RISMEDIA, May 27, 2010—The road toward homeownership was a bit more difficult than self-proclaimed “country boy” Ronald Black thought it would be. He began his home search last summer in Polk County, Florida, a more …

RISMEDIA, May 28, 2010—Single-family home sales in Massachusetts spiked 45.8% in April 2010 compared to the same month a year ago, while condominium sales soared 55.7%, according to The Warren Group, publisher of Banker & …

RISMEDIA, June 1, 2010—(MCT)—Although the situation is open to interpretation as well as change, there are growing concerns that the effects of this economic downturn could have a long-lasting effect on the housing market.
A study …

RISMEDIA, June 5, 2010—(MCT)—The California foreclosure crisis appears to be abating, new data shows, as the federal government and big lenders step up efforts to keep troubled borrowers in their homes.
Mortgage default notices—the first …

RISMEDIA, June 8, 2010—“Produce the Note” foreclosure defense strategies have given some people hope, albeit false in many cases, in defending their homes against unlawful foreclosures.
Note that in 30 states there is no judicial …

RISMEDIA, June 10, 2010—According to a monthly review of MLS-listed properties within 26 of the country’s largest housing markets conducted by the national online real estate brokerage ZipRealty , more than 43% of homesellers slashed …

RISMEDIA, June 11, 2010—RealtyTrac, a leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, recently released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report for May 2010, which shows that foreclosure filings—default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions—were reported on 322,920 …

RISMEDIA, June 14, 2010—Homes values fell 0.38% nationally from March 2010 to April 2010 and were down 4.1% from their levels in April 2009 (see Figure 1) for monthly and annualized appreciation). The rate of …

RISMEDIA, June 15, 2010—“Judge W. H. Mantor Commits Act of Shooting Self in Fit of Insanity at His Home.” So read the headline from an article in the February 7, 1919 issue of the Brainerd …

RISMEDIA, May 25, 2010—The Illinois housing market saw positive indicators nearly across the board in April 2010 with upward momentum in home prices and sales jumping 34.4% on the heels of the home buyer tax …