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U.S. foreclosure rates fell for the third straight month according to RealtyTrac's new report.  New foreclosure fillings in June dropped 2.81 percent from the previous month and 6.98 percent from the previous year. While foreclosure rates are falling, they are still at high levels with 16 straigh...
07/20/2010
As signed by the Conference of the House and Senate on June 29, 2010, passed by the House of Representatives on June 30, 2010 and pending Senate action  BACKGROUND - This summary describes the key points in H.R. 4173, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, agreed to by con...
07/16/2010
Once the tax credit expired (new contracts had to signed by April 30th) everyone expected that listings would go down.  But they haven't...they have gone up.  With all of the negative media attention on housing it would be easy to consider that it is because the sellers are distressed in some way...
07/13/2010
Home sales rose slightly in June in the Treasure Valley, according to sales data released Monday. The Intermountain Multiple Listing Service said 940 homes were sold in June in Ada and Canyon counties, compared with 933 in May, a less than 1 percent increase. Ada County logged 630 sales last mont...
07/13/2010
The much-talked about $8,000 tax credit for first-time homebuyers recently expired for most people, But if you're military or a certain government employee, this fantastic opportunity has been extended to 2011! You still can qualify for a tax credit of up to $8,000 even if you're not a first-time...
07/08/2010
On Friday, President Obama signed a law giving home buyers three extra months of the wildly popular tax credit that gives first-time home buyers $8,000 and previous owners $6,500.  These only apply to primary residences.The catch?  This still only applies to purchase contracts that were executed ...
07/06/2010
The Senate by unanimous consent passed a House-passed measure that would extend the deadline for closing loans that qualify for the homebuyer tax credit until September 30, 2010.  The extension affects the closing deadline only; contracts still have to have been executed by April 30, 2010 to be e...
07/02/2010
30 year fixed mortgage rates dropped to their lowest levels in 39 years according to a new survey released by Freddie Mac, the second largest mortgage finance company.Interest rates on 15 year fixed rates and hybrid adjustable rate mortgage rates reached fresh lows as well.  While record low rate...
07/02/2010
The House will vote Tuesday on a bill to give first-time homebuyers more time to close in order to claim a federal tax credit that expired at the end of April. The House bill would give homebuyers that had a contract in place before April 30 until Sept. 30 to close on the sale. That would allow t...
06/29/2010
A new study by Trulia.com showed that sellers are holding their asking price on 88% of homes listed for sale as of June 1st.  Conversely this does means that 22% of sellers did lower their asking price at least once from listing to sale.The 22% is a decrease from this time last year where the num...
06/21/2010
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