A Texas state law that took effect on September 6 2011 has changed proof of residency requirements for homeowners applying for the property tax homestead exemption. The new law requires applicants to provide a copy...
READ MORE »A Texas state law that took effect on September 6 2011 has changed proof of residency requirements for homeowners applying for the property tax homestead exemption. The new law requires applicants to provide a copy...
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Washington, DC, August 29, 2011 Pending home sales declined in July but remain well above year-ago levels, according to the National Association of Realtors®. All regions show monthly declines except for the West,...
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HUD has launched a web-based mapping tool that displays the geographic location of all foreclosed properties owned by FHA, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac. The tool will be particularly important to communities...
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Mortgage loan servicers negotiated 1.76 million permanent loan modifications for homeowners last year, but more than two-thirds of them were completed in-house and not as part of the federal government’s Home...
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Home prices increased in the DFW metropolitan market in 2010, even the prices of distressed homes. Recent Real Estate Center research found that homes sold by “typical” or “nondistressed” owners in 2010 were...
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