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DALLAS, Texas (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Signs of a recovering market are becoming more evident. The number of homes and developed lots continues to decrease steadily. One of Dallas-Fort Worth’s major homebuilders is doing what seemed impossible 18 month ago – rolling out an entire new phase in one of their most popular north Texas communities.

MIAMI, Fla. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Foreclosure Deals, an online leader in the foreclosed homes for sale listings and information industry, announced today that 31% of all residential properties sold in the first quarter of 2010 were foreclosure properties. Experts at the company believe the statistic shows that people are continuing to turn to the foreclosure market as a plentiful source of low cost homes.

MIAMI, Fla. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Foreclosure Support, an online listings provider of foreclosed homes for sale, reported that foreclosures dropped 9 percent nationwide during the month of April, leading experts to speculate that the foreclosure homes market may finally have plateaued. In addition to the 9 percent drop since March, foreclosures fell 2 percent from April of 2009, marking the first year since the foreclosure crisis began that the market has seen an overall drop.

MIAMI, Fla. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Foreclosure Deals, a leader in providing listings of foreclosed homes for sale nationwide, reported today that foreclosure filings in April fell 9 percent from the previous month, and over 2 percent from April of 2009. The company also revealed that default notices, which mark the beginning of a new foreclosure, were down 12 percent from March and over 27 percent from the previous year, while bank repossessions (also known as REOs) of existing foreclosures hit a record high.

DENVER, Colo. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mortgage fulfillment outsource services expert Titan Lenders Corp (TLC) has been chosen by the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency (MassHousing) to provide outsourced mortgage purchase review services. MassHousing is an independent, quasi-public agency that provides financing for affordable housing in Massachusetts. TLC is a U.S.-based domestic mortgage fulfillment outsource operation that offers back office and warehouse line management operations.

DALLAS, Texas (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Del Mar DataTrac(R), Inc. (DMD), the leading provider of affordable end-to-end mortgage lending automation solutions, and an industry pioneer in business intelligence, document imaging and management, and loan process workflow tools, collaborated with the North Collin County Habitat for Humanity chapter in McKinney, TX, by providing its DataTrac Originator point of sale (POS) system which includes powerful tools to support the organization’s affordable home ownership initiatives.

MIAMI, Fla. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Bank Foreclosures Sale, an online leader in the foreclosure listings and information industry, reported new statistics for the first quarter show foreclosures are up 7 percent from the most recent quarter, and almost 16 percent from the first quarter of 2009. While the first two months of the year saw relatively low foreclosures, filings surged 19 percent in March, largely accounting for the overall quarterly increase.

ATLANTA, Ga. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The economy may be in a slump, but 13 members of the Georgia Association of Business Brokers (GABB) helped enough business owners buy and sell $30 million worth of businesses to earn membership to the organization’s prestigious Million Dollar Club for 2009. Each year the GABB, the state’s only professional association dedicated to buying and selling business, recognizes the state’s outstanding business brokers.

BOSTON, Mass. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Building Engines, provider of a comprehensive Web-based operations management solution for owners and managers of all property types, today reports continued long-term system adoption within Related Management, a division of The Related Companies, Inc., a world-renowned real estate developer, owner and manager based in New York City. The announcement comes after a successful year of adoption and usage across commercial office, retail, and hospitality properties.

ATLANTA, Ga. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Buying or selling most businesses requires a license, and Robert Love, chair of the Georgia Real Estate Commission, will speak to the Georgia Association of Business Brokers about state licensing requirements at the group’s monthly meeting on Tuesday, April 27, at 10:30 a.m.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Data published by ForeclosureListings comparing March 2010 to February 2010 shows that Florida and Georgia had an important increase in foreclosure rates at 21.26 percent and 20.14 percent respectively. Michigan, one of the economically hardest-hit by the recession and a leading state in the number of foreclosure states surprisingly had only a .44 percent rise in foreclosures for the same time period.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Data published by ForeclosureListings comparing February 2010 to January 2010 shows that Texas has witnessed the highest increase in foreclosures with a rise of 35.3 percent, followed by Michigan at 17.54 percent, California at 11.93 percent, and Florida at 4.71 percent increases. Georgia actually showed a decrease of 5.55 percent and Arkansas showed the largest drop in foreclosures down 28.6 percent.

DALLAS, Texas (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Pacific West Management, Inc. is pleased to announce its affiliation with U.S. Residential Group, Inc., a Dallas-based company established to provide multi-family real estate services on a nationwide scale. U.S. Residential Group is a full-service, fee-based management company for conventional and affordable multi-housing communities.

DALLAS, Texas (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — U.S. Residential Group, Inc., a company based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, has been formed to provide management and real estate services to the multi-family housing industry nationwide. USRG is a full-service, fee-based management company for conventional and affordable multi-housing communities.

ATLANTA, Ga. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Art Lennig, a regional director of Murphy Business and Financial Corporation, has been elected president of the Georgia Association of Business Brokers (GABB) for 2010. GABB is the state’s only professional organization and Multiple Listing Service dedicated to buying and selling businesses and franchises.

BOSTON, Mass. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Building Engines, provider of a comprehensive Web-based operations management solution for owners and managers of all property types, today responded to the struggling real estate market with the launch of a new Vacant Building Relief Program. The program, No Occupancy Carry-Over System Trial (NOCOST), allows owners and managers of vacant buildings to use the Building Engines operations and workflow management system at no cost.

MIAMI, Fla. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — New statistics from Bank Foreclosures Sale, a leading online provider of foreclosure listings and information, reveal that foreclosure rates in states across the nation were down significantly during January. Nationally, the number of foreclosures for sale fell by 10 percent from December to January, with a total of 315,710 foreclosure homes reported.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — New statistics from Foreclosure Deals, a leader in foreclosure listings industry, show the market for foreclosures is already improving in 2010, with foreclosures down 10 percent in January from the previous month. Foreclosure property inventories also fell in traditional foreclosure hotspots throughout the nation, which experts believe could be an excellent sign for buyers considering a purchase this year.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Foreclosure Listings confirmed that the national foreclosure rate in January was one foreclosure filing for every 466 U.S. households; the most severe problems continue in the west and in Florida. Unemployment, economic hardship, negative equity, and credit availability are driving the foreclosures. Yet between the months of December 2009 and January 2010 a drop in the actual number of foreclosures was recorded.

ATLANTA, Ga. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The president and CEO of Georgia’s largest real estate company, Kevin Levent of Metro Brokers, will tell Georgia’s business brokers how he decided to rebrand and join forces with two national brokerages in late 2009. Metro Brokers CEO Levent will speak to the Georgia Association of Business Brokers at their meeting Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at the South Terraces Conference Center.

BOSTON, Mass. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Building Engines, provider of a comprehensive Web-based operations management solution for owners and managers of all property types, today announced overall recurring revenue growth of 34 percent in 2009, matching its strong performance in the previous year. Despite the struggling real estate market in a difficult economy, the company broadened product functionality, enhanced platform usability, and increased its service programs.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The year 2009 has come to a close and the real estate professionals at Bank Foreclosures Sale are gearing up to continue to provide real estate investors with the most current information on foreclosures in 2010. While the Obama administration has worked to quell foreclosures, it appears that these efforts may not be enough.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The end of the recession may be in sight as foreclosure rates were down again in many states in November compared with October while foreclosure prices were up. Comparing rates and sale price figures from ForeclosureListings.com offers a positive economic snapshot of the current housing market. For buyers who have been waiting and watching the market, now is a good time to buy.

MIAMI, Fla. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Foreclosure Deals, the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, has compiled important data for the second semester of 2009; it releases statistics on foreclosure information throughout the U.S. This is valuable information for people who want to invest in foreclosed homes for sale.

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Engel & Volkers Lake Placid Real Estate, a leading full service real estate property shop in Lake Placid for the last 30 years today announced the launch of a new vacation rental website. A world renowned four seasons resort destination in the Adirondack Mountains, Lake Placid is known for hosting two Olympics and is a haven for outdoor and recreational enthusiasts. Offering something for everyone, the region is a destination to over 2 million overnight visitors per year.

PASADENA HILLS, Mo. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — A California entrepreneur has put up a Web portal called ‘Buy My Mom’s House’ (BuyMyMomsHouse.com) to help sell his mom’s house in Pasadena Hills (St. Louis) Missouri, which has been on the market for a year and, while sitting idle for open houses, has been eating through mom’s savings.

NAPLES, Fla. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — London Bay Homes, a Naples, Florida-based builder of luxury custom homes and unique Village communities throughout Southwest Florida, has designed and launched a new company website that provides visitors with a wide range of content including a custom home photo gallery, interactive floor plans, blog, and real estate news at www.londonbay.com.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Reports from the first days of November show that the housing market is still on shaky ground. According to the statistics from Foreclosure Data Online, real estate prices on the whole are down already for the first three days of November as compared with October’s average. The foreclosure market appears strong however. It grew over this same period and shows the kind of steady growth that is apt to continue.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The fast paced world of real estate is about to move even faster thanks to new tools for the web that have just been released by industry leader ForeclosureListings.com. The Internet based foreclosure listing service has just released the first ever foreclosure API on the market. This tool joins the company’s current offering of successful real estate widgets already in widespread use on the Internet.

MIAMI, Fla. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — What’s a widget? Foreclosure Deals announces some new features – its new widgets – created for easy and up-to-date foreclosure database access and mortgage rate information. ‘Widgets are a great way to build a user’s knowledge of the material on your Web site,’ James Foxx, real estate expert with Foreclosure Deals, explains.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — According to statistics from Foreclosure Listings, foreclosure rates are still on the rise across the country, a sure sign that the recession is far from over. The same statistics show that average foreclosure sale prices are also on the rise. The combination means that it is a strong market and a good opportunity for investment buyers.

MIAMI, Fla. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Bank Foreclosures Sale reports that ‘Making Home Affordable,’ a $75 billion federal government-backed initiative to keep up to seven to nine million Americans in their homes by preventing avoidable foreclosures, may have an uphill battle.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — According to ForeclosureWarehouse, the Making Home Affordable Program created by the Obama Administration as a way to help struggling homeowners save their homes from foreclosure has had mixed results. After two years of declining prices and increasing foreclosure rates, the program may have helped reduce the numbers but it has failed large numbers of homeowners who were eligible for the program. Wells Fargo and Bank of America had enrolled only 6 to 4 percent, respectively, of their eligible borrowers.

MIAMI, Fla. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The number of foreclosures for sale remained near record levels for the month of August according to real estate industry reports. Prices continue to drop on foreclosure listings as market levels remain at record lows. ‘Whether people are seeking to buy or sell, now is the time to take action,’ Alex Rolim, real estate investment advisor for ForeclosureDataBank, says.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Good news for people who want to buy properties across the nation: ForeclosureRepos has new statistics posted online that give an average price of single family homes, condos, and even duplex or triplex properties. These figures are based on an average sale of foreclosures across the nation.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — According to ForeclosureDataOnline, many states are still seeing a drop in foreclosure housing prices despite improvements in many parts of the United States. These statistics suggest investors and home buyers might want to hold out just a bit longer when buying foreclosure property in some states.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Home foreclosures continue to be on the minds of many people throughout the nation. And, worries about unemployment and not being able to meet mortgage payments often trump other issues such as what to do with a pet. As a result, ForeclosureDeals.com has compiled helpful resources to address this growing problem of abandoned foreclosure pets.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ForeclosureListings.com statistics suggest some improvement in the housing market, but the good news for homeowners might be just a temporary setback for real estate investors searching for a good deal. Decreases in the number of foreclosure filings in each state and increases in prices in many of those same states seem to suggest good news, although the news is still mixed in some parts of the country.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The high foreclosure rate across the United States during the last two years caused an abundance of properties to flood the market. Prices on real estate dropped as the number of available homes kept growing. An analysis conducted by Foreclosure Data Online using their large database of foreclosure information has found that situation is changing. Prices are rising and homes are being purchased more quickly than in recent months.

ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 20 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Opportunities abound for women who want to start or buy a business, say four veteran women business brokers, who talk about the economic, gender and professional challenges of buying and selling businesses at a monthly meeting of the Georgia Association of Business Brokers (GABB) Tuesday, August 25, 2009.