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BOSTON – Attorney General Martha Coakley and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman have called for a new permanent leader to replace Edward DeMarco as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
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4/1/13
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When it comes to energy efficiency and green features in homes, there’s a large disconnect in the marketplace among consumers, real estate appraisers and the nation’s realty sales system.
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4/1/13
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Rhode Island Housing has received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to help provide aid to struggling homeowners, announced Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin.
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By PBN Staff
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Overall mortgage activity reached a five-year high in Massachusetts in 2012, with refinance mortgages dominating 83 percent of the market share, according to new data from The Warren Group’s Mortgage MarketShare Module.
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By Alex Kowalski |
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Rhode Island single-family home prices rose 11 percent in February compared with the same period last year, the Rhode Island Association of Realtors said Thursday.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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Single-family home sales in Bristol County, Mass. rose 13 percent in February compared with the same period the previous year, The Warren Group said Tuesday.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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The Providence-Fall River-New Bedford area foreclosure rate rose 0.01 percentage points in January compared with the same period in 2012, CoreLogic said Monday.
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By PBN Staff
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Home equity is back! And it’s growing fast: According to the latest data from the Federal Reserve, Americans’ net equity holdings in their houses jumped by nearly half a trillion dollars during the last three months of 2012, and have increased by $1.7 trillion since the spring of 2011.
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3/25/13
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When the federal government repossessed the Medina Village apartments off Cranston Street in Providence’s West End in 2010, there was a real possibility the 22 vacant and decaying buildings in the complex would be abandoned.
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PROVIDENCE – Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin on Wednesday announced a $150,000 grant to the Housing Action Coalition of Rhode Island to help homeowners facing foreclosure.
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By PBN Staff
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