Technology

The housing market is undergoing a very gradual recovery as more new households are choosing to rent over buying a home, according to Wells Fargo Securities.

With drastic declines in foreclosure numbers, it appears the foreclosure crisis is over for at least one state: Massachusetts.

Aided by rising home sales and prices, the median gross income of a Realtor rose to $43,500 in 2012 from $34,900 in 2011.

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The additional services that North County Property Group is now providing clients include a 10-point property marketing program, REO portfolio services, eviction services, and a referral program for cooperating real estate brokers and agents.

In the post-crisis housing market appraisal reports are becoming as important as credit scores, requiring lenders and servicers to be more inventive with the tools they use to assess real estate value risks.

Industry leaders participated in a roundtable discussing the latest trends in mortgage fraud and what lenders and servicers can do to detect illegal loan applications they receiver from a borrower.

The California Association of Realtors said that in the first quarter only 44% of buyers could buy a median-priced existing single-family home in the state.

A decline in foreclosures is correlating to rising home prices in many counties throughout the country.

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