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Top 10 States With Lowest Foreclosure Rate For March, 2008

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The states with the lowest foreclosure rate are an interesting group. RealtyTrac tells us they range from upper Northeast states such as Vermont and Maine to vacation destination Hawaii, Midwest outposts North and South Dakota to to Southern states such [...]

20Apr2008 | Tom Royce | 3 comments | Continued

Top Ten States For Foreclosures - March, 2008

Nevada, California, Florida, and Arizona take the top spots for foreclosures in the month of March, 2008 according to RealtyTrac. The speculative markets in these states are still unwinding as housing prices continue to recede.
Nevada is the hardest hit with one out of every 139 homes in foreclosure, nearly 4 times the national average. [...]

16Apr2008 | Tom Royce | 0 comments | Continued

Top 10 Cities With The Worst Traffic

Hate traffic? If so these are the cities you probably want to avoid. Washington D.C. leads the list as huge levels of government hiring have choked the infrastructure and created perpetual bottlenecks on most of the highways. Coming in second is Atlanta, Georgia. When I moved here in 1991 everything was 20 minutes away. The [...]

15Apr2008 | Tom Royce | 7 comments | Continued

Top 10 Metropolitan Areas With Biggest Population Gain

With all of the dire news on the real estate front, many areas are still growing hand over fist. Much of it is organic population growth but relocation also plays a big part.
Dallas Fort Worth led the way in growth between July 1st, 2006 and July 1st, 2007. The city grew by over 162 [...]

29Mar2008 | Tom Royce | 1 comment | Continued

Top 10 States With Highest Foreclosure Rate In 2007

One of 2007’s top stories was the huge increase in foreclosures across the United States. The final numbers have been released by RealtyTrac and they are tough but expected. The worst states hit were markets where speculators walked away from properties or the effects of a miserable Midwestern economy.
Nevada led the way with one out every 33 [...]

29Jan2008 | Tom Royce | 4 comments | Continued

Top 10 States With The Lowest Adjustable Rate Mortgages Percentage

I found these numbers at the USA Today and put them into a top 10 list of states with the lowest percentage of outstanding loans that are adjustable rates. After all the media hype about subprime fallout it seems that the numbers really do not tell the story outside of California and Florida.
What really was [...]

5Jan2008 | Tom Royce | 2 comments | Continued

Top 10 States With Highest Adjustable Rate Mortgages Percentage

I found these numbers at the USA Today and put them into a top 10 list of states with the highest percentage of outstanding loans that are adjustable rates. After all the media hype about subprime fallout it seems that the numbers really do not tell the story outside of California and Florida.
And my [...]

4Jan2008 | Tom Royce | 1 comment | Continued

The Top 10 Internet Searches For Real Estate Sites

One of the biggest concerns when I talk to real estate agents is, “What are the chances that my site will be found? After seeing the most recent survey on top real estate sites on the internet, I would say very good. Very, very good.
The big boys that we who follow the real estate market [...]

14Dec2007 | Tom Royce | 3 comments | Continued

Top 10 Safest Cities in the United States in 2007

A new report from CQ Press shows the crime rates for cities in the United States with over 75,000 residents. We all know property values and crime rates are closely related and these cities have the edge in this battle.
So if you are looking to move to a safer town, these 10 could be on [...]

21Nov2007 | Tom Royce | 0 comments | Continued

Top 10 Most Dangerous Cities in United States For 2007

We all want to live in a safe neighborhood, that goes without question. But if your city is on this list, do not expect property values to start soaring in the near term. With the housing slowdown and all the choices available, do not expect housing prices to appreciate greatly until these cities get their [...]

20Nov2007 | Tom Royce | 43 comments | Continued