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Housing affordability puts more seasonal spring in home buyers’ step
As interest rates hover around record low levels and home prices bounce along the bottom, incomes are also cooperating to make housing more affordable than ever. Of course, all those favorable affordability
San Jose, CA cleans up in USA Today ‘Make A Difference’ competition
JANICE ROMBECK - San Jose is one of three cities to win a USA Weekend Magazine Make a Difference Day award for the efforts of a city-school-neighborhood collaboration to rid an
Keep Your Home California offers more value for families facing foreclosure, employment hardship
Qualified Californian homeowners have a shot at enhanced state programs that can reduce their mortgage principal by as much as $100,000 and pay up to $25,000 in late mortgage payments. Thanks to
‘Turnaround Towns’ leading housing market to recovery
Seven housing markets hit hardest by foreclosure fallout in Florida and three markets in also hard-hit California are among the top 25 markets spearheading the national housing recovery. Unexpected new comers from
Fiserv echoes growing sentiment: ‘Housing sector hit bottom last year’
FISERV – After years of large declines, the housing market is showing signs of stabilization. In the fourth quarter of 2011, home prices in 70 markets, representing 18 percent of the 384
Zillow: ‘It’s time to start shopping’
In the latest report pointing to a housing recovery, Zillow says a 0.5 percent month-to-month rise in it's Home Value Index (ZHVI) marks the largest monthly increase since May 2006 -
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U.S. Senate Bill 3085 is the rumored HARP 3.0
Rumors of a HARP 3.0 were not greatly exaggerated. The rumors have panned out as legislation called the "Responsible Homeowner Refinancing Act of 2012." If passed, the act would make it easier
Keep Your Home California offers more value for families facing foreclosure, employment hardship
Qualified Californian homeowners have a shot at enhanced state programs that can reduce their mortgage principal by as much as $100,000 and pay up to $25,000 in late mortgage payments. Thanks to
Buy homeowner’s insurance to fit your lifestyle
First-time home buyers, established homeowners, empty nesters and others in various stages of life need homeowners insurance that fits - not coverage that's unnecessary. Policies tailored to fit a variety of
Mortgage rates at record lows for second consecutive week
If only lenders would loosen the purse strings on mortgage money. The average interest rate on 30-year fixed rate mortgages (FRMs) was 3.83 percent the week ending May 10, with an average
Responsible Homeowners Refinancing Act of 2012: HARP 2.5, not HARP 3.0
It's not the HARP 3.0 rumored to be in the pipeline, but the Responsible Homeowners Refinancing Act of 2012 would give HARP 2.0 a boost and provide additional refinance relief for
Pres. Obama’s ‘To Do List’ includes help for families who struggle, but manage to pay their mortgage
THE WHITE HOUSE - Today, President Obama traveled to the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering’s (CNSE) NanoTech Complex in Albany, NY to call on Congress to act on a “To





























