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  • HomeGain Releases 2012 Texas Home Ownership Satisfaction Survey Results

    HomeGain Releases 2012 Texas Home Ownership Satisfaction Survey Results
    Earlier this week, HomeGain, the first company to provide free instant home valuations online, announced the results of its 2012 National Home Ownership Satisfaction Survey. Homeowners were asked whether they were satisfied with owning a home and whether price appreciation or depreciation was a factor. Over 1,400 home owners from across the nation were surveyed. [...]

  • HomeGain Releases 2012 Illinois Home Ownership Satisfaction Survey Results

    HomeGain Releases 2012 Illinois Home Ownership Satisfaction Survey Results
    Earlier this week, HomeGain, the first company to provide free instant home valuations online, announced the results of its 2012 National Home Ownership Satisfaction Survey. Homeowners were asked whether they were satisfied with owning a home and whether price appreciation or depreciation was a factor. Over 1,400 home owners from across the nation were surveyed. [...]

  • HomeGain Releases 2012 Florida Home Ownership Satisfaction Survey Results

    HomeGain Releases 2012 Florida Home Ownership Satisfaction Survey Results
    Earlier this week, HomeGain, the first company to provide free instant home valuations online, announced the results of its 2012 National Home Ownership Satisfaction Survey. Homeowners were asked whether they were satisfied with owning a home and whether price appreciation or depreciation was a factor. Over 1,400 home owners from across the nation were surveyed. [...]

  • HomeGain Releases 4th Quarter 2011 Pennsylvania Home Values Survey Results

    HomeGain Releases 4th Quarter 2011 Pennsylvania Home Values Survey Results
    Sixty-nine percent of Pennsylvania real estate professionals expect home prices to fall over the next six months Last month, HomeGain, the first company to provide free instant home valuations online, released the results of our fourth quarter 2011 nationwide home values survey of over 400 HomeGain current and former members and 2,000 home owners. The [...]

  • HomeGain Releases 4th Quarter 2011 Ohio Home Values Survey Results

    HomeGain Releases 4th Quarter 2011 Ohio Home Values Survey Results
    Fifty percent of Ohio Real estate professionals and 37 percent of Ohio homeowners expect home prices to drop in the next six months Last December, HomeGain, the first company to provide free instant home valuations online, released the fourth quarter 2011 results of our nationwide home values survey of over 400 real estate professionals and [...]
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  • MBS RECAP: 2/3/2012

    MBS RECAP: 2/3/2012

    Posted To: MBS Commentary

    MBS Live : MBS RECAP Open MBS Live Dashboard FNMA 3.5 103-24 : -0-10 FNMA 4.0 105-17 : -0-09 FNMA 4.5 106-26 : -0-04 FNMA 5.0 108-01 : -0-02 GNMA 3.5 105-02 : -0-11 GNMA 4.0 107-24 : -0-07 GNMA 4.5 109-03 : -0-05 GNMA 5.0 110-27 : -0-03 FHLMC 3.5 103-16 : -0-09 FHLMC 4.0 105-06 : -0-08 FHLMC 4.5 106-09 : -0-04 FHLMC 5.0 107-20 : -0-01 Pricing as of 4:02 PM EST Afternoon Market Updates A recap of MBS Market Updates provided by MND Analysts and streamed live to the MBS Live Dashboard . 1:54PM : NY Files Lawsuit Against Big Banks for Deceptive and Fraudulent Use of MERS Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today filed a lawsuit against several of the nation?s largest banks charging that the creation and use of a private national mortgage electronic registry system known as MERS has resulted in...(read more)

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  • MERS, Banks Sued by New York State; MERSCORP Responds

    MERS, Banks Sued by New York State; MERSCORP Responds

    Posted To: MND NewsWire

    Three major banks and Virginia-based MERSCORP, Inc. and its subsidiary Mortgage Electronic Registrations Systems ( MERS ) were sued Friday by the state of New York. The suit, filed by the state's Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman , charges that the creation and use of a privately national electronic registration system, MERS, "has resulted in a wide range of deceptive and fraudulent foreclosure filings in New York state and federal courts, harming homeowners and undermining the integrity of the judicial foreclosure process." Further, the lawsuit charges that the employees and agents of the three banks, Bank of America, J.P. Morgan Chase, and Wells Fargo , acting as "MERS certifying officers," have repeatedly submitted court documents containing false and misleading information that made...(read more)

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  • Mortgage Rates Higher Following Employment Report

    Mortgage Rates Higher Following Employment Report

    Posted To: Mortgage Rate Watch

    The monthly Employment Situation Report was released at 8:30am this morning, with much better-than-expected results. Stocks rallied sharply and most every interest rate in fixed-income markets moved higher. The economic optimism created by this sort of data tends to increase demand for riskier investments like stocks and lower demand for things like fixed-income notes and bonds. MBS (the "mortgage backed securities" that most directly govern mortgage rates) fall into this fixed-income sector, and definitely weakened following the jobs data. As a result, Mortgages Rates moved higher at their fastest pace in some time, traversing most of this week's territory, but leaving Best-Execution rates mostly at 3.875%. (learn more about how we calculate Best-Execution in THIS POST ). We'd said yesterday...(read more)

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  • Geithner Outlines Accomplishments, Future of Financial Reform

    Geithner Outlines Accomplishments, Future of Financial Reform

    Posted To: MND NewsWire

    Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told the Financial Stability Oversight Council that the financial system is getting stronger and safer and that much of the excess risk-taking and careless financial practices that caused so much damage has been forced out. However, he said, "These gains will erode over time if we are not able to put our full reforms into place." He outlined the basic framework has been laid, with new global agreements to limit leverage, rules for managing the failure of a large firm and the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) up and running, and the majority of the new safeguards for derivatives markets proposed. Geithner ticked off the major accomplishments of reform. First, banks now face much tougher limits on risk which are critical to reducing the risk of...(read more)

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  • HOPE NOW Conference Focused on Military Families, Mediation

    HOPE NOW Conference Focused on Military Families, Mediation

    Posted To: MND NewsWire

    HOPE NOW, the voluntary private sector alliance of mortgage industry stakeholders, recently concluded a two day conference in Washington which focused on assistance to military homeowners and foreclosure mediation. One group of servicers, investors, and housing counselors met with regulators, investors, and members of the military to discuss ways of reaching military families facing foreclosure because of their unique situation which includes Permanent Change of Station and other issues. A second group of HOPE NOW stakeholders met with judges, attorneys, and several state housing agencies to discuss best standards related to foreclosure mediation. John Dalton, President of the Housing Policy Council, former Secretary of the Navy, and a panelist at the conference said "The current housing crisis...(read more)

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  • Roost Blog

  • Just Like Steve Austin, Roost by VerticalResponse Gets Better, Stronger & Faster!

    Just Like Steve Austin, Roost by VerticalResponse Gets Better, Stronger & Faster!
    We are excited to announce some great new features to the Roost by VerticalResponse social marketing platform. They include the following: * LinkedIn Integration * Top Blogs & Breaking News Content * Quotes Library * Conversations To read more about these exciting new features, hop over to the VerticalResponse Product Blog to get the details.  

  • Big news for Roost users ? Roost is now part of VerticalResponse!

    Big news for Roost users ? Roost is now part of VerticalResponse!
    We?re excited to share a big announcement today. VerticalResponse, a leading email, survey and event marketing provider, who shares our passion for helping Small and Medium businesses, has acquired Roost. This is terrific news for all our customers because it means that we?ll soon be able to provide an even easier and smarter way to [...]

  • 7 Billion People Sharing the Same Planet (Infographic)

    7 Billion People Sharing the Same Planet (Infographic)
    Well it’s Friday and we thought we would drop a little information that impacts pretty much everyone…The World’s Population. Thanks to the good folks at Masters Degree Online who provided the awesome infographic below, we can think about some very interesting data points that will impact the world now and into the future. We would love [...]

  • New Roost Data Report Finds SMB?s In Music, Entertainment & Luxury Goods Have Highest Social Marketing Reach

    New Roost Data Report Finds SMB?s In Music, Entertainment & Luxury Goods Have Highest Social Marketing Reach
    Social Marketing for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMB’s) is still in its infancy. Because of this, there’s not a lot of information regarding trends or even data on industries that seems to be winning the social marketing battle. But due to Roost’s unique position in the marketplace, we have access to data that can can [...]

  • Roost Launches ?Less Than 5? Social Tip Video Series

    Roost Launches ?Less Than 5? Social Tip Video Series
    Here at Roost we get a ton of questions. From Facebook to Twitter to our own products we’ve probably heard them all. So we wanted to be a little proactive in helping people find answers to all these great questions. That’s why we started the “Less That 5″ Social Tip Video Series. Each week we [...]
 
 
  • Real Estate Market Conditions

  • Phoenix, AZ ? Pinal County Housing Update for November 2010

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    Phoenix, AZ ? Pinal County Housing Update for November 2010
    County: Pinal Year to Year Comparison Month to Month Comparison Month Nov-2009 Nov-2010 % Change Oct-2010 Nov-2010 % Change % Sold Price to Asking Price 98% 96% -2% 95% 96% 1% Sold Homes 803 690 -14% 635 690 9% Asking...

  • Phoenix, AZ ? Maricopa County Housing Update for November 2010

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    Phoenix, AZ ? Maricopa County Housing Update for November 2010
    County: Maricopa Year to Year Comparison Month to Month Comparison Month Nov-2009 Nov-2010 % Change Oct-2010 Nov-2010 % Change % Sold Price to Asking Price 97% 96% -1% 96% 96% 0% Sold Homes 6,562 5,886 -10% 5,777 5,886 2% Asking...

  • Los Angeles, CA (County) ? Housing Update for November 2010

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    Los Angeles, CA (County) ? Housing Update for November 2010
    County: Los Angeles Year to Year Comparison Month to Month Comparison Month Nov-2009 Nov-2010 % Change Oct-2010 Nov-2010 % Change % Sold Price to Asking Price 98% 97% -1% 97% 97% 0% Sold Homes 5,528 4,924 -11% 4,937 4,924 0%...

  • Orange County, CA ? Housing Market Update for November 2010

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    Orange County, CA ? Housing Market Update for November 2010
    County: Orange Year to Year Comparison Month to Month Comparison Month Nov-2009 Nov-2010 % Change Oct-2010 Nov-2010 % Change % Sold Price to Asking Price 98% 104% 6% 96% 104% 8% Sold Homes 2,193 1,864 -15% 2,028 1,864 -8% Asking...

  • Los Angeles, CA ? Riverside County Housing Market Update for November 2010

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    Los Angeles, CA ? Riverside County Housing Market Update for November 2010
    County: Riverside Year to Year Comparison Month to Month Comparison Month Nov-2009 Nov-2010 % Change Oct-2010 Nov-2010 % Change % Sold Price to Asking Price 100% 98% -2% 100% 98% -2% Sold Homes 3,160 2,693 -15% 2,794 2,693 -4% Asking...
 
 
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  • Dees Stribling?s Economy Watch Weekly

    Dees Stribling?s Economy Watch Weekly
    Some discouraging numbers this week, but in the end, the unexpectedly strong jobs report put a positive spin on things. CPE's economic analyst, Dees Stribling, gives his podcast for the week ending Feb. 3, 2012.

  • Wells Core REIT Acquires 201 KSF Maryland Office Building

    Wells Core REIT Acquires 201 KSF Maryland Office Building
    Wells Core Income REIT has acquired the Franklin Center, a 200,600-square-foot office building in the Baltimore submarket of Columbia, Md., from Principal Real Estate Investors.

  • Cassidy Turley Awarded 2.5 MSF Management Contract for Texas Office Properties

    Cassidy Turley Awarded 2.5 MSF Management Contract for Texas Office Properties
    Building on its ?longstanding relationship with J.P. Morgan,? services firm Cassidy Turley has just landed a contract to lease and manage 2.5 million square feet of office space at Dallas' Fountain Place and Houston's Post Oak Central.

  • Starwood CEO Sternlicht, Partners to Invest $100M in South Beach Hotel, Condos

    Starwood CEO Sternlicht, Partners to Invest $100M in South Beach Hotel, Condos
    A consortium including affiliates of Starwood Capital Group, the LeFrak Organization and Invesco Ltd. have purchased a beachfront, mixed-use property in Miami?s South Beach, including a hotel formerly known as the Gansevoort.

  • Economy Watch: Economy Continues to Create Jobs

    Economy Watch: Economy Continues to Create Jobs
    The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 243,000 jobs were added to the economy in January. The CBO expects sluggish economic growth for the next two years. And Fed Chairman Bernanke sparred with some members of Congress over monetary policy.
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  • Slideshow: What you can get for ... $400,000

    Slideshow: What you can get for ... $400,000

    Each week, TODAY real estate expert Barbara Corcoran looks around the U.S. to see what home buyers can get for their money. Each week, TODAY real estate expert Barbara Corcoran looks around the U.S. to see what home buyers can get for their money.




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  • Where they touch down: Homes of the NFL stars

    Where they touch down: Homes of the NFL stars

    NFL stars past and present are not exactly hurting when it comes to palatial digs big enough to host the neighbors Super Bowl Sunday. Which one of these guys would you like to score an invite from?NFL stars past and present are not exactly hurting when it comes to palatial digs big enough to host the neighbors Super Bowl Sunday. Which one of these guys would you like to score an invite from?




  • N.Y. foreclosure lawsuit could slow home seizures

    N.Y. foreclosure lawsuit could slow home seizures
    Bankers struggling to deal with faulty foreclosure paperwork just got hit with another major headache. New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, recently tapped by President Obama to head a new task force to investigate mortgage fraud, sued three major U.S.

  • Trump's golden graves might not be costliest

    Trump's golden graves might not be costliest

    In this Tuesday, July 20, 2004 file photo, a stone sphinx is shown at the entrance to the Woolworth mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York. Burial in a Woodlawn mausoleum can cost more than $1 million.They say you can't take it with you when you die, but that's not necessarily true for the wealthiest Americans ? like Donald Trump.




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  • Romney focuses on Obama, Gingrich on Romney in NV (AP)

    Romney focuses on Obama, Gingrich on Romney in NV (AP)

    Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at Stoney's Rockin Country, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in Las Vegas, Nev. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - A confident Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama of failing to do enough to create jobs as he campaigned Friday ahead of GOP presidential caucuses this weekend in a state with sky-high unemployment and foreclosure rates. Newt Gingrich, who is fighting for a respectable showing here, rolled out a fresh line of criticism by comparing the former Massachusetts governor to Obama.


  • New York sues banks over electronic mortgage system (Reuters)

    New York sues banks over electronic mortgage system (Reuters)
    Reuters - New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Friday sued three major U.S. banks, accusing them of fraud for using an electronic mortgage database that resulted in deceptive and illegal practices.

  • NY's Schneiderman sues banks in foreclosure effort (AP)

    NY's Schneiderman sues banks in foreclosure effort (AP)
    AP - New York's attorney general on Friday accused some of the nation's largest banks of deceit and fraud in using an electronic mortgage registry that he said puts homeowners at a disadvantage in foreclosures while saving banks over $2 billion.

  • Goldman to face mortgage debt class-action lawsuit (Reuters)

    Goldman to face mortgage debt class-action lawsuit (Reuters)
    Reuters - Goldman Sachs Group Inc was ordered by a federal judge to face a securities class-action lawsuit accusing it of defrauding investors about a 2006 offering of securities backed by risky mortgage loans from a now-defunct lender.

  • Analysis: Obstacles high for more mortgage prosecutions (Reuters)

    Analysis: Obstacles high for more mortgage prosecutions (Reuters)
    Reuters - Despite the determination of President Obama to take Wall Street to court for the financial crisis, prosecutors face an uphill struggle to win more convictions like the two they scored on Wednesday against former Credit Suisse Group AG mortgage traders.