Big metro cities like San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles are notably absent from realtor.com®’s latest list of the top-performing housing markets in the country. Instead, more suburban areas—like Grand Rapids, Mich., and Omaha, Neb.–are topping the list. Housing affordability has been fueling demand in smaller, more suburban housing markets, realtor.com®’s 2019 hottest ZIP …

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He rode around town in a Lexus, Maserati, Range Rover and a Jaguar. He flashed cash at South Florida casinos and funded overseas vacations. He told authorities he “lived with too much luxury.” But it was with other people’s money. A federal judge has sentenced Shayeh Dov to seven years in prison.  He is a …

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Over the past several years, those who service loans in the State of Washington have seen a dramatic rise in the number of lawsuits in which delinquent borrowers seek to quiet title to their homes on the grounds that lenders are barred from foreclosing based on Washington’s six-year statute of limitations. Historically, these lawsuits allege that the …

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by Christopher Winkler, Manager, Silverwood Capital Fund I http://silverwoodcapitalfund.com Interesting article by Diana Olick (@DIANAOLICK) over @ CNBC.com that talks about most Millennial buyers remorse after purchasing a home. Almost 2/3 had regrets in one way or another, compared to 44% of US homeowners who have regrets. Some of the reasons are: Repairs & Maintenance: …

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by Aly J. Yale, Senior Contributor, Forbes I cover mortgage, housing and real estate. It all started with an email. Just days before closing on a home, I got a message from my escrow officer—or at least someone pretending to be her. Our closing costs needed to be wired to the title company right away, …

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After a yearlong search, Aaron Cole and his family finally found their dream home in Canby, Ore., in December 2018. The seller accepted Cole’s $440,000 offer, and with a down payment of $123,000, he and his wife were ready to move in just in time to celebrate Christmas and their son’s fifth birthday. Nothing seemed …

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Veros Real Estate Solutions predicts that the following 10 housing markets will see the greatest appreciation through June 1, 2020: Odessa, Texas: 9.7% Coeur D’Alene, Idaho: 9.5% Idaho Falls, Idaho: 9.4% Boise City-Nampa, Idaho: 9.1% Midland, Texas: 8% Bellingham, Wash.: 7.8% Spokane, Wash.: 7.4% Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Wash.: 7.2% Pocatello, Idaho: 7.2% Yakima, Wash.: 7.2% READ MORE:  …

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About 37% of U.S. households are “free and clear,” meaning they no longer have a home mortgage to pay, according to a Zillow data analysis. This number ticked upward after the Great Recession and over the past 10 years the share of homeowners paying off their mortgages has risen 5.5 percentage points. In 2017, the most recent …

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The Minneapolis City Council has approved the Minneapolis 2040 comprehensive plan, which declares the city’s intent to abolish single-family-home zoning and allow duplexes and triplexes to be built anywhere in the city. Single-family-only neighborhoods, a staple of city and suburban planning, are woven into the DNA of the American dream: the leafy, peaceful street lined …

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