Real Estate Investor News in Zip Code 63055
- 2010 Census Data Shows Second Hightest Homeownership Rate on Record Despite Largest Decrease since 1940
Yesterday, statistician's from the U.S. Census Bureau gave a briefing on highlights of the housing characteristics data contained in the 2010 Census. Several interesting facts came out, but the one th
- Interest rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fall below 4 percent; first time in history
This morning, Freddie Mac released the results of it's Primary Mortgage Market Survey revealing that the interest rate on a 30-year fixed rate mortgage averaged 3.94 percent, dropping below 4.0 percen
- Is the real estate market headed for a triple-dip in 2012?
Clear Capital just released it's monthly Home Data Index™ (HDI), which shows U.S. home prices increased 3.5 percent in the 3-month period ending in September compared with the prior 3-month period h
- How To Use The Internet To Perform Due Diligence On Real Property
As far as I'm concerned, the Internet is one of the greatest inventions of all time, and ranks right up there with flush toilets, sliced bread and basketball! For real estate investors, the Internet i
- Two California Real Estate Investors Agree to Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging at Pulic Foreclosure Auctions
WASHINGTON — Two California real estate investors have agreed to plead guilty today for their roles in a conspiracy to rig bids and to commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in
- How to Choose a Real Estate Investment Strategy That’s Right for You
Unfortunately, there are no cookie-cutter strategies, which will work for all investors in every single real estate market nationwide. And that’s exactly why, when you’re starting out in this busi
- Virginia Real Estate Businessman Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Mortgage and Investment Fraud Schemes
WASHINGTON – Alexander Otis Matthews, a Virginia real estate businessman, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison in connection with mortgage and investment schemes to obtain more than $12 million
- Harris County, Texas, Commissioner Pleads Guilty to Making a False Statement to FBI; Real Estate Developer Pleads Guilty to False Tax Statement
WASHINGTON – Harris County Commissioner Gerald R. Eversole and Houston-based real estate developer Michael D. Surface both pleaded guilty today in federal court in Houston to making false statements
- Housing market not out of the woods yet
Mark Fleming, Ph.D., Chief Economist for CoreLogic, in a presentation yesterday, said the housing market is not out of the woods yet as the potential of a double-dip in our economy increases and as 30
- Home sales decline in August; second consecutive month of declines
The National Association of REALTORS Pending Home Sales Index for August shows a decrease of 1.2 percent in the index from the month before (seasonally adjusted), and a 7.7 percent increase from a yea
