Posts Tagged ‘realtytrac’Doing Your Real Estate Homework: RealtyTracWe have all heard the old saying “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” This also applies to real estate. Just like a house that looks great from the outside could be a money pit, don’t assume that just because a neighborhood isn’t littered with For Sale signs, foreclosure activity is low. RealtyTrac.com is one [...] Keepin’ It Real Estate: Foreclosure Wheel Keeps on TurningBy ANDREW JEFFERY This post first appeared on Minyanville. Despite herculean efforts to stop the foreclosure juggernaut, Americans are still losing their homes at near-record pace. According to RealtyTrac, a firm that sells default data, foreclosure filings rose in February to nearly 300,000, up 6% from the month before. This figure is the third highest [...] Keepin’ It Real Estate: How to Play the Housing ReboundBy ANDREW JEFFERY This post first appeared on Minyanville. There isn’t an economic forecaster or media pundit alive who isn’t angling to be the first to (correctly) call the bottom in housing. Many have tried; they all have failed. But what happens when one’s right? At some point in the future, broad home price indicators [...] Keepin’ It Real Estate: A Real Fix for HousingBy ANDREW JEFFERY This post first appeared on Minyanville. While pundits and politicians debate the various aspects of President Obama’s $275 billion housing bailout, one piece of data proves just how misguided federal efforts to revitalize the housing market are: $275 billion could buy more than half of all American homes already in foreclosure. Such [...] |