Lisa has an excellent investor rehab program. Please contact A & A Mortgage for more information. DSNews: Author: Brian Honea January 21, 2015 A nationwide survey of real estate investors bidding on properties offered for auction during the fourth quarter of 2014 revealed that flipping was the preferred investing strategy over renting, according to Auction.com‘s Q4 […]
Tag: Homeownership
Housing Barometer Indicates Market is Moving Closer to ‘Back to Normal’ Levels
DSNews Author: Brian Honea January 15, 2015 While housing recovery has generally been uneven for the last few years, the housing market experienced substantial growth in the fourth quarter of 2014 for all five indicators of Trulia’s Q4 2014 Housing Barometer, which was released on Thursday. Three of the five indicators – existing home sales, […]
Report Predicts Big Year for Housing in 2015 Based on Recent Government Actions
DSNews: Author: Tory Barringer January 12, 2015 With 2015 less than two weeks underway, Fitch Ratings is the latest forecaster predicting great things for housing in the coming year. However, unlike other commentators, whose projections were based on encouraging market trends, the ratings agency says it’s a combination of recent government actions that reinforces its […]
Foreclosure Rate Falls to Lowest Level Since ’08
DSNews -Author: Brian Honea January 14, 2015 About 1.5 percent of all homes with a mortgage in the United States were in some state of foreclosure in November 2014, the lowest foreclosure rate since March 2008, according to CoreLogic‘sNovember 2014 National Foreclosure Report released Wednesday. Foreclosure inventory, which includes homes in any state of foreclosure, plummeted […]
Falling Negative Equity Rate Nearing Single Digits
DSNews Author: Tory Barringer January 8, 2015 The third quarter of 2014 saw more than a quarter of a million American homes return to positive equity, leaving about one in 10 still underwater,CoreLogic said in its Q3 2014 Equity Report released Thursday. According to the company’s latest estimates, an additional 273,000 U.S. homes recovered to a positive […]
Updated: President Announces Reduction in FHA Premiums
DSNews Author: Tory Barringer January 7, 2015 The White House announced Wednesday that the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will reduce mortgage insurance premiums in an effort to boost U.S. homeownership. Bloomberg first reported Wednesday that FHA will cut its mortgage insurance premiums to 0.85 percent, a 0.5 percentage point reduction. President Obama was expected to make […]
Survey: Nearly 70 Percent of Industry Professionals See Lower Down Payment As Positive
DSNews Author: Brian Honea December 11, 2014 The majority of mortgage industry professionals said they believed that the lowering of the down payment to 3 percent for first-time home buyers by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was a step in the right direction for the housing market, according to Collingwood Group‘s November 2014 Mortgage Industry […]
Nearly 70 Percent of Industry Professionals See Lower Down Payment As Positive
Author: Brian Honea December 11, 2014 The majority of mortgage industry professionals said they believed that the lowering of the down payment to 3 percent for first-time homebuyers by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was a step in the right direction for the housing market, according to the Collingwood Group‘s November 2014 Mortgage Industry Outlook Report […]
Housing Market Will Gain Momentum In Next Year
Report: Housing Market Will Gain Momentum In Next Year DSNews Author: Brian Honea December 12, 2014 The housing market will continue its gradual recovery and gain momentum in 2015 after a disappointing 2014, according to the Wells Fargo Economics Group 2015 Economic Outlook entitled“A Whole New Ballgame,” released earlier this week. Wells Fargo cited […]
Foreclosure Prevention Counseling Program Has Helped 1.8 Million Homeowners
DSNews Author: Brian Honea December 12, 2014 Washington, D.C.-based NeighborWorks America, one of the nation’s largest community development corporations, announced that more than 1.8 million homeowners have received foreclosure prevention counseling through the association’s National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling Program (NFMC) as of July 31, 2014. Distressed homeowners have utilized local nonprofits, national intermediaries, and […]
