http://victormoenie.com/blog.html Victor Moenie : Latest Blog Posts Copyright (C): Victor Moenie, http://victormoenie.com Tue, 16 Aug 2011 04:42:57 GMT Victor Moenie 2011-08-16T04:42:57Z Copyright (C): Victor Moenie, http://victormoenie.com http://victormoenie.com/blog.html/zillow-expect-a-bumpy-road-ahead-for-real-estate--inmancom-1490571 <DIV style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">While home values remained essentially flat in the second quarter compared to the first quarter, they fell when compared to second-quarter 2010, according to a report from property search and valuation site Zillow.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <TABLE style="WIDTH: 0.75pt; mso-cellspacing: 0cm; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm" class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=1> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #006600; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">47 shares</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> <SPAN style="COLOR: #666666">&nbsp;•&nbsp;</SPAN> <A href="http://www.linkedin.com/e/hu4gr3-gr7mi1i5-4r/nab/694153152/0VdPgMejgPejoIczkNcPkNd3ASb3AQcjoUejgVdyMSdjwMcjcRejoIc3ANcPAMcPAS/true/weekly/eml-tod-b-all-44/"><SPAN style="COLOR: #666666; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Read full story</SPAN></A> <SPAN style="COLOR: #666666">&nbsp;•&nbsp;</SPAN> <A href="http://www.linkedin.com/e/hu4gr3-gr7mi1i5-4r/sha/true/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.inman.com%2Fnews%2F2011%2F08%2F10%2Fzillow-expect-a-bumpy-road-ahead-real-estate%3Futm_source%3Dtwitterfeed%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Binmannews%2B%2528Inman%2BNews%2B-%2BHeadlines%2529/eml-tod-b-shrb-44/"><SPAN style="COLOR: #666666; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Share</SPAN></A> </SPAN> Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:41:00 GMT http://victormoenie.com/blog.html/zillow-expect-a-bumpy-road-ahead-for-real-estate--inmancom-1490571 2011-08-15T23:41:00Z http://victormoenie.com/blog.html/obama-administration-expects-new-push-for-reo-rentals--housingwirecom-1490576 <DIV style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The Obama administration will begin working on new strategies for how to better sell previously foreclosed homes held by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Administration, which may include renting more REO. The...<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <TABLE style="WIDTH: 0.75pt; mso-cellspacing: 0cm; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm" class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=1> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #006600; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">18 shares</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> <SPAN style="COLOR: #666666">&nbsp;•&nbsp;</SPAN> <A href="http://www.linkedin.com/e/hu4gr3-gr7mi1i5-4r/nab/693490479/0VdPgMejgPejoIczkNcPkNd3ASb3AQcjoUejgVdyMSdjwMcjcRejoIc3ANcPAMcPAS/true/weekly/eml-tod-b-all-44/"><SPAN style="COLOR: #666666; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Read full story</SPAN></A> <SPAN style="COLOR: #666666">&nbsp;•&nbsp;</SPAN> <A href="http://www.linkedin.com/e/hu4gr3-gr7mi1i5-4r/sha/true/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.housingwire.com%2F2011%2F08%2F10%2Fobama-administration-expects-new-push-for-reo-rentals%3Futm_source%3Dtwitterfeed%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Bhousingwire%252FuOVI%2B%2528HousingWire%2529/eml-tod-b-shrb-44/"><SPAN style="COLOR: #666666; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Share</SPAN></A> </SPAN> Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:41:00 GMT http://victormoenie.com/blog.html/obama-administration-expects-new-push-for-reo-rentals--housingwirecom-1490576 2011-08-15T23:41:00Z http://victormoenie.com/blog.html/the-top-10-best-college-towns-for-real-estate-investors--agentgeniusco-1490566 <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Investing across America Recently, AGBeat columnist Jeff Brown extolled the virtues of investing in Texas and CondoDomain.com President Hoyt Morgan...<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <TABLE style="WIDTH: 0.75pt; mso-cellspacing: 0cm; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm" class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=1> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #006600; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">11 shares</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> <SPAN style="COLOR: #666666">&nbsp;•&nbsp;</SPAN> <A href="http://www.linkedin.com/e/hu4gr3-gr7mi1i5-4r/nab/694986149/0VdPgMejgPejoIczkNcPkNd3ASb3AQcjoUejgVdyMSdjwMcjcRejoIc3ANcPAMcPAS/true/weekly/eml-tod-b-all-44/"><SPAN style="COLOR: #666666; 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PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">&nbsp;</SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Fewer Americans are falling behind on mortgage payments and losing their homes to foreclosure.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <TABLE style="WIDTH: 0.75pt; mso-cellspacing: 0cm; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm" class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=1> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #006600; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">15 shares</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> <SPAN style="COLOR: #666666">&nbsp;•&nbsp;</SPAN> <A href="http://www.linkedin.com/e/hu4gr3-gr7mi1i5-4r/nab/695310856/0VdPgMejgPejoIczkNcPkNd3ASb3AQcjoUejgVdyMSdjwMcjcRejoIc3ANcPAMcPAS/true/weekly/eml-tod-b-all-44/"><SPAN style="COLOR: #666666; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Read full story</SPAN></A> <SPAN style="COLOR: #666666">&nbsp;•&nbsp;</SPAN> <A href="http://www.linkedin.com/e/hu4gr3-gr7mi1i5-4r/sha/true/http%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2F2011%2F08%2F11%2Freal_estate%2Fhousing_market_foreclosures%2Findex.htm%3Fsection%3Dmoney_realestate/eml-tod-b-shrb-44/"><SPAN style="COLOR: #666666; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Share</SPAN></A> </SPAN> Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:39:00 GMT http://victormoenie.com/blog.html/foreclosures-fall-for-10th-straight-month--moneycnncom-1490561 2011-08-15T23:39:00Z http://victormoenie.com/blog.html/mortgage-applications-jump-217-on-refinancing-activity---housingwireco-1490556 <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Mortgage applications jumped 21.7% this past week as market volatility pushed mortgage rates lower, spurring a 30% rise in refinancing applications, an industry trade group said. The Mortgage Bankers Association noted the...<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <TABLE style="WIDTH: 0.75pt; mso-cellspacing: 0cm; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm" class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=1> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #006600; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">69 shares</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> <SPAN style="COLOR: #666666">&nbsp;•&nbsp;</SPAN> <A href="http://www.linkedin.com/e/hu4gr3-gr7mi1i5-4r/nab/693093190/0VdPgMejgPejoIczkNcPkNd3ASb3AQcjoUejgVdyMSdjwMcjcRejoIc3ANcPAMcPAS/true/weekly/eml-tod-b-all-44/"><SPAN style="COLOR: #666666">Read full story</SPAN></A> <SPAN style="COLOR: #666666">&nbsp;•&nbsp;</SPAN> <A href="http://www.linkedin.com/e/hu4gr3-gr7mi1i5-4r/sha/true/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.housingwire.com%2F2011%2F08%2F10%2Fmortgage-applications-jump-21-7-on-refinancing%3Futm_source%3Dtwitterfeed%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Bhousingwire%252FuOVI%2B%2528HousingWire%2529/eml-tod-b-shrb-44/"><SPAN style="COLOR: #666666">Share</SPAN></A> </SPAN> Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:33:00 GMT http://victormoenie.com/blog.html/mortgage-applications-jump-217-on-refinancing-activity---housingwireco-1490556 2011-08-15T23:33:00Z