Study: County foreclosure postings down from 2008
Friday Dec 11 | via Denton Record-Chronicle
Regardless of home values, homeowners from all walks of life have felt the effects of increased foreclosure postings throughout 2009, according to a study released Thursday by Foreclosure Listing Service Inc. Comment?
GOP risks becoming irrelevant with its no' policy
Thursday Dec 10 | via The Sacramento Bee
Republicans in Congress remind me of a bunch of 2-year-olds because it seems the only word they know how to say is, "No." Bailout of the giant troubled financial institutions? "No." Aid for America's ailing auto industry? "No." A stimulus package to help states, local governments, educational institutions and private industry put people back to ... Comment?
D.R. Horton CEO got $6.4M fiscal 2009 pay package
Tuesday Dec 8 | via Star-telegram.com
By ALEX VEIGA Homebuilder D.R. Horton Inc. gave CEO Donald Tomnitz compensation valued at about $6.4 million in fiscal 2009, a 6 percent increase from the prior fiscal year, according to Associated Press calculations of figures disclosed in a regulatory filing.The bump in compensation came as the homebuilder managed to cut costs and stem its ... Comment?
Commercial real estate turnaround not expected soon
Monday Dec 7 | via Fort Worth Business Press
Recovery for the commercial real estate market looks to be yet another year off - " possibly two - " at least according Texas A&M Real Estate Center Chief Economist Mark Dotzour. Comment?
Many area homeowners are - underwater' .
Monday Dec 7 | via Fort Worth Business Press
The Fort Worth-Arlington area has a higher percentage of negative equity homeowners than several other major metropolitan areas in Texas according to the most recent report from First American CoreLogic, a research company. Comment?
8 hrs ago | via ReporterNews.com
Abilene rates highly in one company's national list of the top-performing housing markets for investors. Comment?
New Requirements Drive Need for Surety Bonds in Texa...
17 hrs ago | via Insurance Journal West
At least four new surety bonds have hit the market in Texas and Arkansas in the last six months, part of a wave of new bonding requirements nationwide. Comment?
Foreclosures up in Texas, down across nation
Wednesday Dec 9 | via The New Braunfels Herald
The number of homeowners on the verge of losing their homes to foreclosure fell for the fourth straight month in the United States. Comment?
Mild, not wild, rebound for housing sector
Yesterday | via Residential Real Estate
DEFYING THE ODDS: One new residential project that's enjoying success in North Texas is Hines' Riverside Village development. Comment?
Sunday | via Forbes
Be prepared to open your wallet in these expensive metros. It will come as little surprise that the cost of groceries, gasoline and various sundries, at a little more than twice the national average, is highest in New York City . Comment?
Inflation rises for second month in a row
4 min ago | via The Herald
Higher petrol prices pushed inflation upward for the second month in a row in November, official figures have shown. Comment?
Brokers: Oxford home sales showing steady growth
7 min ago | via WDAM-TV Hattiesburg
Real estate brokers say home sales in the north Mississippi university town of Oxford are slowly perking up after a rough drop last year. Comment?
8 min ago | via Wausau Daily Herald
Two of Stevens Point's real estate offices, RE/MAX Realty Associates and Coldwell Banker Northwood Real Estate, merged Dec. Comment?
Higher petrol prices fuel inflation
8 min ago | via Brighouse Today
Higher petrol prices pushed inflation upward for the second month in a row in November, official figures have revealed. Comment?
Digest: 3-year sentence in mortgage scam
20 min ago | via Houston Chronicle
Jeffrey Wigginton was sentenced Monday to three years in federal prison for his part in a mortgage investment scam, according to court records. Comment?