One of America’s largest homebuilders is getting into the loan restructuring business. Lennar Corporation said Wednesday that it has purchased two loan portfolios from the FDIC with a combined unpaid balance of $3.05 billion. Lennar paid $243 million for the portfolios, which include 5,500 distressed residential and commercial real estate ...

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Charlotte area home sales, prices up again Charlotte By Stella M. Hopkins shopkins@charlotteobserver.com Posted: Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010 The Charlotte-area housing market continued posting gains in January, with home prices and sales now showing several months of steady increases. The average sales price last month was $200,592, up 6.1 percent ...

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The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has launched an official investigation into the federal government’s foreclosure prevention program. According to a statement from the head of the committee, the probe was triggered by complaints that servicers have been slow and inconsistent in modifying loans under the Making Home ...

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Washington, February 02, 2010 Pending home sales have leveled from a market swing driven by response to the home buyer tax credit, according to the National Association of Realtors®. The Pending Home Sales Index,* a forward-looking indicator based on contracts signed in December, increased 1.0 percent to 96.6 from 95.6 ...

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According to a recent company announcement, Matt Vernon has been named short sale and real estate owned (REO) executive for Bank of America Homes Loans. In his new position, Vernon will develop and implement initiatives to manage and streamline the bank’s efforts to use short sales and other property liquidation ...

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In an effort to help rebuild American communities devastated by the foreclosure crisis, the National Association of Realtors (NAR), a trade association with 1.2 million members, has partnered with the National Community Stabilization Trust (NCST), a nonprofit organization that facilitates the transfer of foreclosed and abandoned properties from financial intuitions ...

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