Real Estate News in Waldorf, Maryland,United States of America

• Market for Green Homes Steadily Grows Over the Years, Study Shows

  Drastic downturn in the housing market may have hit the U.S., but this has not affected the growing demand of green homes.

• 1st Quarter 2012 U.S. Foreclosure Filings Data Lowest Since 2007

  For the first quarter of 2012, there were 527,740 foreclosure filings in the U.S., this according to RealtyTrac.

• St. Charles Kicks Off 2012 With Best New Home Contracts Activity In Three Years

  St. Charles, Maryland has experienced its strongest January and February new home sales in three years, as homebuilders Lennar, Ryan Homes and Richmond...

• Foreclosures Hit the 3.4 Million Mark Since 2008

  In its National Foreclosure Report for February, CoreLogic reports that close to 3.4 million foreclosures have been completed since the beginning of the U.S...

• More U.S. Young Adults are Moving Back with Mom and Dad, Study Shows

  Young adults living with mom and dad in the United States are increasing.

• Mortgage to Lease Program Introduced

  Bank of America recently announced the launching of its “Mortgage to Lease,” a program that allows limited mortgage customers facing foreclosure to stay...

• Multi-Billion Mortgage Settlement to Result in More Foreclosures

  Information provider RealtyTrac projects that foreclosure tide will gradually rise as some foreclosure process barriers are removed.

• Characteristics and Experiences of Home Buyers and Sellers in 2011

  Here are the salient points of homebuyers and homesellers characteristics and experiences in 2011:

• Foreclosure Sales on the Decline; Shorts Sales on the Rise

  Real Estate Owned (REO) sales or foreclosure sales are on the decline; while pre-foreclosure sales which mainly comprised of short sales are on the rise.

• Government Starts its Foreclosure-to-Rental Pilot Program

  The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced last Feb. 27 that its foreclosure to rental pilot program is now in full swing.

• Home Affordability Rises to Record Level

  Compared to the last 20 years, buying a home nowadays is much more affordable to Americans with average income.

• Tight Lending Standards Hurt Potential First-Time Homebuyers

  Tight lending standards, a result of the recession, rest heavily on potential younger first-time homebuyers, including college graduates with student loans.

• Close to $1 Billion Awarded to Maryland’s Distressed Homeowners

  Close to $1 billion awaits the distressed homeowners of Maryland, this after the Maryland Office of the Attorney General, Federal government, and five...

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• Realtors Call for the Streamlining of Short Sale Process

  Realtors Call for the Streamlining of Short Sale Process

• Fundamental Steps for Homebuyers in Today’s Market

  There are hard and fast rules that need to be taken into consideration before seriously thinking of buying a home and go into the housing hunting task.

• Federal Officials Call for U.S. Housing Market’s Health Restoration

  In order to restore the health of the U.S. housing market, the Federal Reserve Board has put forward suggestions in a form of a white paper.