Residential Property Markets Industry News & Blogs

Industry News & Blogs

MBS RECAP: 2/14/2012
www.mortgagenewsdaily.com | 3 hours 50 minutes ago
A blog featuring up to the minute commentary on mortgage rates and the mortgage backed securites markets.

Oceano Investment Beach Condominiums – ID: 5350308 - Nubricks
www.nubricks.com | 10 hours 15 minutes ago
Property ID: 5350308<br/>Jaco, Puntarenas region, Costa Rica<br/>GBP: 93,566<br/><span style='font-size:11px'>Investment Property, Residential Property, Holiday Homes, House, 1 Bedrooms</span>

Business & Technology | Late payments on mortgages rise again in 4th qtr | Seattle Times Newspaper
seattletimes.nwsource.com | 15 hours 35 minutes ago
Late payments on mortgages ticked up in the last three months of 2011, the second straight quarter-to-quarter increase after nearly two years of steady decline.

Unfriendly council to auction off housing
www.estatesgazette.com | 16 hours 19 minutes ago
A London council's plan to auction off 15 houses on the cheap appears to be temporarily halted as local people stage an occupation of the properties to try and stop the sale. Lewisham Council wants to sell 15 three- and four-bed houses on Friendly Street at a knock...

Skokie’s RE/MAX 1st Class Moves to New Location | PRLog
www.prlog.org | Feb 13, 2012
Skokie’s RE/MAX 1st Class Moves to New Location. RE/MAX 1st Class in Skokie, Ill., now has a new home. The brokerage, established in 2004, recently moved to a new office at 4023 Church St. from its long-time location at 3947 Dempster St. - PR11797712

Buyers rush to beat stamp duty deadline - FT.com
www.ft.com | Feb 13, 2012
The number of first-time buyers taking out a mortgage increased in December as borrowers rushed to buy before the end of next month’s stamp duty holiday for properties up to £250,000. In December, 18,700 mortgages were advanced to first-time buyers,

Assetz® News - Stamp duty change 'set to spark rush'
news.assetz.co.uk | Feb 13, 2012
The end of a two-year amnesty on stamp duty for first-time buyers has triggered a jump in UK mortgages being agreed. ...

theRatandMouse - London's property blog
www.theratandmouse.co.uk | Feb 13, 2012
The Rat and Mouse - the London Property Blog, speaking to London's obsession with property - treating the property market with the exact combination of awe and scorn that it deserves.

Bottom Line - Celeb real estate: Elijah Wood, Penelope Cruz and Anna Kournikova are moving out
bottomline.msnbc.msn.com | Feb 10, 2012
By Camille Salama, Zillow You might think celebrities are immune to the pains of a troubled real estate market, but they face the same frustrations selling their homes as the rest of us.

Bernanke urges action to heal housing markets - Business - Real estate - msnbc.com
www.msnbc.msn.com | Feb 10, 2012
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday issued a call to action to restore housing markets, saying depressed house prices and sales are a serious drag on the economic recovery.