowers modifications when it makes more financial sense [...]
Today's home buyers are younger, and more tech savvy. Foreclosures continue their decline in the state, region
Who are today's home buyers and how are they finding their agents? Dave Cullinane and Karen Beeson, mortgage loan officers with EverBank in Campbell, discuss the type of clientele they are serving these days.
Fewer Valley foreclosures, rise in home sales leave some optimistic
Fresno's housing slump may be turning around with early homebuyer activity and fewer foreclosures during the first quarter of this year.
Foreclosures squeeze U.S. home prices
Rising foreclosures are weighing on the U.S. housing market, reducing prices and keeping new-home sales weak. Foreclosed homes usually are sold at steep discounts, thereby lowering average prices.