While the housing market is looking good for a rebound this year, the market remains flooded with inventory. Houses with bargain basement prices are still slow to sell in some places, and abandoned foreclosures are suffering from self esteem problems and in need of good owners to love them. If you have a bit…
Don’t have time to search for Real Estate Headlines? That’s alright, we know you’re busy. Check out what we we’re reading in this week’s Real Estate Headline Dump: David Carter Found Dead In Foreclosed Home As Many As Four Years After Suicide “The body of the owner David Carter was found on the stairs in a “nearly…
2012 is off to the start we expected with seasonally driven increases in buyer activity on Movoto.com. Movoto was founded by entrepreneurs and we’re always optimistic, but 2012 looks like it will be a copy of 2011. Not horrible, but not exciting. Here’s how real estate market conditions across our coverage area closed the…
Like countless snowbirds migrating south, the Republican primary has moved to Florida. In case you have not been keeping up, the race so far has been fairly dramatic. Mitt Romney won Iowa, and then he didn’t. After Romney won New Hampshire, it was discovered that someone in the farm belt had their math wrong and…
Home foreclosures don’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon, according to MSN Real Estate. Thousands of homes are out there each month for sale at auction, and typically these can be had for 25 percent less than their market value. In many cases, much less. But hold on a second. Getting a good deal…
When will the housing market recover? Whether you’re a homeowner, real estate agent, real estate company, bank, politician, or just someone who’d like to buy a home sometime soon, that question is one that just about everyone’s asked at one point or another over the last few years. Truthfully, we here at Movoto aren’t sure…
Many people lost their homes when the real estate bubble burst several years back. Some may think it was because the majority made bad decisions due to the fact that they didn’t know better — they just weren’t financial experts. Except this guy was a financial expert. Carl Richards is a financial adviser, speaker, writer,…
Did that headline grab your attention? It sure did mine. It’s true, foreclosed homes currently held by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are being offered from now until October 2012 for only $100 down. So why offer this ridiculously good deal? Because, like other federal entities, HUD doesn’t like these homes…
Here we go again: Financial analytics company Fiserv is predicting that America’s home prices are heading for a triple-dip. The most recent real estate news from this organization calls for another 3.6% drop in home prices by June 2012, which means that they will have dropped from their 2006 peak down to 31% (2009), then…
