Watkins Real Estate News

Thursday Dec 3 | via Fort Morgan Times 

Morgan County has never had as many foreclosure filings as it has had this year - which puts it in line with some other parts of Colorado.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Colorado, Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Mesa County, CO

Saturday Dec 5 | via Colorado Lawyer 

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Related Topix: Foreclosures, Colorado

Nov 16, 2009 | via The Denver Business Journal 

Colorado saw 12,468 foreclosure filings in the third quarter, setting a new all-time quarterly record, but completed foreclosures so far in 2009 are down from last year, the state Division of Housing reported Thursday.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Colorado, Colorado Government, Adams County, CO

Nov 12, 2009 | via Denver Post 

Traci Willms and daughter Nicole, 18, stand outside their Brighton home. Traci Willms applied for a modified mortgage under a Treasury Department program, but the servicer of her loan transferred it to another firm.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Brighton, CO, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Adams County, CO

Sep 11, 2009 | via Denver Business Journal 

Uto Essien has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role as the ringleader in a multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud scheme.

Related Topix: Prison, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Colorado, Adams County, CO

Wednesday Dec 16 | via Aspen Times Weekly 

Close to a year after Alpine Bank accepted $70 million through the Federal Government's Capital Purchase Program, to help ensure that the bank's lending pool did not dry up because of the economic downturn, the bank has not seen an increase in interested borrowers.

Related Topix: Colorado, Housing

Saturday Dec 12 | via Deseret News 

Daniel Suelo gets the same question, all the time. "Why?" The 48-year-old kneels in front of the desert cave he calls home, sips cedar tea from a chipped mug and explains, again, why he has intentionally lived the past nine years without using money.

Related Topix: Colorado

Thursday Dec 10 | via Glenwood Post Independent 

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - Local real estate agents are looking to the local governing boards to support them in an attempt to convince the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to raise the FHA conforming loan limits within Garfield County.

Related Topix: Garfield County, CO, Glenwood Springs, CO, Real Estate, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Senator Michael Bennet, Democrat, Colorado, Housing

Monday Dec 7 | via The Denver Business Journal 

Colorado saw a slight rise in home foreclosures in November following October's steep dropoff, according to RealtyTrac Inc.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Colorado, Colorado Government, Irvine, CA

Wednesday Dec 9 | via Windsor Beacon 

CSU's Everitt Real Estate Center unveiled new research today on how Colorado's residential and commercial property tax trends are affected by the Gallagher Amendment.

Related Topix: Colorado, Colorado Government, Home, Mortgage

Mar 11, 2009 | via WBUR-AM Boston 

Hendry Street in Dorchester is ground zero for the foreclosure crisis in Boston.

Related Topix: Boston, MA, Foreclosures, Dorchester, MA

18 min ago | via Canadian Television 

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says he's watching the country's hot real estate market closely, and may impose measures to make it harder for Canadians to obtain a mortgage.

Related Topix: Real Estate, Mortgage, Home, Home Buying, Housing

25 min ago | via The South Mississippi Sun Herald 

According to industry experts, the commercial real estate market is due to suffer the same fate as the recent collapse of the housing market only worse.

Related Topix: Real Estate, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage

25 min ago | via San Jose Mercury News 

There are some modestly hopeful signs that the mortgage crisis is easing. The number of foreclosures declined again in November, a four-month trend.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Opinion, Science / Technology

28 min ago | via People's Daily Online 

The 39 branches of the failed First Federal Bank of California reopened on Saturday as branches of OneWest Bank.

Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, IndyMac Bancorp, Financial Services