Eight banking groups led by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) are calling for the government to throw out the new ""Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act"":http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/res/respa_hm.cfm (RESPA), claiming that changes to...
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January Home Sales, Prices Plunge in Connecticut
...publisher of The Commercial Record and a provider of real estate data throughout the New England area. There were 1,057 single-family home sales in Connecticut in January, a 36.1 percent...
Read More »South & Associates Expands to Nebraska
...a graduate from the University of Nebraska School of Law and a licensed real estate broker, is the managing attorney of South & Associates' new office. Brink, who has practiced...
Read More »Gov. Perry Addresses Texas Realtors
...relating to the statewide real estate market and Texas economy, legislative issues affecting Texas homeowners, commercial real estate trends, and professional standards for Realtors. Gov. Perry's presentation was a highlight...
Read More »Report: Home Values Closed Out 2008 with Record Declines
...that the 2008 numbers illustrate the deepening downturn in the residential real estate market. ""There are very few, if any, pockets of turnaround that one can see in the data,""...
Read More »Squyres Named Partner at Wilson and Associates
...County Bar Association. ""Wilson & Associates"":http://www.wilson-assoc.com has offices located throughout Tennessee and Arkansas, and provides clients in both states with turn-key, bundled services in the real estate default legal market....
Read More »Appraisers Rally Against BPOs in Foreclosure Relief Plan
...cautions against the use of real estate sales people to provide broker price opinions (BPOs). According to the professional appraisal groups, these real estate brokers ""have no valuation training, do...
Read More »Refi Boom Spurs Growth of Online Mortgage Software
With mortgage interest rates hitting historic lows, the refinance ""boom"" has put pressure on an industry that is already struggling from slashed jobs, plummeting real estate values, and fewer people...
Read More »RealtyTrac Releases Foreclosure Widget
...instantly view active foreclosure properties in that ZIP code from RealtyTrac’s database of default, auction, and bank-owned real estate. Ari Monkarsh, VP of business development at RealtyTrac, said, ""Thanks to...
Read More »MDA Automates Portfolio Risk Analysis
...time, cost, and risks involved in real estate transactions. The company offerings include ""MDA DataQuick"":http://www.dataquick.com, ""MDA MindBox"":http://www.mindbox.com, and traditional settlement services, such as collateral valuation, title and property search, flood...
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