Loan applications for mortgages increased last week for the first time in a month, as average rates for a 30-year fixed rate mortgage edged downwards, a weekly report said Wednesday. Demand for applications advanced 6.6% in the week ending June

News was mixed for the real estate market this morning. Sales of new single-family homes fell 0.6% in May, in contrast to expectations of a 2.3% increase. By itself, that would be awful news, but revisions to April told the

Stocks have been extremely volatile Tuesday morning, and after opening higher all indexes are negative 90 minutes into the trading session. The Dow is leading the decline with a 0.53% drop to 8294, while the Nasdaq is 0.50% lower at

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released first quarter foreclosure prevention data for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Total foreclosure prevention actions (including loan modifications) totaled 86,600, 20 percent more than the previous quarter...()

Sales of existing homes saw their first back-to-back increase in nearly four years last month, but while the percentage gain in May was encouraging, the actual level of sales was lower than expected due to downward revisions. The pace of

In its monthly mortgage finance forecast, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) lowered its forecast for mortgage originations in 2009 to $2.03 trillion today. This is the fourth consecutive month the MBA has reduced its outlook for total mortgage originations...()

How long do I have to pass the Indiana Real Estate test. I have passed the class already.

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and General Assembly's Banks Committee chairmen Senator Bob Duff and Representative Ryan Barry have urged Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell to sign into law a legislation that will target fraudulent rescue and debt negotiation schemes that

While is largely recognized as the major cause of the recession, the collection and tracking of foreclosure home data has been left to the private sector. No government agency or state government has launched an effort to collect and monitor

Prospective first time home buyers planning to can grab the opportunity offered by the Virginia Housing Development Authority under its Tax Credit Plus home loan program.

The foreclosure crisis gave thousands of families harrowing experiences that they would not easily forget, but it also gave thousands of other families opportunities to acquire -- the beginning of pleasant experiences to cherish.

Over 1,000 homeowners in were able to save their under the state foreclosed home prevention program, according to Governor Bev Perdue, who partnered with the North Carolina Office of the Commissioner of Banks to carry out the program.

More than 5,000 foreclosure properties are expected to enter the Maricopa County market this month, according to studies of mortgages and foreclosures in the Phoenix area.If the forecast comes true, it would be the county's second time to post a

The percentage of sales of foreclose houses in relation to total home sales in Orange County, California in May is still a commanding 34.2 percent, despite a drop in the share.In January, the percentage of foreclosed houses was 46 percent,

Last month's decline in the number of REO property in Massachusetts has prompted industry experts to suggest that more and more people have realized how costly foreclosure proceedings are and have taken steps to avoid repossession of their homes.However, the

This just in: The earlier today unanimously approved the designation of the Prospect Heights Historic District, culminating a widespread effort by the likes of the and the that goes back over three years. The district contains 850 buildings and is

A new deli is getting ready to open at 336 Myrtle Avenue in Fort Greene. The store, to be named, we hear, Farmer and the Deli, will feature hot foods and a salad bar in addition to the standard bodega

The has some stiff competition at McCarren Park. Reported by , this past Saturday, some Harry Potter-loving college students got together in the Park to play Quidditch, "a high-flying sport practiced by wizards and witches who ride magical flying broomsticks."

The Lalezarian family's ambitious rental project takes up almost the entire block of Gold Street between Tillary and Concord Streets in Downtown Brooklyn. We say almost because there was a self-storage owner who refused to part with a building in

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