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The appraisals done for home sales are increasingly done remotely rather than in person.

Even home appraisers are doing their jobs remotely

Apr 16, 2022
Remote appraisals shot up during the pandemic, replacing in-person inspections by appraisers. Even as restrictions ease up, they could be the standard for how homes are valued.
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Mortgage rates on 30-year, fixed-rate loans rose above 5% this week. That's pushing the cost of buying a home higher and making homeownership unaffordable for more people.

Mortgage rates just hit 5%. Here's how much more expensive that makes home ownership

Apr 08, 2022
Higher mortgage rates and home prices have pushed the monthly payment to buy the median-priced home in the U.S. up more than 50% since the start of last year. Many first-time buyers can't afford it.
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Nevada's housing market is expected to keep climbing through spring. How long can it last?

Mar 17, 2022

Home prices across Nevada continue to skyrocket. The median price of a home in Las Vegas in February is about $100,000 more than it was a year ago. In Reno, the median is about $600,000.

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A for sale sign is posted on a home last month in Philadelphia.

First-time homebuyers are getting squeezed out by investors

Feb 18, 2022
With a historic shortage of homes for sale, investors making cash offers are pushing first time homebuyers out of the market.
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New homes under construction in Mebane, N.C., earlier this month. A historic shortage of homes for sale has been pushing prices sharply higher. So builders are trying to ramp up projects.

Home prices rose faster than ever in 2021. The typical home gained $50,000 in value

Jan 20, 2022
For first time homebuyers it was one of the hardest years ever to afford a house. But homeowners saw tremendous gains in housing wealth.
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Homes that were sold by the Department of Housing and Urban Development between January 2017 and August 2020 are in federally designated flood zones at almost 75 times the rate of all homes sold nationwide in that period. New Jersey is one hot spot. Here

The Federal Government Sells Flood-Prone Homes To Often Unsuspecting Buyers, NPR Finds

Sep 13, 2021
The Department of Housing and Urban Development disproportionately sells homes in flood-prone areas, NPR finds. Housing experts warn that this can lead to big losses for vulnerable families.
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A record low number of homes for sale is pushing up prices and making it harder for first-time buyers to afford homeownership.

Out Of Whack: Lack of Homes For Sale Sends Prices Surging, Frustrates Buyers

Mar 22, 2021
Sales of existing homes fell 6.6% in February from the month before. Meanwhile, prices are up 16% over the past year, giving homeowners about $2 trillion more in equity and widening the wealth gap.
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Have You Been Evicted During The Pandemic, Or Afraid Of Losing Your Home?

Jan 05, 2021
NPR wants to hear from you if you have lost income and couldn't pay rent to your landlord or needed a mortgage forbearance.
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As Nevada’s Unemployment Skyrockets, So Do Mortgage Forbearance

May 28, 2020

As part of a $2 trillion federal aid package, the federal government is making it easier for struggling homeowners to get mortgage relief from lenders.

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Gov. Sisolak Orders Lenders To Work With Customers During COVID-19 Emergency

Apr 01, 2020

Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak signed an order stopping evictions during the coronavirus outbreak.

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In Real Estate, Echoes Of The Boom

Jun 20, 2016

The Las Vegas residential real estate boom peaked a decade ago this month.

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Committee Passes Bill Paring Down HOAs' Power in Foreclosure

Jun 02, 2015

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — An Assembly budget committee has passed a bill aimed at reducing the powers that homeowners associations have when they foreclose over unpaid dues.

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Using Eminent Domain to Seize Underwater Mortgages

Jun 29, 2012
Houses across the country are underwater, and San Bernardino County is trying something new: eminent domain.  The county would use its power to seize mortgages and restructure them.
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HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan

May 07, 2012
U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan is in Las Vegas on Thursday to discuss the recent robo-signing settlement with Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto. Still, that was only a start and there are many programs that were designed to fix the foreclosure crisis that have barely touched the Las Vegas housing market. We ask the Secretary about those programs and the future of housing.
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The Great American Foreclosure Story

Apr 20, 2012
Much of the foreclosure crisis has been told as a tale of wicked banks and self-indulgent homeowners. But Paul Kiel has uncovered a horrendous three year struggle of a woman who made mistakes but did not deserve to end up living in a tent in Hawaii.
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More problems with HARP

Apr 11, 2012

The federal government has tried a variety of remedies to make sure that homeowners who are underwater would be able to refinance their homes. In Las Vegas, the Home Affordable Refinance Program has struggled because the limits are far outside the big drops in home prices that have happened here - often as much as 50 percent or even more. Now, a new report from ProPublica says that banks are gaming the system. We talk with the reporter who has examined the banks' actions.

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Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto

Apr 03, 2012
Much of the Attorney General's  term has been dominated by efforts to untangle mortgage fraud by brokers, real estate professionals and the banks themselves. The first of what has been promised as a series of victories by state attorneys general was the settlement in the robo-signing case.
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Mitt Romney says the President Should Have Done More on Foreclosures

Mar 05, 2012
Mitt Romney said last night that the President should have done more to help the housing market and foreclosures. He was speaking after his win in the Michigan and Arizona primaries.
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The National Mortgage Settlement

Feb 17, 2012

The dust is beginning to settle after the federal government and 49 states agreed to settle with five banks over allegations of fraudulent foreclosure documents. The deal will pay homeowners who lost their homes some money and will allow people facing foreclosure the opportunity to have the interest or the principal lowered on their mortgages. But how much impact can that make? And will it only speed up the process of getting more homes onto the market, which will push prices even lower?

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The Mortgage Settlement

Feb 14, 2012
State and federal officials across the country have announced a $26 billion settlement to charges that major banks acted carelessly and fraudulently in foreclosing on millions of homeowners across the country. Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto had been reluctant to join but did include Nevada at the very end of marathon negotiations.
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The President's New Mortgage Plan

Feb 06, 2012
On Wednesday, President Obama launched a new plan to cut through red tape and encourage banks to refinance mortgages that are under water. It would, on average, free up $3,000 to each family with a mortgage.
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Suing the Mortgage Companies

Jan 18, 2012
Nevada and Massachusetts have both sued the companies that service mortgage documents - process the payments, guarantee the integrity of the documents and, if needed, initiate foreclosures. Those lawsuits have revealed a great deal of information about the backroom workings of the mortgage industry.
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Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez-Masto Takes on Banks

Dec 19, 2011
Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez-Masto has guts. She's taken on big banks, like Bank of America, for allegedly frauding homeowners in her state. On our show, we discuss what she can do as state attorney general, and whether her efforts will, in fact, help Nevada homeowners.
 
Do you have any questions or suggestions for the state's AG? Let us know in the comment section below.
 
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Foreign Home Buyers Could Solve Our Housing Crisis. But What's the Cost?

Dec 13, 2011
The answer to Las Vegas' housing and foreclosure troubles might not come from Nevada at all, some housing experts say. Many developers are looking to encourage overseas investors to buy up our oversupply of housing stock, thus increasing home values and spurring renters into move into otherwise-foreclosed and vacant homes.
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Fighting Foreclosures in the Air Force

Sep 01, 2011
Many Las Vegans have been hit hard by foreclosures and underwater mortgages.  They might walk away from their home or take on debt when they sell an underpriced home.  But when an Air Force member does so, that servicemember risks losing security clearance - and in some cases, even lose their jobs.  The housing market has forced some servicemembers to live in trailers, or even move to different states.  How has the hard-hit market affected those at Nellis Air Force Base, and what options do they have left?  And how is their situation different than the average underwater homeowner?
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