A ProPublica–NPR news story recently suggested that a mortgage financing vehicle utilized by Freddie Mac may be preventing homeowners from refinancing. While FHFA does not typically comment on its supervisory activities, the circumstances here require some clarification, according to the …
FHFA Responds to NPR Freddie Mac Refinance Story
February 2, 2012 Posted in Mortgage
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Survey Reveals Nation’s Leading Real Estate Firms: RISMedia Annual Power Broker Survey Launches Today
Despite a challenging real estate market, the industry’s leading residential brokerage firms continue to demonstrate resiliency and growth, and will prove this by participating in RISMedia’s 24th Annual Power Broker Report & Survey. As the industry’s preeminent report ranking the …
January 31, 2012 Posted in Real Estate
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New England 2012 Housing Market Outlook & Forecast
Regional Spotlight—RE/MAX of New England recently released their 2012 Housing Market Outlook & Forecast.
According to the study, Connecticut experienced the largest declines in 2011, as single-family home transactions slid -8.4 percent and average price dipped -1.8 percent, compared to …
January 25, 2012 Posted in Real Estate
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Obeo’s New SEO Optimization Drives Traffic Back to the Broker
Obeo, a leading provider of online real estate virtual tours and real estate in North America, announced a new search engine optimization (SEO) feature to help brokers and agents win the battle for their listings.
Studies show that 96 percent …
January 24, 2012 Posted in Real Estate
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RISMedia to Showcase Celebrity Home Listings
Agents, have you ever listed or sold a home owned by a celebrity? If so, we want to know about it! RISMedia is excited to announce that in 2012 we will be significantly expanding our coverage of celebrity homes and…
January 17, 2012 Posted in Real Estate
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Monday Morning Mobile: Time to GoMo and Test Your Site
We all know that Google is no stranger to the world of mobile, after all its operating system, Android, is the most popular in the world; all their apps (Gmail, Google calendar, flicker, etc.) are all designed for use on…
January 15, 2012 Posted in Real Estate
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Mobile Goes Mainstream: MRE Announces Support of Google’s Go Mo Initiative
In support of Google’s Go Mo initiative, Mobile Real Estate (MRE), a leading industry leading mobile solutions provider, has launched a free online tool that allows REALTORS® to test their website to ensure it is optimized for mobile. When Google…
January 11, 2012 Posted in Real Estate
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Homeownership Counseling Helps Keep Modified Loans Current
Just three weeks after Congress restored million in its budget for homeownership counseling, a new study by the Urban Institute reports that counseling greatly increased the ability of homeowners to stay current once they cured a serious delinquency or…
January 8, 2012 Posted in Home Improvement
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Mid Atlantic Region Expected to be ‘The Exception, Not the Rule,’ in 2012 Housing Market
REGIONAL SPOTLIGHT—As the new year begins, potential home buyers and sellers throughout the Mid Atlantic region are anxious about how their properties will fare in this coming year. To explore the issue, MRIS has released a list of several key…
January 6, 2012 Posted in Real Estate
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Investment Alert: Can You Afford a Second Home?
Most of us have dreamt of having a vacation home. It could be on the beach in New England, somewhere tropical, or even somewhere foreign. Many consumers don’t realize that with the proper research, their dream vacation home might actually…
January 4, 2012 Posted in Home Improvement
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