Finding that Elusive Starter Home

The past few years have brought several changes in the real estate industry. The housing bust of 2006-08 led many people to either sell or walk away from their home. As the market is continuing to rebound, many investors have scooped up homes at affordable prices and are offering them as rental properties. In addition, other…

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According to the Obama Administration’s October (2012) housing scorecard and “[…]the FHFA housing price index posting its largest annual gain in five years and new home sales at its fastest pace since April 2010” (Erika Poethig, assistant secretary for policy development and research at the Department of Housing and Urban Development) as well as numerous other sources, we can confidently say we have a…

Silicon Valley Home Prices are on the rise. Inventory is low, and there are plenty of buyers out there making multiple offers the norm, not the exception. Investors have been a big factor in the market since the crash, but now it may be time for a change if you are an investor.

For the last few years investors were gobbling up foreclosed homes, short…

Here is today's market listings update for Active short sale single family homes located in Janesville Wisconsin. This information was pulled from the South Central Wisconsin MLS on 5/31/2012 at 10:30 A.M.

• 39 total short sale single family homes are listed in Janesville, WI
• Low listing price: $34,000
• High…

It's the beginning of the year so time for the round-up of last year's distressed property sales in the Blossom Valley Neighborhood of San Jose. So here's what happened:

Single family and condo townhomes :

Total sales:  1141

Short Sales: 412

REO:            271

Distressed sales as a percentage of total sales: 59.8%

Compare to 2010

Total sales:   1125

Short Sales:   366

REO:          …

It's the beginning of the year so time for the round-up of last year's distressed property sales in the Almaden Neighborhood of San Jose. So here's what happened:

Single family and condo townhomes :

Total sales:  355

Short Sales: 39

REO:            20

Distressed sales as a percentage of total sales: 16.6%

Compare to 2010

Total sales:   384

Short Sales:   28

REO:            14

Distressed…

It's the beginning of the year so time for the round-up of last year's distressed property sales in the Cambrian Neighborhood of San Jose. So here's what happened:

Single family and condo townhomes :

Total sales:  656

Short Sales: 130

REO:            89

Distressed sales as a percentage of total sales: 33.45

Compare to 2010

Total sales:   750

Short Sales:   114

REO:          …

It's the beginning of the year so time for the round-up of last year's distressed property sales in Los Gatos. So here's what happened:

Single family and condo townhomes :

Total sales:  421

Short Sales: 42

REO:            24

Distressed sales as a percentage of total sales: 15.7%

Compare to 2010

Total sales:   489

Short Sales:   36

REO:            38

Distressed sales as a percentage of…

It's the beginning of the year so time for the round-up of last year's distressed property sales in Milpitas. So here's what happened:

Single family and condo townhomes :

Total sales:  513

Short Sales: 150

REO:            112

Distressed sales as a percentage of total sales: 51.1%

Compare to 2010

Total sales:   535

Short Sales:   131

REO:            140

Distressed sales as a percentage of…

It's the beginning of the year so time for the round-up of last year's distressed property sales in Los Altos Hills. So here's what happened:

Single family and condo townhomes :

Total sales:  97

Short Sales: 4

REO:            6

Distressed sales as a percentage of total sales: 10.3%

Compare to 2010

Total sales:   81

Short Sales:   5

REO:            1

Distressed sales as a percentage of…

It's the beginning of the year so time for the round-up of last year's distressed property sales in Los Altos. So here's what happened:

Single family and condo townhomes :

Total sales:  353

Short Sales: 4

REO:            3

Distressed sales as a percentage of total sales: 2%

Compare to 2010

Total sales:   354

Short Sales:   6

REO:            3

Distressed sales as a percentage of total…

It's the beginning of the year so time for the round-up of last year's distressed property sales in Cupertino. So here's what happened:

Single family and condo townhomes :

Total sales:  453

Short Sales: 21

REO:            11

Distressed sales as a percentage of total sales: 6.8%

Compare to 2010

Total sales:   844

Short Sales:   31

REO:            33

Distressed sales as a percentage of…

It's the beginning of the year so time for the round-up of last year's distressed property sales in Santa Clara. So here's what happened:

Single family and condo townhomes :

Total sales:  816

Short Sales: 184

REO:            116

Distressed sales as a percentage of total sales: 37%

Compare to 2010

Total sales:   818

Short Sales:   162

REO:            133

Distressed sales as a percentage of…

It's the end of the year so time for the round-up of distressed property sales in Mountain View. So here's what happened:

Single family and condo townhomes :

Total sales:  563

Short Sales: 62

REO:           34

Distressed sales as a percentage of total sales: 17%

Compare to 2010

Total sales:   572

Short Sales:   50

REO:            34

Distressed sales as a percentage of total sales:…

Current market stats in Milwaukee September 2011

Single family home currently listed as a short sale    534

Reo single family homes in the Milwaukee area 322

Sold in the past 6 months Short Sales 640

Sold in the past 6 months REO single family homes 526

Some lenders have given the city homes that are not bring in enough money.

Where is this going? May people are…