Vacancies make it renter’s market (Reg Req’d)
The loss of an estimated 25,000 renters to homeownership in the past year means landlords like John Lockner are making deals.
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Appraisers, Still Feeling Pressure Have the real estate valuation shenanigans and inflated home appraisals that characterized the boom years disappeared? read more...
Shopping center sells Vince Scott Properties sold its 2-year-old, 21,000-square-foot Village Plaza property on the corner Tahoe Boulevard and Village Drive last week to AM Davis Mercantile, a Lincoln, Neb.-based company.read more...
Bankrate Guide: Real Estate Review 2006 As the annual spring real estate season gets ready to start, Bankrate takes a look at how the perception of a real-estate bubble, and a changing market, impacts millions of
11 arrested in mortgage fraud scam (Boston Herald) An 11-member ring of Boston lawyers, mortgage brokers and others stole identities, inflated home prices and more to swindle lenders out of nearly $2 million, prosecutors say. ...read more...
Mortgage giants decline over renewed bailout fears (The Washington Times) Shares of mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac tumbled Monday amid renewed fears that shareholders will wind up with nothing if the government intervenes to bail out the
Cleveland councilman's sleuthing leads to biggest mortgage fraud case in county history (video) (The Cleveland Plain Dealer) CLEVELAND -- Cuyahoga County's biggest mortgage fraud case to date began with an angry community official, a laptop and a newspaper. Mortgage broker Mark Kellogg and two of his purported