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Home Flipping Loan Volume Rises to Nine-Year High in Q1 2017 as Average Flipping Returns Decline for Second Straight Quarter
An Estimated $3.5 Billion in Home Flipping Loans for Homes Flipped in First Quarter; Highest Home Flipping Rates in DC, Nevada, Alabama, Tennessee, Maryland IRVINE, Calif. – June 8, 2017 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s largest multi-sourced property database, today released its Q1 2017 U.S. Home Flipping Report,... Read More »
Utilities Add 25 Percent to U.S. Homeownership Costs According to New Research from ATTOM Data Solutions and UtilityScore
Utility Costs Require 7 Percent of Wages on Average Nationwide; California Home Seller Profits More Than Double with Solar Installed; IRVINE, Calif. – June 6, 2017 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s largest multi-sourced property database, and UtilityScore, a software provider that helps solar and home improvement... Read More »Finding Real Estate Deals When Distress Dries Up
Interest in foreclosures is heating up in 2017 even as the foreclosure market dries up. “The REOs that come on, they are not that far off from the traditional stuff. Back in 2007 you were getting 20 percent off the actual value. … Now you have them selling for 5 percent off, if that,” said Leland DiMeco, owner and principal... Read More »U.S. Residential Loan Origination Dollar Volume Drops to Three-Year Low in Q1 2017
Refinance Originations at More Than 10-Year Low, Purchase Originations at Three-Year Low; Non-Married Co-Borrowers Account for Nearly 22 Percent of Single Family Purchase Loans IRVINE, Calif. – May 25, 2017 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s largest multi-sourced property database, today released its Q1 2017 U.S.... Read More »
Will Washington Save America’s Waterfronts?
Across America there’s a new battle for waterfront property, a fight which involves real estate worth more than $1 trillion. Will Uncle Sam continue to provide low-cost flood insurance that makes riverfront and seashore development possible? Will the private sector step in if the government steps out? The National Flood Insurance Program... Read More »