Foreclosure rehabs might be cheap, but come with risks
Back in 2011, Christina and Brian Jenkins decided to take up a sideline as landlords. Since then, they’ve acquired three rental houses in the St. Louis area. Two of them were foreclosures. They have...
View ArticleScott signs foreclosure bill
Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill Friday designed to speed up foreclosures in Florida, but critics say the measure is unfair to homeowners. HB 87 requires homeowners to respond more quickly to foreclosure...
View ArticleNeeta Delaney: Foreclosure bill will allow homeowners to wrongly be shown...
A bill recently introduced in the Legislature would fast-track Michigans mortgage foreclosure process, pushing at-risk homeowners out of their homes instead of providing them with the time to...
View ArticleOnce jailed in real estate fraud case, executive defends tactics
CORAL GABLES - Robert Ehrling sells the Florida dream. The 73-year-old real estate executive rises at 5 each morning, awakening to South Florida’s 80-degree climate, in a home not far from...
View ArticleHousing Expo to take place in Joliet
The Illinois Housing Development Authority will be present to show how homeowners in Crest Hill, Joliet, and Lockport may qualify for $10,000 in down payment and closing cost assistance, and an...
View ArticleCorporate Buyers Boosting Prices in House-Sales Boom
By VERONICA DAGHER Double-digit home-price gains from San Francisco to Detroit to Miami have some aspiring home buyers racing back into the market. But buyers, beware. The housing market may not be as...
View Article30,000 Illinoisans to receive foreclosure settlement checks this week
Almost 30,000 Illinois consumers who lost their homes...
View ArticleEquifax Undisclosed Debt Monitoring Solution Now Available to LPS Empower...
(Source: Equifax Inc) ATLANTA, May 30, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Equifax (NYSE:EFX) announced that through its expanded integration with Empower®, a loan origination system (LOS) offered by (NYSE:LPS),...
View ArticleHARP refinance savings pumping millions into economy
GTE Financial Joe Brancucci Staff Writer- Tampa Bay Business Journal | | A federal home refinancing program is saving some Tampa Bay mortgage holders more than $400 a month, freeing up millions of...
View ArticleNEW: Is owning a home still the American dream?
Brett Ritchie and his fiancée Sherri Adkins had long strived to become homeowners. Their three-bedroom rental has plenty of space for Adkins' 5-year-old and 10-year-old sons to play. The Gulf Gate...
View ArticleIs owning a home still the American dream?
Brett Ritchie and his fiancée Sherri Adkins had long strived to become homeowners. Their three-bedroom rental has plenty of space for Adkins' 5-year-old and 10-year-old sons to play. The Gulf Gate...
View ArticleMortgage settlement checks on the way for Virginia borrowers foreclosed on...
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli announced Monday that settlement checks will be sent this week to more than 22,500 Virginia borrowers who were foreclosed upon during the housing crisis. The money...
View ArticleHomeowners risk losing tax break to pursue loan modification
Homeowner advocates celebrated last month when a key federal foreclosure prevention...
View ArticleWhen Bailouts Make Moral and Economic Sense
Effective or not, bailouts somehow seem unjust. Why use taxpayer money to save the companies that actually caused the meltdown, the banks that made the reckless loans, and insurance companies that...
View ArticleMass. seeks 10,000 mortgages for new homebuyers
BOSTON — State officials are seeking a commitment from banks to approve at least 10,000 mortgages for first-time homebuyers over the next five years. Gov. Deval...
View ArticleWhat is the difference between a short sale and a foreclosure?
| It has been a while since I've posted. Being a Realtor, April and May are my "holy days." High Season...a time when it seems like everyone gets spring fever and decides to go looking for a new...
View ArticleEvents benefit would-be homeowners and current ones
June is Homeownership Month and two events are aimed at helping would-be and current homeowners. Consumer Credit Counseling Service of...
View ArticleThe Feds Pick the Recession's Losers, Impoverish Us For Doing So
The recent recession in the U.S. ended four years ago. Amazingly enough the government, some corporations, and advocates for various groups of people are still arguing over who deserves the losses...
View ArticleJune 7, 2013 - Christie Administration Announces Assistance for Homeowners...
(Source: State of New Jersey) Christie Administration Announces Assistance for Homeowners Struggling with Mortgage Payments New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency to Host Free Outreach Events...
View ArticleDowntown Dallas’ One Main Place is back on the foreclosure list
Downtown Dallas’ One Main Place office tower is back on the foreclosure list. Lenders had originally planned a...
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