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New Vista Asset Management announced Tuesday that it has purchased the REO asset management business unit of REDC Default Solutions, LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The asset management unit, previously operated within REDC, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Irvine, California-based Auction.com, LLC(formerly Real Estate Disposition, LLC), offers outsourced residential asset management services for banks and other financial institutions.

RealtyTrac has released its year-end 2010 foreclosure sales report, which shows that foreclosure homes accounted for nearly 26 percent of all U.S. residential sales last year, down from 29 percent of all sales in 2009 but up from 23 percent in 2008. The report also shows that the average sales price of these foreclosure properties was more than 28 percent below the average sales price of properties not in the foreclosure process - up from a 27 percent average discount in 2009 and 22 percent in 2008.

Rowell Auctions, Inc. has announced the hiring of Douglas G. Dennison as national sales coordinator for the firm. Dennison has 20 years of auction experience and has specialized in large real estate government auctions throughout the country. He has served as auction project manager for the FDIC, U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), U.S. Marshals Service, Small Business Administration (SBA), Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC), and U.S. bankruptcy auctions in more than 30 states.

According to Auction.com, a real estate marketing and disposition services site, 2010 was a record year. The site offered 35,350 foreclosed assets for $2.4 billion last year, numbers that lead the industry, the site's owner Real Estate Disposition Corp. (REDC) said in a statement. So far in 2011, Auction.com has auctioned 4,710 foreclosures for $258 million at 94 percent of reserve, according to the company.

Real estate software firm eBrokerHouse recently released its Rapid Trustee Sale (RTS) tracking and management software platform for two new counties--Maricopa in Arizona and San Bernadino in California. RTS allows users to track opening bids in real time, get full property details, and manage documents and pictures associated with each property. The system also serves Los Angeles, Riverside, and Orange counties in California and Clark County, Nevada.

FEI, a national provider of posting, publication, auction management, property preservation, and asset management services based in Washington, recently acquired RSVP, a national provider of similar services headquartered in California. Together, FEI and RSVP will offer foreclosure services including posting, service of process, and publication management that controls the production and placement of legal notices in 2,300 publications from coast to coast.

Williams, Williams & McKissick (WWM), parent company of Williams & Williams Worldwide Real Estate Auction, Auction Network, and Williams Merchant Group, has promoted Amy Bates and Rob Bridges to chief marketing officer and SVP of operations, respectively. According to a statement from the company, these newly created positions were developed to coincide with WWM's recent formation and will further its goal of providing more technologically advanced methods for live real estate auctions.

Mortgage Industry Advisory Corporation (MIAC) just announced that it closed the sale of two Freddie Mac bulk mortgage servicing portfolios in November with a combined unpaid principal balance of approximately $2.5 billion. The portfolios carried delinquency rates of 1.28 percent and 3.87 percent. The New York-based brokerage says it will be marketing a $70 million Fannie Mae mortgage servicing deal later this month.

The real estate software firm eBrokerHouse recently released its Rapid Trustee Sale (RTS) tracking and management software platform for Los Angeles County and Orange County auctions. The system allows agents and investors to track opening bids in real time and have access to every county auction that the software services. The company is planning to expand RTS' coverage to other counties throughout California as well as Arizona.

Jones Lang LaSalle and its partner Real Estate Disposition, LLC (REDC) will host a hotel-only note and REO auction in November with more than $420 million in primarily non-performing notes. The companies say it will be the largest hotel-note auction in the United States. The 62 notes and two REO properties are from five special servicers and two regional banks. They are backed by full and select service hotels throughout 25 states and carry an average unpaid balance of $6.4 million.