Peculiar Real Estate News

Sep 17, 2009 | via The Cass County Democrat Missourian 

After 140 years of business in Harrisonville and Cass County, changes are coming for Allen Bank & Trust Co.

Related Topix: Harrisonville, MO, Cass County, MO, Raymore, MO, Belton, MO, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

14 hrs ago | via St. Louis Post-Dispatch 

If you want to buy a house, the state of Missouri wants to give you $1,250. And if you make the place more energy-efficient, it will give you $500 more.

Related Topix: Missouri, Home Buying, Home, Jefferson City, MO, Housing, Foreclosures, Mortgage

Monday Dec 7 | via Kansas City Business Journal 

Residential foreclosure activity in the 15-county Kansas City area last month was down 13.7 percent from October, according to data RealtyTrac Inc.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Kansas City, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO

Nov 10, 2009 | via Joplin 

Bizjournals.com Missouri ranked No. 27 for residential foreclosure activity in November and Kansas ranks No.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Missouri

Monday Dec 7 | via St. Louis Business Journal 

The number of St. Louis-area properties at some point in the foreclosure process jumped 15 percent in November from October and increased 10 percent from November 2008, new data show.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Missouri

Monday Dec 7 | via Winchendon Courier 

State labor officials on Monday urged Congress to renew emergency jobless benefits that have been available through economic stimulus funds, but are due to expire this month.

Related Topix: January, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Missouri

28 min ago | via Inman Real Estate News 

Commentary: Feds' foot is on the credit hose? By Lou Barnes , Friday, December 11, 2009.

Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Opinion

40 min ago | via MarketWatch 

Don't miss these top stories: Fewer home sellers have been cutting their prices, according to research released this week by Trulia, a real estate Web site.

Related Topix: Housing, Trulia, Startups, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures

2 hrs ago | via Inman Real Estate News 

Inman News Bank of America -- which has more mortgages eligible for the Home Affordable Modification Program than any other participating loan servicer -- continues to lag behind the industry average in modifying troubled borrowers' loans, according to the latest report from the Treasury Department.

Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US News, US Treasury

4 hrs ago | via Realty Trac 

The government's foreclosure relief program is sputtering, according to government data released Thursday showing that the pace of help being offered to struggling homeowners slowed last month and many borrowers are at risk of losing the aid they have already received.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Wells Fargo , Banking, Financial Services

7 min ago | via Telegraph.co.uk 

It was an ex-Chancellor, Denis Healey, who said a few years back: "Three things happen when you get to my age first your memory starts to go .

Related Topix: Alistair Darling, Home, Mortgage