Over the last three years these institutional investors have purchased more than 850,000 residential properties, representing 6.14 percent of all sales. This heat map shows where they have been the most active.

Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgages are a pillar of the lending system, but such loans cost too much and are too profitable according the Community Home Lenders Association, a group which wants to see a substantial reduction in FHA mortgag

At the risk of sounding self-serving, we here at RealtyTrac earnestly contend that 2014 will represent one of the best years in recent memory for a low-risk, high-reward foreclosure purchase.

Over the last three years these institutional investors have purchased more than 850,000 residential properties, representing 6.14 percent of all sales. This heat map shows where they have been the most active.

Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgages are a pillar of the lending system, but such loans cost too much and are too profitable according the Community Home Lenders Association, a group which wants to see a substantial reduction in FHA mortgag

At the risk of sounding self-serving, we here at RealtyTrac earnestly contend that 2014 will represent one of the best years in recent memory for a low-risk, high-reward foreclosure purchase.