Getting Giggy With It

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010, 4:04 pm It comes as no surprise today to find that there were 120,351 permanent mortgage modifications done through private-sector (Hope Now) proprietary programs in July, compared to the 36,695 through the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP). What is more ...

Posted by: jacob on Aug 25, 2010 Tagged in: Untagged    Want to know the scoop in the short sale space?  Here it is.  As per an article released by REO Insider magazine last week, Matt Vernon announced a new Bank of America co-op short sale test program.  The program will include roughly 2,000 ho...

This Month in Real Estate August 2010 ............................................................................................................................................... Market Update Housing activity continues to remain above year-ago levels despite some setbacks resulting from the ...

California Foreclosure Activity Drops Cancellations and Time-to-Foreclose increase year-over-year 06/15/2010 Discovery Bay, CA, June 15, 2010 - ForeclosureRadar (www.foreclosureradar.com), the only website that tracks every California foreclosure and provides daily auction updates, issued its mon...

This Month in Real EstateJuly 2010 ............................................................................................................................................... Commentary The U.S. housing market continues to benefit from the tax credit: home prices and sales remain above year-...

A Tip for First Time Home Buyers "How to Read a Plat Map" Assessor's page number Assessor's book number Tie Line may indicate that two or more record lots, or partitions of record lots, are assessed as one assessor's parcel. Lot line (solitd line) Tax parcel line (dotted line) Approximate lot  di...

Prescription Drugs It's that time again to remind you not to have prescription drugs visible in medicine cabinets or other readily observed locations while showcasing your home.  This has long been one of the most frequently stolen items from open houses, and it continues today. Break-ins Reporte...

Even though the Internal Revenue Service beefed up its controls, Uncle Sam has forked over millions of dollars for erroneous claims through the federal home buyer tax credit program. Roughly 14,100 Americans have received erroneous credits-totalling more than $26.7 million-through the program, th...

Important Changes to Mortgage Underwriting Could Affect Many Buyers By Jim Dinkel and Ken Trepeta The real estate industry and especially the mortgage industry have been overwhelmed with changes, regulations and consolidations recently. In the last couple of months, many transactions nationally h...