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The supply of Pensacola repo homes for sale, along with other types of for-sale houses in several areas of Florida, has been rising in the past two months or so. This comes after two years of steady declines in the inventory of houses for sale. The number of repo homes in Florida, as well as new...

Latest statistics saw Oakland home auctions for sale and foreclosure rates in most metro areas of California declining during the month of July 2010. According to housing industry numbers, the area of Northern San Joaquin Valley recorded some of the most significant declines among the metros of ...

Federal foreclosures and bank foreclosure filings declined in majority of Colorado's metro areas during the second quarter of 2010. According to the Colorado Division of Housing, new filings for state metros like El Paso and Colorado Spring dropped during the period April-June 2010 compared with...

The prices of home auctions for sale, new dwellings and other types of residential properties declined in certain areas of New Jersey during the period January-June 2010. Although average home prices have been declining since 2007 and the first half of 2010 recorded further declines, analysts ha...

A study conducted by the Austin-based University of Texas reveals that foreclosure, be it bank foreclosures like Citibank foreclosure homes or government or any other type of foreclosure, does not directly cause crime rates to rise as commonly believed by most people. Authors of the study assert...

Although Oklahoma City is still suffering from high numbers of government, bank and FHA foreclosures, most observers believe that the area's housing market is on an upswing. Several industry-related events will be held in the city within the year and builders are preparing for these events by bu...

A law has been passed in Massachusetts designed to protect homeowners and tenants, who are victims of home foreclosures by state, from being indiscriminately evicted from their homes. The original bill was authored by Senator Susan C. Tucker and took two years before being officially declared a ...

The month of June saw the number of Raleigh bank owned homes for sale continuing to rise. The metro areas of Durham-Chapel Hill and Raleigh-Cary both recorded foreclosure rate increases for the month of June. Mortgage delinquency rates also rose in both areas for the same month. In general, fore...

The second quarter of 2010 saw nationwide bank owned dwellings and REO homes increasing in number. In California, Modesto distressed properties for sale, as well as bank owned houses in other metro areas of the state, rose during the quarter. Local figures were reportedly competing with national...

A recent conviction is of great interest to home building contractors all around the country. At the Middlesex Superior Court, new home and renovation contractor Peter DeGennaro was convicted of fraud in five counts and another five counts for embezzlement. DeGennaro was a businessman who operat...