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New Mortgage Applications are Down to a 13 Year Low

Applications for primary home mortgages are down to level not seen since May 1997. The Mortgage Bankers Association, the trade group for mortgage bankers, is attributing this to the expiration of the federal tax credit and overall slow economic revival. … Continue reading

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Its ok for Wall Street to Walk Away From a Mortgage so Why Not You?

When an investment corporation defaults, or walks away, from a property it is called a strategic default.  When a home owner can no longer afford their mortgage they foreclose. Somehow there has been tremendous stigma placed on the homeowner that … Continue reading

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Corporate Foreclosures and Individual Foreclosures

In recent weeks major real estate developers have been walking away from properties because like many home owners, they are underwater on their mortgages. Tishman Speyer Properties gave up the 56-building, 11,232-unit Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town apartment complex … Continue reading

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Cincinnati Realtors report Local Homes Sales up 33%

Cincinnati Realtor report Novemeber 2009

The Cincinnati Area Board of Realtors reports that local home sales are up by 33%compared to the same time period one year ago. This marks the sixth straight month of year over year increases and is a strong indicator that … Continue reading

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Case-Shiller Market report and our Cincinnati Real Estate Market

Case Shiller Home Price index July 2009 - Cleveland

Yesterday the Case-Shiller home price index came out, and it had some positive numbers. The C-S index looks at 20 major metropolitan real estate markets and watches the change in home sale prices on a monthly basis. The index provides … Continue reading

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Numbers Do Not Lie Cincinnati Real Estate Market Is Recovering

Sales versus forsale graphic

The numbers tell the distinct tale that the Cincinnati real estate market is beginning a recovery. The latest information released about the geographic region that includes Hamilton, Butler, Warren, and Clermont counties shows a distinct improvement in the 2009 home … Continue reading

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