New Breaking Trends

Emerge is going to be presenting at the RE/MAX R4 Convention this year to promote their new endeavors with its affiliates. This platform is allowing RE/MAX offices across the country to manage their social media pages in a more productive manner allowing information to be generated to other agents and prospects. We are getting involved are you?...

Home Prices on the Rise

Are double-digit gains in home prices gone? CoreLogic anticipates a substantial deceleration in home price gains this year. In fact, the firm predicts home price gains will fall just below the long-term historical norm of 4.5 percent appreciation annually, which has been maintained since 1975. The lessening in price increase may be due to...

February 2014 National Housing Report

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Millionaires Bulking Up in the Real Estate World

Recently published on Bloomberg.com it was stated that investing in Real Estate is more appealing in 2014. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management reported that millionaire investors are seeing a real benefit from purchasing homes throughout the United States, where equity has risen 71% since the recession in 2009 and is continuing to grow. According...

Best in the West

Some emerging trends, Zillow reports, appears that the housing market is continuing to dominate the western United States. The affordability has the potential to lead to unhealthy conditions but at this time the housing prices are still very much alive especially in California. Go here to review the latest numbers from DSNews follow this...

2014 Recovery

Recovery appears to be entering a new phase for the beginning of this year, Capital Economics are reporting that mortgages rates may be taking a toll with the housing market but this is only slowing the recovery process rather than reversing it. Supply for homes is still increasing but investors are still snagging up properties. What are your...

Housing Market Predictions

On a national level, foreclosure activity continues to decline, distressed home sales on the rise, single family starts have risen drastically in the last few months of 2013. Housing analysts foresee a turnaround on the horizon for 2014 resulting in dramatic changes with inventory improving and more investors snagging the REO market. For the full...

Freddie and Fannie Updates for Short Sale Processing

Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are changing their requirements to help more borrowers with short sales and Deeds-in-Lieu to become affective Mid-January. They are trying to ease eligibility requirements for homeowners for liquidation workout options. Documentation exceptions have been expanded to include Chapter 7 BKs regardless of the borrowers’...

Housing Market Recovery, Do We Have a Plan?

Dave Liniger, Founder and Chairman of RE/MAX, challenged both presidential candidates to step up to the plate and lay out a plan to right America’s housing market. Liniger questioned how the candidates focused their debates solely on the economy and unemployment while continuing to ignore the issue of the housing market. He challenged the...

Settlement Key to Recovery

Recently, the HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan spoke at the Asian Real Estate Association of America convention at Bellagio regarding how to help American homeowners get back on track. Donovan stated “the $25 billion national mortgage settlement is key to that goal, along with refinancing mortgages and reducing principal for those who are deeply...