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Maryland SDAT Reports Reduced Property Assessments Mailed to Ocean City MD Resort Property Owners

Ocean City Today on Friday reported that reduced property value assessments will be delivered to many Ocean City Maryland property owners by mail in the coming weeks:

“Ocean City property owners started the new year with good and bad tidings, depending on how they feel about having a lower property assessment.

On the [...]

The New American Dream: Rent, Don’t Buy?

What a way to start the New Year, but apparently it is on the minds of the Federal Reserve also. A recent recommendation floated by the Fed suggests having Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac convert more REO’s to rentals.

“The Fiscal Times had an interesting article on the subject that is worth a look:

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NAR Revises 2007-2011 Sales Data Lower – Housing Bust to Look Worse With Sales Revised

The Wall Street Journal is reporting in 2 separate articles recently that the National Association of Realtors (NAR) revised their last 5 years of sales data downward to reflect, apparently, reality.

Imagine that.

The net effect is that the housing bust we have experienced so far is much worse than the NAR had originally reported:

“A [...]

Maryland State Department of Assessment and Taxation (SDAT) for Worcester County Reports 15% Decrease In Property Values

The Maryland Coast Dispatch had an article Friday reporting another decline in the taxable value of Ocean City Maryland property values:

“According to Robert Smith, director of the State Department of Assessment and Taxation (SDAT) for Worcester County, most residential property owners in Ocean City will see their values decline by an average of [...]

The Great $26 Billion Real Estate Tax Credit Swindle?

The Wall Street Journal had an article on Tuesday worth considering. It revisits the subject of the tax credits to home purchasers offered by the Government back in 2009 and 2010 and analyzes how that all worked out.

Apparently, for many, not too well:

“Zillow.com, the real estate information company, says the average price [...]

Major Revamp Of The Home Affordable Refinance Program Announced

This could be very big news, and probably is, and will certainly lead to a major uptick in residential mortgage refinancing. As reported everywhere yesterday:

“Seeking to breathe new life into a sagging economy, President Obama announced Monday he will attempt an executive branch rescue of homeowners trying to refinance underwater mortgages, with a [...]

Baltimore-Area ‘Shadow Inventory’ Reported At 50,000 Homes

An article in the Baltimore Sun reported that, according to John Burns Real Estate Consulting, Baltimore’s “Shadow Inventory” of homes may be in the 50,000 range:

“Thousands of homes are on the market in the Baltimore region. But as the commercials say, wait — there’s more.

Tens of thousands of Baltimore-area homeowners are [...]

Housing Time Bomb Goes Tick Tock Tick Tock

An interesting and very detailed analysis was posted yesterday on the Wall Street Examiner Web Site regarding the state of the U.S. housing market. A few snippets:

“The actual, not seasonally adjusted, data suggests that the momentum of declining sales has leveled off. However, in order for the oversupply in distressed markets to be [...]

Investors Outdo Banks Offloading Distressed Properties

DSNews.com and ForeclosureRadar are reporting what many “on the ground” have observed for some time:

“Third-party investors are much faster at reselling foreclosures than banks…

‘Our statistics clearly show that real estate investors continue to far outperform banks in dealing with distressed properties,’ said Sean O’Toole, CEO and founder of ForeclosureRadar.”

“Outperform”?

As buyer agents [...]

Homes Built For Families May Not Make The Buyer’s Cut

Smaller homes may be a better idea for home buyers — so says John Burns Consulting on Housing Wire:

“A staggering 39.2 million American households consist of people living alone or with nonfamily members, changing the outlook for real estate professionals who want to design and sell homes to this demographic…”

So according to the [...]

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