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How do you stack up as a potential mortgage candidate in this year’s increasingly tough underwriting environment? Do you have the right stuff – credit score, debt-to-income ratio, equity or down payment – to get you through the minefield?
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4/23/12
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Jessica David, vice president for strategy, planning and special projects at The Rhode Island Foundation, has been making things happen since the day she launched her career.
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By John Larrabee
Contributing Writer | 5/28/12 |
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As of March 31, more than 2,000 homeowners in Rhode Island have received some type of relief through the National Mortgage Settlement, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced Tuesday.
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By Lindsay Lorenz |
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While home sales in Rhode Island and the rest of Massachusetts surged in April, single-family sales in Bristol County, Mass. dropped 7 percent compared with the same period in 2011, The Warren Group said Tuesday.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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Rhode Island home sales jumped 24 percent in April compared with the same period last year, the 10th consecutive month of increased year-over-year sales, the Rhode Island Association of Realtors said Tuesday.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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Sales of single family homes across the U.S. rose 9.9 percent year-over-year from the April 2011 to April 2012 according to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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By PBN Staff
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The Providence-New Bedford-Fall River-area foreclosure rate fell 0.50 percentage points in March compared with the same period in 2011, CoreLogic said Tuesday.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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Lenders in Bristol County, Mass. initiated 31 percent more foreclosures in April than they did during the same period in 2011, The Warren Group said Tuesday.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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In a decision that could have significant impacts on the fees that consumers pay in real estate transactions, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that “unearned” fees charged by lenders and other service providers do not violate federal law as long as they are not split with anyone else.
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6/11/12
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Single-family home prices in the Providence-New Bedford-Fall River area dropped 4.6 percent in April compared with the same period in 2011, according to CoreLogic’s Home Price Index.
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By Patrick Anderson |