Foreclosures

National Mortgage Settlement: What You Need To Know

February 13, 2012

Last week, the Federal government and 49 state governments (Oklahoma being the exception) agreed to a $25 billion settlement regarding robo-signing and the challenges it created in the foreclosure process. We want to give a synopsis of the settlement and some perspective on what effect it will have on the housing market in 2012. The [...]

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Do Subprime Concentrations Lead to Other Foreclosures?

December 7, 2011

We are again honored to have Ken H. Johnson, Ph.D. — Florida International University (FIU) and Editor of the Journal of Housing Research as our guest blogger. To view other research from FIU, visit http://realestate.fiu.edu/. – The KCM Crew Does the presence of a cluster of subprime mortgages in a neighborhood lead to a greater likelihood of [...]

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Challenges Also Seen in the Larger Mortgages

December 2, 2011

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The Wealthy Are Also Defaulting on Their Mortgages

November 30, 2011

There are many who believe that mortgage delinquencies in their region are concentrated in the middle-to-lower income neighborhoods. Actually, the research shows the number of delinquencies in the higher priced sections are currently exceeding the percentages in less affluent areas. The most recent Mortgage Monitor issued by LPS reports that the largest increase in both [...]

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One Thing That Still Concerns Us

November 15, 2011

There is no doubt that the housing market is stumbling to a recovery. This past week Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist, predicted a 4% increase in sales next year. Last month, Celia Chen of Moody’s Analytics projected sales to increase over 20% in 2012. Any increase in transactions will be welcomed. However, we believe there [...]

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Uncle Sam Wants You! – To Rent from Him

November 1, 2011

Today, we are again honored to have Ken H. Johnson, Ph.D. — Florida International University (FIU) and Editor of the Journal of Housing Research as our guest blogger. To view other research from FIU, visit http://realestate.fiu.edu/. Dr. Johnson will also be speaking at NAR’s Conference and Expo in Anaheim. For more information click here. – The KCM [...]

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