This week in Lodi - Real Estate related news summaries 8/7/10 - 8/13/10
Aug 8 - Stockton Record - CLOSED listing real estate transaction for July 8-14 from information compiled from County records: Total sales: 99; Sellers identified as Banks or REO-type: 42 (top 3: Federal National Mortgage-7; Dept of Housing-3, Federal Home Loan Mortg-3, US Bank- 3; Aurora-2, Bank of NY-2,Deutsche Bank-2, First Franklin-2,JP Morgan Chase-2, ); New Homes: 2
Focus on Lodi: Total: 6; REO: 2; New: 0
Aug 12 - Washington, AP - "Home prices rise but may fall back" - reports that 2/3 of US housing markets show price increases attributed mostly to spring incentives. It continues that the boost faded shortly after the expiration of the tax credit late April.
Aug 13- Washington, AP - "Mortgage rates hit record low" - relates at 4.44 % 30-year fixed rate this week. The item further relates that the low rates are a weak stimulation to the lagging market. It observes that investors are shifting away from stocks into safer Treasury Bonds, which in turns drives bond yields lower.
All-in-all, this has been a slow news week in the San Joaquin County. The quiet before the storm?
Comments(4)