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Mortgage relief: Partial solution better than none

February 7th, 2012 · No Comments · Foreclosure, News

Tweet By John Schoen | http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com   “As the clock ticks down on year-long negotiations on a sweeping mortgage relief settlement, the architects of the joint state-federal plan believe it would be better for homeowners to get a partial deal than nothing at all, according to sources close to the talks. Facing a Monday deadline, attorneys general in all 50 [...]

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Foreclosures keep pushing house prices lower

January 30th, 2012 · No Comments · Foreclosure, loan modification, News, Real Estate Law, Short Sales, Uncategorized

Tweet By John W. Schoen, Senior Producer   “The ongoing wave of foreclosures continues to drag home prices lower. Foreclosure-related properties, which made up roughly one in five home sales in the third quarter of  last year, sold for an average 34 percent less than homes that were not  “distressed sales,” according to the latest [...]

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Home buying could soon beat renting

January 25th, 2012 · No Comments · News, Real Estate Law, Uncategorized

Tweet By John W. Schoen, Senior Producer | msnbc.com “Falling home prices have sent many would-be buyers to the sidelines. If all goes well, record low interest rates and rising rents may soon prompt some of them to take a second look at buying. Unfortunately, that’s a big “if,” according to Paul Diggle, a housing [...]

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Barbershop investigators moved to help with backlog of real estate cases

November 26th, 2011 · No Comments · News, Real Estate Law, Uncategorized

Tweet By Mark Puente, Times Staff Writer   “They were trained to check for head lice in combs. Now they will tackle a backlog of real estate investigations. State regulators have pulled five investigators out of the state’s barbershops to help supplement 33 other Department of Business and Professional Regulation investigators already working more than 700 [...]

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South Florida home prices decrease in August, at 2002 levels

October 29th, 2011 · No Comments · Commercial Loans, News, Real Estate Law, Uncategorized

Tweet by Kim Miller | Palm Beach Post “South Florida home prices ticked down in August compared to the previous month and now stand at 2002 levels, according to the Standard &Poor’s/Case-Shiller index released Tuesday. But a strong spring and slowing price declines offer a “modest glimmer of hope” that the market nationwide may be [...]

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South Florida’s judiciary debates foreclosure crisis, solutions

October 28th, 2011 · No Comments · Foreclosure, News, Real Estate Law, Uncategorized

Tweet by Kim Miller | Palm Beach Post   “Judges and attorneys in some of the nation’s busiest foreclosure courtrooms are meeting this morning to discuss South Florida’s ongoing housing crisis and its impact on the judiciary and economy. About 250 people are in a filled-to-capacity room at the Broward Center of Performing Arts for [...]

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Mortgage refinance program could help homeowners who are deeply underwater

October 28th, 2011 · No Comments · Foreclosure, loan modification, News, Uncategorized

Tweet By KIMBERLY MILLER Palm Beach Post Staff Writer “Florida borrowers blocked from refinancing their mortgages because of plunging home values have new options under a revamped federal plan the Obama administration said is aimed at helping homeowners who are “doing the right thing.” Under a massive overhaul of the Home Affordable Refinance Program announced Monday, [...]

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US announces help for underwater homeowners

October 24th, 2011 · No Comments · Foreclosure, News, Real Estate Law, Uncategorized

Tweet By msnbc.com staff and wires- “A leading housing regulator on Monday announced changes to a government refinancing program that could help up to one million homeowners of the estimated 11 million whose homes are worth less than their mortgage.The Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees mortgage finance sources Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, said it [...]

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Versailles mortgage fraud allegations

October 18th, 2011 · No Comments · News, Real Estate Law, Uncategorized

Tweet by Kim Miller   “An attorney doing title work on homes in Wellington’s high-end Versailles community was indicted last week for her part in an alleged mortgage fraud scheme that bilked lenders out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Kimberly S. Daise, who has been a member of the Florida Bar since 1989 and [...]

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Mortgage default warnings surged in August

September 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Foreclosure, News, Uncategorized

Tweet “Banks stepped up actions against homeowners behind on loan payments” By ALEX VEIGAAP Real Estate Writer “Banks have stepped up their actions against homeowners who have fallen behind on their mortgage payments, setting the stage for a fresh wave of foreclosures. The number of U.S. homes that received an initial default notice — the first [...]

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