Real Estate

Foreclosure listings have become popular among all-cash buyers, majority of whom are investors. However, regular homebuyers continue to stay out of the market.

Mortgage rates have remained low in the U.S., while home prices continue to decline in most markets. The trends are good news for homebuyers, analysts stated.

Home foreclosure auctions posted higher sales in February 2011 in some areas of Tennessee. Overall residential sales jumped month-over-month by more than 10%.

Investors who buy foreclosed commercial property in Colorado might get a chance with Express Inn. However, a nonprofit is said to be set to purchase the property.

We use loan-level data from the New York City metropolitan area to examine the extent to which lenders attempted to prevent foreclosures with concessionary modifications during the Great Depression. We find no principal forgiveness in the sample and only a handful of concessionary mortgage modifications of other types. Far more mortgages terminated through foreclosure than received any sort of concessionary modification. The results indicate that there are significant impediments to renegotiation of residential mortgages beyond securitization. As such, less renegotiation seems unlikely to be a major cost of securitization of residential mortgages

Cleveland Heights has rehabbed new additional bank repos for sale that are now available on the market. Buyers can now enjoy these newly-renovated homes.

When a family decides to buy distressed foreclosure property for sale, serious thinking is done. Many families are still hopeful in gaining home ownership.

Foreclosure property at auctions is still a major concern in New York and housing advocates are calling for more help. They are campaigning for state funds.

Repo property sales will still not have enough buyers in Indiana in 2011, according to analysts. They claim that the state's housing market is still suffering.

Home foreclosures list continues to record higher numbers in most parts of the U.S. However, mortgage delinquency rates are starting to decline in most areas.

Distressed house listings remain elevated in Tulsa, but the commercial real estate market is getting better. According to analysts, the market is improving.

For sale by owner listings in New Jersey will not be easy to sell in the coming months. A report showed that the area has one of the highest shadow inventories.

The cheap land for sale and residential foreclosure problem of Dallas seems to be easing down. Latest figures showed that foreclosures for April have gone down.

The number of young, educated people in downtown St. Louis is fast growing. And, the market for condos for sale is proportionately increasing.

Foreclosure assistance programs in the form of a bill have been approved in Utah. The bill was the only measure among several to make it past the Legislature.

Bank owned foreclosure auctions offer some of the cheapest residential properties in the U.S. However, majority of Americans still prefer to rent than buy.

Cheap distressed homes and foreclosures will rise in Philadelphia if programs are cut, advocates stated. They argued that foreclosure programs are needed.

Listings of houses at auctions in Ohio are expected to gain buyers as the number of Asians and Hispanics rises. Minority populations rose in the past decade.

Federal foreclosed homes and bank foreclosures continue to rise in Florida. A number of cases reportedly involve faulty documents which angered state judges.

Real estate brokers in Alabama had a better time in February of this year. Sales of homes increased in the region during the month compared with last year.