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USDA to help rural homeowners refinance mortgages

March 5th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Foreclosure, loan modification, News, Real Estate Law, Uncategorized

Tweet By Mark Puente, Times Staff Writer   “A U.S. Department of Agriculture pilot loan program could lower interest rates and reduce mortgage payments for more than 20,000 rural homeowners in Florida. The program will allow underwater homeowners in rural areas to refinance mortgages at interest rates between 3.5 and 4.5 percent. Underwater mortgage holders owe [...]

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Some of Obama’s mortgage refinancing proposals will bypass Congress

February 27th, 2012 · No Comments · Foreclosure, Litigation, loan modification, News, Real Estate Law, Short Sales, Uncategorized

Tweet By Kenneth R. Harney |  tampabay.com   “Primer on proposed refinancing package WASHINGTON — Though it was pronounced dead-before-arrival by opponents on Capitol Hill, President Barack Obama’s new mortgage refinancing package contained far more than legislative proposals. Significant portions of it that have received little media coverage require no prior approval from a hyperpartisan [...]

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Finding a place to live after losing your home

February 27th, 2012 · No Comments · Foreclosure, loan modification, News, Real Estate Law, Short Sales, Uncategorized

Tweet By Leonard Baron, Zillow   “If you are in the unfortunate financial position where you are losing your home due to foreclosure or short sale, your credit score is probably going to take a pretty hard hit. In “normal times,” this could make it really tough to rent your next place of residence. Luckily, these are [...]

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Billboard House Advertises a Way Out of the Housing Crisis

February 24th, 2012 · No Comments · Foreclosure, News, Real Estate Law, Uncategorized

Tweet By Kent Zelas |    “Scott Hostetler didn’t bother to tell his family that he’d applied online to have their house in Buena Park, Calif., turned into an advertising billboard for the price of their monthly mortgage payment. He figured that it was like taking a chance on the lottery — and who ever expects [...]

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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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