Gail R. Buck's (gailbuckrealty) Blog

When Investors cross the line..   I ran into someone I used to know yesterday. It's funny how we evolve (or not) especially in regards to our treatment and expectations of others. Anyone who knows me would say I am FULL of energy and very passionate. I feel strongly about protecting people and ma...

 American Dream Run and Shoes! The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals Arizona Chapter (NAHREP AZ) completed its first annual Run last week. The “American Dream Run” is a 4 mile run that we created to bring awareness to the American Dream. For me that means Diversity and Ho...

3 Bedroom/2 bathroom property with pool for sale! 43 S Ocean Dr, Gilbert AZ $178,500 Check out this listing and give us a call for a showing and also if you are interested in a foreclosed property you can find more properties here, we'll be glad to help you find the right home for you!

The American Dream Run NAHREP AZ is hosting its first annual American Dream Run. It's a 4 mile run in Peoria. I have been asked a number of times why we are organizing the run and where do the proceeds go. We, NAHREP AZ, are an organization that believes in the American Dream of homeownership. We...

 Average Delinquency and Foreclosure Timeline 599 days!   This is the missing piece I was referring to in an earlier blog about "shadow inventory". According to the data that is available to us, In Arizona there is only about 3 to 4 months of "shadow inventory". As a reminder, those are the prope...

Mortgage Fraud Increase with Short Sales  Selling your home or investment property today isn't what it was just a few short years ago.  Currently in Arizona 57% of property sold are an REO (Real estate Owned or more commonly known as a foreclosure) or a Short Sale. A short sale is when you sell a...

Blog posted via DSNews Radar Logic plans to publish a response to the government’s proposal to sell pools of foreclosed homes to investors to rent. Federal agencies, including theFederal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HUC, and The Treasury Department  recently issued a Request for Information an...

Shadow Inventory is shrinking...   I posted the article "Industry's Shadow Inventory of Distressed Homes Shrinks" on my Facebook today. It is a good article and talks about "shadow inventory" based on the Data that is available. For those of you that aren't clear on what shadow inventory is - It ...

Fair Housing part 4 of 4     Recommendations regarding REO and Fair Housing   The National Fair Housing Alliance -NFHA- made the following statement in their April 11, 2011 publication "Here comes the Bank, There goes our Neighborhood";  "Racial and ethnic disparities in the maintenance, marketin...

Fair Housing and REO Part 3 of 4  Pricing and Undervalue effects In the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) publication "Here comes the Bank, There goes our Neighborhood", there is  a section entitled "Banks Must Not Undervalue Homes and Must Price REO Properties Properly". So there are a coupl...