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20 images <div class="gallery loaded"><a href="http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/11/06/soros_exwife_ditches_impressive_ues_townhouse_for_31m.php"><img src="http://cdn.cstatic.net/images/gridfs/5058ce3485216d21f9006e25/14469982.jpeg" width="500" height="375"></a><br /><a href="http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/11/06/soros_exwife_ditches_impressive_ues_townhouse_for_31m.php" style="font-size: 9px; text-align: center;">Click here to view the full photogallery.</a></div> Susan Weber Soros , the ex-wife of billionaire businessman George Soros , has sold her palatial copper-clad townhouse at 116 East 70th Street. The Post reports that Weber Soros traded the property for $31 million, $8.5 million more than she paid for it in la...

Freddie Mac ( OTCQB : FMCC ) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS ® ), showing average fixed mortgage rates hitting new lows for the year as 10-year bond yields briefly dipped below 2 percent. At 3.97 percent the average 30-year fixed rate is at its lowest level since the week of June 20, 2013 when it averaged 3.93 percent. This was also the last time the 30-year fixed averaged below 4 percent in the PMMS until this week. News Facts 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 3.97 percent with an average 0.5 point for the week ending October 16, 2014 , down from last week when it averaged 4.12 percent. A year ago at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 4.28 percent. 15-year FRM this week averaged 3.18 percent with an average 0.5 point, down from last week when it averaged 3.30 percent. A year ago at this time, the 15-year FRM averaged 3.33 percent. 5-year Treasury-indexed hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) averaged 2.92 percent this week ...

1181 North Hillcrest A 23,000-square-foot mansion in Beverly Hills with views of Malibu Beach and downtown Los Angeles has been listed for a staggering $85 million. The real estate listing warns: “be prepared for an overwhelming sensory experience unlike any you’ve felt before.” It’s not exaggerating. The two-level home, which was completed by the firm’s creative team this month, has eight bedrooms, 15 bathrooms, an underground garage, wine cellar, and even a movie theater. Located in the elite neighborhood of Trousdale Estates, the home looks like a showroom with two fully stocked bars, a gym, game room, and infinity edge pool. The property last sold in August of 2012 for $12.65 million, according to Zillow. The over-the-top house is listed by Ben Bacal Realty as well as Branden Williams and Rayni Romito Williams of Williams & Williams. - See more at: http://therealdeal.com/blog/2014/09/20/inside-a-los-angeles-mansion-that-just-hit-the-market-for-85m/#sthash.hFyzivWa.dpuf

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Foreclosure starts recorded during the 12-month period ending in July fell to an activity level not seen since 2007, Lender Processing Services  said in its latest Mortgage Monitor report. The report overall showed loan delinquencies and foreclosures on a downward trajectory despite the new influence of rising interest rates and fears that the economy may be slowing coming out of the month of August. The delinquency rate month-over-month fell 3.96% with 6.41% of all U.S. mortgages delinquent, LPS data shows. Vintage loans originated after 2010 continue to outperform earlier vintages, which continually record higher delinquency rates. Meanwhile, the total U.S. foreclosure presale inventory rate hit 2.82%, down 3.46% from the previous month. Originations are beginning to feel the impact of higher interest rates, but July prepayment rates are equal to year ago levels, suggesting mortgage refis continue at a consistent pace. In fact, LPS notes that prepayments are equal to l...

“Its capitalist!” So goes the Cuban real estate description of a great house to buy. After President Raul Castro eased restrictions in 2011, the housing market is beginning to boom, though underground maneuvers are of course part of the wheeling and dealing. HAVANA — At an informal housing market on Havana’s historic Paseo del Prado, Renaldo Belen puts the hard sell on a prospective buyer under a tree hung with hand-lettered signs advertising homes for sale. A house near Boyeros, the avenue to the city’s airport, is being offered for the equivalent of $120,000, with all the amenities. “The house is beautiful. It has four bedrooms, a pool with a bar and a fountain with a lion’s head on top. Look,” says Belen, pointing to photos on the sign, “water comes out of the lion’s mouth.” Pausing for dramatic effect, Belen, one of the many touts, or “runners” working at the market, delivers what he hopes will be the coup de grace. “This place needs no work. It is of capitalist constru...

A Valhalla man was arrested early Tuesday after Westchester County Police said they discovered a large cache of commercial-grade fireworks stacked floor-to-ceiling in his basement on Saldi Lane. Police evacuated the area around the home Tuesday and closed the streets to traffic until the explosive material was removed. Stephen Surace, 53, has been charged with third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a felony, first-degree reckless endangerment, a felony, and unlawfully dealing in fireworks, a misdemeanor. Surace will be arraigned in Mount Pleasant Town Court on Tuesday. Police arrested Surace after an undercover officer bought $1,000 worth of fireworks and noticed the large cache in the basement. “Based on the volume of material and the potential explosive hazard, the decision was made to move immediately to arrest Mr. Surace and secure the home,” Public Safety Commissioner George N. Longworth said. Many of the fireworks were the type used in commercial fireworks displ...

Data from the  Obama Administration ’s May scorecard revealed  continued improvement  in housing, yet officials warn that a full recovery will still take more time.   “As the May housing scorecard indicates, the Obama Administration’s policies and actions over the last four years to speed housing recovery are continuing to show important signs of progress,” said the  U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development  Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs Kurt Usowski.   He added, “In the first quarter of 2013, homeowners’ equity grew by more than $815 billion, reaching its highest level since the first quarter of 2008.”   Annual home prices increased to the highest level since the housing bubble burst in mid-2006, with the  S&P Case-Shiller home price index up from 146.6 in March to 148.7 in April. Year-over-year the index is up from 134.1 in April 2012. Bedford New York Real Estate | Bedford NY Homes by Robert Paul Real...

B2B marketers are distributing their content on social networks more than ever before.  A recent study conducted by the  Content Marketing Institute  and  Marketing Profs  confirms that content marketing remains a top priority for  B2B marketers, with the vast majority leveraging the practice as part of their marketing strategy. But many are uncertain about how to successfully employ the many tactics available to them. Content marketing is the art of communicating with your customers and prospects without selling.  It is non-interruptive — instead of directly advertising your products or services, you are communicating with your target audience by sharing valuable, free information. The core of this content strategy is the belief that buyers will be driven to do business with you if you provide valuable information to them on an ongoing basis. If you have a website, a blog, or maintain a presence on Facebook, Twitter, or other social n...

For all those  super cautious people  in the world, they have to be wondering if it is time to enter the real estate market. Should you consider a move today, or is waiting prudent? I would think that if you are happy with where you live, then  now is not the best time to buy a home . But if you have been  contemplating a move , you might want to consider these two very strong arguments that support now as the best time to buy a home. When Should You Enter The Real Estate Market There are personal reasons that should be the most important factors when you determine the best time to  buy a home . But once you determine that you are ready to move and want to time the market, consider the message from the two graphs below. Some Home Values Are Rising  - After six long years of declining home values, it appears the trend has turned for homes priced below $250,000 in Tallahassee. While  high end homes are still dealing with over-supply and...

The housing recovery is now 54% back to normal in April, down from 56% in March due to the sharp drop in new home starts.  Trulia ‘s Jed Kolko writes that construction starts dropp to 853,000, down 16% from March. Existing home saled inched up slightly month-over-month, while non-distressed sales increased 25% year-over-year. The delinquency rates + foreclosure rates dropped sharply to the lowest level since September 2008. To read the full report from Trulia  ($29.47  0.2% ) , click  here . Bedford New York Real Estate | Bedford NY Homes by Robert Paul Realtor » Blog Archive » Housing recovery falls back to 54% back to normal | Bedford Real Estate

With 42 new permits issued in January through March of this year, Sacramento increased by 121% over the same period a year earlier,  according to  RealtyTrac .  Foreclosure starts slid by 74% when compared to the pace from a year earlier, writes the Sacramento Business Journal. Bedford New York Real Estate | Bedford NY Homes by Robert Paul Realtor » Blog Archive » Sacramento housing market nears normal | Bedford Real Estate

Bedford NY Weekly Real Estate Report 5/16/2013 Homes for sale 90 Median Ask Price $1,392,000.00 Low Price $419,000.00 High Price $14,500,000.00 Average Size 4806 Average Price/foot $397.00 Average DOM 96 Average Ask Price $1,998,283.00 Bedford NY Weekly Real Estate Report | RobReportBlog

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James Hagerty of the Wall Street Journal hosted a session on the future of America’s mortgage market this week at the  MBA Secondary Conference  in New York. The title of the session and the majority of the discussion assumes in some way that the mortgage market needs to be different than it is today. This leads me to wonder: Does the mortgage market need to be fixed and if so what still needs to be fixed? We are all well aware of the extent to which GSEs and FHA currently provide liquidity to the U.S. mortgage market. I suspect consensus on this development is that it is far from ideal. Private, not public, capital should be supporting the mortgage market at least more than it does today. But how much more? Think back to before the mortgage crisis: Public capital played a very significant role, and had historically done so in the U.S. mortgage market. The GSEs also brought something else to the market: standardization. Is this a role that the private sector is q...

Are zombie houses where the monsters live in the latest Resident Evil sequel? Or are they fraternities decked out for Halloween? Neither. Zombie houses are what RealtyTrac is calling properties vacated by owners who have moved out and moved on with their lives after getting tired of waiting for their lenders to foreclose. In a new report, the first-ever “foreclosure inventory ” found 301,874 “zombie” properties have been abandoned by their owners. Last year at this time some 7.73 percent of all mortgages were more than 90 days delinquent, a function of the backlog of foreclosures in many states following Robogate. The entire foreclosure process, including filing notices of foreclosure on mortgages in default, has yet to return to its pre-Robogate pace, especially in judicial states. The real news is that serious delinquencies have fallen to 6.78 percent of mortgages in the fourth quarter, the lowest rate since 2008, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. There proba...

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