All Blog Posts Tagged 'move' (17)

Are YOU Up for the 90-Day member challenge? With people joining every day, GLOZAL wants to reach 1 million members in 90-…

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There are thousands of Servicemen and women who have a PCS move to NC with the consolidation of bases.  Many of the families coming to Fort Bragg are looking for affordable housing near the base, and there are a ton of New Homes in Apex, Cary,…

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After months of tense negotiations, the nation’s five largest banks and state and government officials have agreed to a $26 billion settlement aimed at holding banks accountable for the mishandling of some foreclosures. 

The settlement is expected to help 1 million home owners, by having…

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More households are moving to East Coast states while leaving Rust Belt states — the area in the U.S. between the Midwest and the Northeast — where unemployment remains high, according to the latest Atlas Lines Migration Patterns study, which has tracked the nation’s moves since 1993.

For the fifth year in a row, Washington, D.C., had the highest percentage of inbound moves while Ohio had the highest percentage of residents leaving, or “outbound moves.” Meanwhile, western states…

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WASHINGTON – Dec. 2, 2011 – Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced yesterday that they would suspend evictions of foreclosed single family and 2-4 unit properties from Dec. 19, 2011, through Jan. 2, 2012. While lenders will continue completing legal and administrative paperwork, no families will be…

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The back to school season is often characterized by parents and students making last-minute mad dashes to purchase school supplies, uniforms, bus passes or books.  This year, parents with college-bound students or investors interested in college towns may be considering an…

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Last year the economic forecasting firm Fiserv predicted that home values would sink around 5% in 2011, and that prices in three-quarters of the nation's major metro areas would fall. The bad news is, the firm wasn't that far off the mark. The good news: In the coming year, Fiserv thinks 95% of the 384 metro…

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This week, the federal government released more details about its revamped Home Affordable Refinance Program, which sets out to allow more home owners to refinance their mortgage and take advantage of ultra-low rates. The program is geared to those who are current on their…

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People like to interact with others who are like them. This basic premise is a key to successful interactions with buyers and sellers. At the REALTORS® Conference & Expo in Anaheim on Sunday, real estate trainer Jackie Leavenworth walked a crowd of about 80 REALTORS® through the DISC system — a…

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Cuba announced a new property law Thursday that promises to allow citizens and permanent residents to buy and sell real estate — the most significant market-oriented change yet approved by the government of Raúl Castro, and one that will probably reshape Cuba’s cities and conceptions of class.

The new…

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MIAMI FL-Nationally, median list prices have risen 1.60 percent to $190,000, based on year-over-year data from September. However, some cities haven’t fared so well. 

California continues to have the most cities seeing some of the largest drops in median list prices the past year. Of the cities that…

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WASHINGTON - About 4 million homeowners who may have been improperly foreclosed upon in 2009 and 2010 are getting an opportunity to have their cases reviewed. Whether they will be reimbursed is up to the same lenders who are accused of moving too swiftly to seize their homes.



The Office of the…

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 MIAMI, FL Oct 23, 2011.  Florida sales activity jumped 10 percent in September for both condominiums and single-family homes compared to the same month a year ago, according to a National Association of Realtors report released today, thanks largely to huge increases in South Florida sales volume.… Continue

According to S&P/Case-Shiller  Home Price Indices, U.S. home prices enjoyed a fourth consecutive month of increases for the 10- and 20-City Composites, with both up 0.9% in July over June.



Seventeen of the 20 MSAs and both Composites posted positive monthly increases; Las Vegas and Phoenix were down over the month and Denver was unchanged. On an annual basis, Detroit and Washington DC were the two MSA that posted positive rates of change, up 1.2% and 0.3%,…

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WASHINGTON – Sept. 7, 2011 – Congress probably won’t reach a long-term agreement on extending and updating the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) before it expires on Sept. 30.



Most observers expect Congress to vote for another short-term extension, which has keep NFIP going since 2008, with a few program expirations in the meantime. While Congress usually makes coverage retroactive when it reinstates the program, the lapse causes delays in some home closings if the lender… Continue

SEATTLE – Aug. 13, 2011 – Some 8 million Web pages, published mostly by smaller merchants and professional firms, have been hijacked this summer and set up to usurp control of the PCs of unsuspecting site visitors.



That’s the latest development in a new style of hacking sweeping across the Internet, according to research by website security firm Armorize.



“The misuse of numerous small sites is making the Internet a much more dangerous place,” says Alena Varkockova, lab analyst… Continue

WASHINGTON (AP) – Aug. 10, 2011 – The Federal Reserve said Tuesday that it will likely keep interest rates at record lows for the next two years after acknowledging that the U.S. economy is weaker than it had thought and faces increasing risks.



The Fed announced that it expects to keep its key interest rate near zero… Continue