http://centralfloridarealestatedeals.com Thu, 17 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.cnbc.com/id/47451297?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS http://www.cnbc.com/id/47451297?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000 Realty Check with Diana Olick http://www.cnbc.com/id/47451297 Foreclosure activity in April fell nationally to the lowest level since the summer of 2007, but government intervention and the recent $25 billion mortgage servicing settlement are now changing the face of the crisis.]]> http://centralfloridarealestatedeals.com/foreclosures-move-east-as-hardest-hit-markets-clear/feed/ 0 http://www.cnbc.com/id/47431600?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS http://www.cnbc.com/id/47431600?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 16:53:00 +0000 Realty Check with Diana Olick http://www.cnbc.com/id/47431600 A new report came out this morning with a curious headline: “Foreclosure Activity Declines, Hurting Investors.” I read it twice. You would think declines in foreclosure activity would be a good thing, that is, would help, not hurt. Not in this bizarre housing market. ]]> http://centralfloridarealestatedeals.com/foreclosures-fall-and-thats-a-bad-thing/feed/ 0 http://www.cnbc.com/id/47428418?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS http://www.cnbc.com/id/47428418?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 14:02:00 +0000 Realty Check with Diana Olick http://www.cnbc.com/id/47428418 Builder confidence jumped five points in May, which is a sign that the nation’s homebuilders are feeling far better again, after an unusually warm winter wreaked havoc with the usual traffic and sales trends.]]> http://centralfloridarealestatedeals.com/after-a-dip-homebuilder-sentiment-surges-again/feed/ 0 http://www.cnbc.com/id/47391193?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS http://www.cnbc.com/id/47391193?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 19:06:00 +0000 Realty Check with Diana Olick http://www.cnbc.com/id/47391193 As part of his “To Do List,” events, President Obama visits Val and Paul Keller today, “responsible” homeowners in Reno, NV who owe more on their mortgage than their home is currently worth. ]]> http://centralfloridarealestatedeals.com/obama%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98responsible%e2%80%99-reno-homeowners-are-they/feed/ 0 http://www.cnbc.com/id/47373664?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS http://www.cnbc.com/id/47373664?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 16:45:00 +0000 Realty Check with Diana Olick http://www.cnbc.com/id/47373664 The Realtors say it, the home builders say it, and now the chairman of the Federal Reserve is saying it: “Some creditworthy borrowers are still having trouble getting a mortgage.” ]]> http://centralfloridarealestatedeals.com/mortgage-market-still-hampers-housing-recovery/feed/ 0 http://www.cnbc.com/id/47331680?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS http://www.cnbc.com/id/47331680?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 04:01:00 +0000 Realty Check with Diana Olick http://www.cnbc.com/id/47331680 A select group of struggling mortgage borrowers are about to get an offer that sounds too good to be true. Executives at Bank of America admit that, as they begin mailing 200,000 letters offering certain customers mortgage principal reduction.]]> http://centralfloridarealestatedeals.com/bank-of-america-offers-principal-reductions-to-200000-homeowners/feed/ 0 http://www.cnbc.com/id/47296344?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS http://www.cnbc.com/id/47296344?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 17:03:00 +0000 Realty Check with Diana Olick http://www.cnbc.com/id/47296344 Short sales (selling the home for less than the value of the loan) are rising across the nation, and while they have yet to overtake foreclosure numbers in Atlanta, they are in fact up 120 percent from a year ago, according to RealtyTrac. ]]> http://centralfloridarealestatedeals.com/short-sales-necessary-compromise-or-scamming-the-system/feed/ 0 http://www.cnbc.com/id/39850463?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS http://www.cnbc.com/id/39850463?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 13:00:00 +0000 Realty Check with Diana Olick http://www.cnbc.com/id/39850463 The number of homes entering the foreclosure process rose 8.1 percent in March, according to a new report, but the volume is down more than 30 percent from a year ago.]]> http://centralfloridarealestatedeals.com/flood-of-foreclosures-still-fails-to-materialize/feed/ 0 http://www.cnbc.com/id/47234659?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS http://www.cnbc.com/id/47234659?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:32:00 +0000 Realty Check with Diana Olick http://www.cnbc.com/id/47234659 More Americans are renting homes, and fewer are owning them; it’s not as if this is news to anyone who follows the U.S. housing market, but a new report from the Census Bureau today really put an historical exclamation point on the trend. ]]> http://centralfloridarealestatedeals.com/despite-high-affordability-renter-nation-reigns/feed/ 0 http://www.cnbc.com/id/47190358?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS http://www.cnbc.com/id/47190358?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:39:00 +0000 Realty Check with Diana Olick http://www.cnbc.com/id/47190358 Big jumps in foreclosure activity in cities like Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, New York and Raleigh pushed the national numbers higher in the first three months of this year, according to a new report from RealtyTrac.]]> http://centralfloridarealestatedeals.com/foreclosure-activity-returns-in-majority-of-us-markets/feed/ 0