Brier Real Estate News

Friday Dec 18 | via Seattle's Rain City Real Estate Guide 

Earlier this week, the FOMC's Statement A reiterated they will wind down supporting keeping mortgage rates artificially low by the end of March.A A A A So far this year, the Fed hasA spent a total of $1.087 trillion to keep rates low and they have about $163 billion left.A This pencils out to a mere $11.5 billion per week on average until this ...

Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Life, Holidays, Christmas

Sunday Dec 13 | via The Herald 

TARP had no friends. The Troubled Asset Relief Program had saved our banking system from certain collapse, but that was so yesterday.

Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Sunday Dec 13 | via The Herald 

Question: I have read your columns for years but especially the last two weeks. My best friend's house was sold at a foreclosure auction on Dec 4. The amount owed was $263,000 as of Sept.

Related Topix: Home Listing, Foreclosures, Snohomish County, WA, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Thursday Dec 10 | via The Herald 

The number of homeowners on the brink of foreclosure fell in November, the fourth straight monthly decline, as mortgage companies evaluated whether borrowers were eligible for help.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Illinois

Wednesday Dec 9 | via KJR-AM Seattle 

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Wednesday Dec 23 | via BusinessWeek 

European stocks rose, sending the Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index to a 14-month high, before reports that may show U.S. consumer spending and new-home sales increased.

Related Topix: Financial Markets, Housing, Human Resources, Banking, Financial Services, Ubs Ag, Washington

Wednesday Dec 23 | via BusinessWeek 

European stocks rose, sending the the Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index to a 14-month high, before reports that may show U.S. consumer spending and new-home sales increased.

Related Topix: Financial Markets, Housing, Banking, Financial Services, Ubs Ag, Mining, Washington

Saturday Dec 12 | via The Herald 

Associated Press House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference in Washington on Friday.

Related Topix: US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Washington, Barney Frank, 2008 Presidential Election, Home, Mortgage

Thursday Dec 10 | via Seattle Post-Intelligencer 

Foreclosures in Washington were up 15.45 percent in November over the same period last year, according to a report from RealtyTrac, with one in every 835 homes receiving a foreclosure notice.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Washington, Washington Government, California

Monday Nov 30 | via Buzzle.com 

The unemployment rate in Washington State is at the highest it has ever been, as it is in many states across the country.

Related Topix: Real Estate, Washington, Housing

5 min ago | via Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun Gainesville, FL 

Published: Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 5:09 a.m. UNLESS you're Tiger Woods, 2009 has probably been a heck of a lot better than 2008.

Related Topix: Housing, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Automakers, General Motors, Auto Dealers

12 min ago | via LA Daily News 

Someone always buys at a market's peak. For the San Fernando Valley's residential real estate market, that might be anyone who bought a home in June priced at the record median of $505,000, the first time the half-million-dollar threshold has been crossed.

Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, Home Listing, Home, Van Nuys, CA

14 min ago | via AME Info 

Kuwait: 34 minutes ago Kuwait Finance House signed a direct residential real estate investment deal in Chicago with a total cost of $242m. The compound includes 40 floors and more than 80 flats.

Related Topix: Housing

24 min ago | via The California Aggie 

Davis CA Real Estate Suzanne Kimmel, Local Davis Realtor, Free Consultation. www.suzannekimmel.com Davis Ca Real Estate Search for properties in Davis , California.

Related Topix: Davis, CA, Real Estate, Home Listing, Mortgage, Woodland, CA, Winters, CA

32 min ago | via Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune 

Foreclosure rates in central Wisconsin are staying low, which could be because of inexpensive housing prices and old-fashioned Midwestern values.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Housing, Stevens Point, WI, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point