RealtyTrac® Acquires Homefacts®, Expanding Its Offering and Enhancing Its Value Proposition for the Real Estate Market

April 19, 2012 Posted by RealtyTrac

IRVINE, CA – April 19, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — RealtyTrac® (www.realtytrac.com), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today announced that it has acquired online data aggregator Homefacts® (www.homefacts.com) in the company’s latest move to grow its market presence and effectively arm consumers with the information they need during the home-buying process. RealtyTrac enters this agreement poised to expand upon its data collection capabilities and broaden its data analytics offering with innovative new products that will further enhance the company’s value proposition.

DataBridge Marketing Systems Appointed List Manager by RealtyTrac®

March 14, 2012 Posted by RealtyTrac

MONTVALE, NJ – March 14, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — DataBridge Marketing Systems Corporation announced today that it has been contracted by RealtyTrac®, the foreclosure authority™, to manage and act as service bureau for two of the company’s coveted lists: “Foreclosure and Auction Listings” and “New Homeowners of Foreclosures.”

RealtyTrac Secures Capital Investment from Renovo Capital, Positioning the Company for Continued Growth

November 29, 2011 Posted by RealtyTrac

IRVINE, CA – November 29, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — RealtyTrac®, the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today announced that the company has obtained a substantial capital investment from Renovo Capital LLC through the private equity firm’s Renwood Opportunities Fund. Renovo’s investment in RealtyTrac provides the capital necessary to fund growth, nurture expansion into untapped areas of the market, and continue the company’s mission of dramatically improving the overall experience of transacting real estate

MRIS ADDS REALTYTRAC® TO ITS SUITE OF PRODUCTS

November 9, 2011 Posted by RealtyTrac

Rockville, MD – November 9, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — MRIS customers now have the option to access two million national pre-foreclosure, auction and REO properties in the U.S., as well as newsletters, distressed property sales training, and property valuation tools via the strategic alliance with RealtyTrac™, at a heavily discounted rate.

Foreclosure Activity on Slow Burn

October 13, 2011 Posted by RealtyTrac

IRVINE, CA – October 13, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — RealtyTrac® (www.realtytrac.com), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report™ for the third quarter of 2011, which shows foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions— were reported on 610,337 properties in the third quarter, an increase of less than 1 percent from the previous quarter and a decrease of 34 percent from the third quarter of 2010. The report shows one in every 213 U.S. housing units with a foreclosure filing during the quarter.

U.S. Foreclosure Activity Increases 7 Percent in August, Defaults Surge 33 Percent

September 15, 2011 Posted by RealtyTrac

IRVINE, CA – September 15, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — RealtyTrac® (www.realtytrac.com), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report™ for August 2011, which shows foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions — were reported on 228,098 U.S. properties in August, a 7 percent increase from the previous month, but still down nearly 33 percent from August 2010. The report also shows one in every 570 U.S. housing units with a foreclosure filing during the month.

Short Sales Soar in Second Quarter

August 25, 2011 Posted by RealtyTrac

IRVINE, CA – August 25, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — RealtyTrac® (realtytrac.com), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure homes, today released its Q2 2011 U.S. Foreclosure Sales Report™, which shows that sales of homes that were in some stage of foreclosure or bank owned accounted for 31 percent of all U.S. residential sales in the second quarter of 2011, down from nearly 36 percent of all sales in the first quarter but up from 24 percent of all sales in the second quarter of 2010.

Foreclosure Activity Falls to 44-Month Low in July

August 11, 2011 Posted by RealtyTrac

IRVINE, CA – August 11, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — RealtyTrac® (http://www.realtytrac.com/gateway_co.asp?accnt=137300), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report™ for July 2011, which shows foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions — were reported on 212,764 U.S. properties in July, a 4 percent decrease from June and a 35 percent decrease from July 2010. The report also shows one in every 611 U.S. housing units with a foreclosure filing during the month of July.

Data Mining Made Easy: RealtyTrac Unveils New Web-Based System for Creating Targeted Lists of Default, Auction and REO Records

August 2, 2011 Posted by RealtyTrac

IRVINE, CA – August 2, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — RealtyTrac® (http://www.realtytrac.com/), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today unveiled its new bulk foreclosure data search and download tool now known as MEGA Data. This new product gives users the ability to quickly sift through RealtyTrac’s database of more than 2 million foreclosure properties to create targeted lists of distressed homeowners, scheduled auctions and bank-owned properties.

84 Percent of U.S. Metros Post Lower Foreclosure Activity in First Half of 2011

July 28, 2011 Posted by RealtyTrac

IRVINE, CA – July 28, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — RealtyTrac® (realtytrac.com), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its Midyear 2011 Metropolitan Foreclosure Market Report, which shows that foreclosure activity decreased on a year-over-year basis in 178 out of the nation’s 211 metropolitan areas with a population of 200,000 or more. The report also shows that all top 10 metro areas with the highest foreclosure rates in the first half of the year posted decreasing foreclosure activity compared to the first half of 2010.

Visionary Apps’ Complete Foreclosures App Now Exclusively Powered by RealtyTrac® Data

July 19, 2011 Posted by RealtyTrac

HARTLAND, WI – July 19, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) –Visionary Apps LLC (www.visionaryapps.com), creators of innovative smart-phone and tablet tools that aim to improve people’s lives, today announced that its popular Complete ForeclosuresSM application (app) for the iPhone and iPad is now exclusively powered by data from RealtyTrac® (http://www.realtytrac.com/), the leading online marketplace of foreclosure properties. One of the many new features is the RealtyTrac® Single Property Details Purchase feature which will allow Complete Foreclosures to offer full details on EVERY listing, whereas before some of the property listings only had partial details.

Foreclosure Activity Off 29 Percent for First Half of 2011

July 14, 2011 Posted by RealtyTrac

IRVINE, CA – July 14, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — RealtyTrac® (www.realtytrac.com), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its Midyear 2011 Foreclosure Market Report, which shows a total of 1,170,402 U.S. properties received foreclosure filings — default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions — in the first six months of 2011, a 25 percent decrease from the previous six months and a 29 percent decrease from the first half of 2010. The report also shows that 0.90 percent of all U.S. housing units (one in 111) had at least one foreclosure filing in the first half of the year.

Foreclosure Activity Continues Free-Fall in May

June 17, 2011 Posted by RealtyTrac

IRVINE, CA – June 17, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — RealtyTrac® (www.realtytrac.com), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report™ for May 2011, which shows foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions — were reported on 214,927 U.S. properties in May, a 2 percent decrease from April and a 33 percent decrease from May 2010. The report also shows one in every 605 U.S. housing units received a foreclosure filing during the month of May.

REALTYTRAC® ADDS SMARTZIP HOMESCORE™ FOR MILLIONS OF FORECLOSURE AND FOR-SALE PROPERTIES NATIONWIDE

May 5, 2011 Posted by RealtyTrac

IRVINE, CA – May 5, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — RealtyTrac® (www.realtytrac.com), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, and SmartZip Analytics (www.smartzip.com), a leader in real estate analytics, today announced that SmartZip’s HomeScore™ has been integrated on nearly 2 million foreclosure and for-sale properties posted on the RealtyTrac website, allowing users to instantly locate properties that have the best potential for appreciation over time

REALTYTRAC UNVEILS NEW SITE FEATURES TO QUICKLY DETERMINE PROPERTY EQUITY AND POSITION OF OUTSTANDING LOANS

April 5, 2011 Posted by RealtyTrac

IRVINE, CA – April 5, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — RealtyTrac® (www.realtytrac.com), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today unveiled new site features that help users quickly see the amount of equity — or negative equity — in a property based on its estimated market value and total outstanding loans, along with a simple list showing the position of those loans.

CHARLIE ENGEL JOINS REALTYTRAC AS DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT – REAL ESTATE

March 17, 2011 Posted by RealtyTrac

IRVINE, CA – March 17, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — RealtyTrac™ (www.realtytrac.com), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today announced the hiring of real estate veteran Charlie Engel as the new Director of Business Development – Real Estate. Engel will lead the company’s efforts driving additional real estate professional partnerships

REALTYTRAC RELEASES NEW FORECLOSURE SEARCH WIDGET FOR REAL ESTATE AGENTS AND BROKERS

March 2, 2011 Posted by RealtyTrac

IRVINE, CA – March 2, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — RealtyTrac™ (www.realtytrac.com), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today announced the launch of a new foreclosure search widget for real estate agents and brokers, allowing them to easily insert a fully functional nationwide foreclosure property search to their websites. The new product will help agents drive more traffic to their websites and generate exclusive leads from end-users.