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Top Reasons to Sell Your Home Via Short Sale

March 13, 2009

Perhaps you’re “upside down” on your house and can no longer afford your mortgage payments. Maybe you owe more than the property is worth and simply can’t refinance. Or, it may be that you still can’t handle your house payments even after modifying your loan or reducing your interest rate. Times are tight and you’re [...]

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Obama’s Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan: Who Is Eligible?

February 28, 2009

Here’s what you need to know about President Barack Obama’s new Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan (HASP) to help stabilize the housing market and help millions of struggling borrowers keep their homes. What is it? Who is eligible? How will it directly impact you and your family?
The first portion of HASP, the Homeowner Affordability arm, [...]

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The Inside Scoop: How Banks & Mortgage Servicers Are Coping With Foreclosure Explosion

February 26, 2009

In an effort to stay on top of the latest in the exploding foreclosures market and the ever-adapting mortgage loan servicing industry, I had the benefit of attending the Feb. 17-20  MBA’s National Mortgage Servicing Conference & Expo in Tampa, Florida. I’m excited to share the crucial insider information I was able to learn and [...]

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Gov. Schwarzenegger’s Foreclosure Moratorium Explained

February 25, 2009

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a 90-day moratorium on California home foreclosures (legislation SB2X-7 and AB2X-7) amid criticism that the law likely won’t put a dent in the skyrocketing pace of repossessions.
Here’s what you need to know:

The bill, as part of the state’s recent budget deal, safeguards owner-occupied residences that had first loans on the [...]

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This Week’s Top Properties: 3 Great Value Southern California Foreclosures

February 24, 2009

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Troubled Asset Relief Program: Will It Help Homeowners At Risk of Foreclosure?

January 30, 2009

Why is TARP in the news?
Because President Obama is considering spending up to $100 billion in financial rescue funds from the Treasury Department’s $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program. Why? To put the brakes on the subprime mortgage crisis. Bank regulators and Congressional leaders, are pressuring the Obama administration to use the funds to help [...]

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New Foreclosure Law California SB 1137: Relief … Or Not?

January 26, 2009

New foreclosure law California SB 1137—Was it a case of too little, too late?
The thousands of Los Angeles and Orange County homeowners still on the brink of defaulting on their loans likely think so. California’s record-breaking, seemingly endless spike in foreclosures has left many frustrated with SB 1137, a supposed piece of “foreclosure relief” aimed [...]

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