LPS Home Price Index Slowed in December - LPS (Jacksonville, FL)

Lender Processing Services, Inc. (NYSE: LPS), a leading provider of technology, data and analytics for the mortgage and real estate industries, today announced that its LPS Applied Analytics division updated its home price index (LPS HPI) with residential sales concluded during November 2011. The LPS HPI summarizes home price trends nationwide by tracking sales each month in more than 13,500 ZIP codes. Within each ZIP code, the LPS HPI tracks five price levels from low to high.

Las Vegas Region December Home Sales - DataQuick (La Jolla, CA)

Las Vegas-area home sales rose year-over-year for the sixth consecutive month in December as increased activity below $200,000 continued to compensate for a decline in sales in higher price ranges. Home prices remained flat, with the overall median sale price parked at $115,000 for the fourth month in a row, a real estate information service reported.

FIM Reaches $3.6 Billion in Loan Volume for 2011 - Fairway Independent Mortgage ( Sun Prairie, WI)

Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation, one of the country’s largest mortgage bankers, had another successful year in 2011. Fairway originated $3.6 billion in annual mortgage volume as of December 31, 2011, the second highest annual volume in the company’s history. The total includes the strongest quarter in the company’s history with $1.3 billion in total volume between October 1st and December 31st, 2011.

Presenting a Water-Saving Bathroom Markover and Chanse to Win $100 - HouseLogic (Washington DC 01/23/12)

HouseLogic.com, a comprehensive website about all aspects of homeownership from the National Association of RealtorsR, has launched a new online sweepstakes. Readers who leave comments on a blog featured at the site will have a chance to win a $100 Visa gift card.  The sweepstakes is part of a special do-it-yourself blog series, "Water-Wise Bathroom Redo."
HouseLogic is giving away the gift cards to four lucky winners. Anyone who comments on the blog series will be eligible to win. The contest, which runs from January 23 through February 19, is open to all HouseLogic visitors.