| 10 March 2010
A daily dose of headlines for real estate agents, mortgage lenders and consumers.
| Home-saving loans afoot Wall Street Journal: Pressure is growing on U.S. banks to ease terms for distressed homeowners on home-equity loans and other second-lien mortgages. | Strategic defaults on loans rise San Francisco Chronicle: Job loss, divorce and higher monthly mortgage payments trigger strategic defaults, and some homeowners don't want a high mortgage and no equity. |
| Spring market headed for a boom or a bust? Boston Globe: So are the pending sales telling us that a bright spring market is just ahead? Or is this just one gigantic tease? | Treasury: More work ahead on housing market Reuters: The Obama administration has more work to do to help struggling U.S. homeowners, despite signs of a stabilizing housing market, according to one Treasury official. |
| 14 troubled real estate markets Forbes: List includes the 14 most troubled real estate markets among those whose metropolitan areas have at least 300,000 residents. | Housing discounts hit new low Forbes: A new sign the housing market is in recovery mode: The number of homes for sale across the U.S. with discounted asking prices dipped to fewer than 20% on March 1. |
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Headlines compiled by Strategic Research.
