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Utah housing market

SEC Halts $100 Million Real Estate Ponzi Scheme

By Ryan Jackson The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Utah man with operating a real estate Ponzi scheme that bilked investors out of $100 million throughout the U.S. and shut down the private hard money lending company. Wayne L. Palmer, 57, and his company, National Note of Utah in West Jordan have been… Continue reading SEC Halts $100 Million Real Estate Ponzi Scheme

Recovery Pushes Foreclosures Lower 3 Months

By Mike Colpitts In a sign the U.S. housing market is on the road to recovery, foreclosures dropped for the third month in a row in April, despite a traceable increase in repossessions along the eastern U.S. coast. Initial notices of default were filed against 188,780 residential properties, the lowest since July 2007. Final bank… Continue reading Recovery Pushes Foreclosures Lower 3 Months

Appreciation Forecast Tops 100+ U.S. Cities

For the first time in six years, more than 100 U.S. cities are forecast to experience housing appreciation by the end of the year. After strong evidence of growing economic recovery developed in North Carolina and Utah housing markets, the number of U.S. cities projected to inflate in home values hit 105. Driven by near… Continue reading Appreciation Forecast Tops 100+ U.S. Cities

Courts May Decide Housing Market Future

By Mike Colpitts Hundreds of lawsuits winding their way through courtrooms in the U.S. could ultimately determine the future of the housing market in America. A major case involving the attempted foreclosure of a home in Utah could produce a court precedent on which other cases could stand. Courts are hearing cases over foreclosure challenges… Continue reading Courts May Decide Housing Market Future

Home Price Index Shows Six Month Drop

By Mike Colpitts Home prices dropped for six straight months in the U.S., declining by 5.7% on average in January compared to a year earlier, despite the federal governments home buyer tax credit, according to Core Logic. The real estate research firm gathers mortgage data for the lending industry. The drop represented a 1% higher… Continue reading Home Price Index Shows Six Month Drop

2011 Utah Housing Market

Homeowners forced to walk away from their homes and other mortgage holders who are losing confidence in home prices ever recovering from their slide, contribute to record high foreclosure rates in Utah, which is suffering through the foreclosure crisis despite better employment opportunities in some areas. Foreclosures and bank assisted short sales of troubled homes… Continue reading 2011 Utah Housing Market