Archive for July, 2011

Homeowners facing foreclosure could enjoy greater access to short sales and less confusion about the foreclosure alternative, thanks to new federal regulatory relief for real estate brokers and

Born of the massive Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, signed into law a year ago, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) officially opened last week, it's plate full

California lenders who agree to a short sale must accept the agreed upon short sale payment as payment in full for the outstanding balance of all loans, including

The message American voters recently sent to legislators in Washington D.C. is pretty clear: "Don't make home ownership any more difficult than it already is." Voters who are homeowners

Landing a mortgage in today's tight credit market can be as tough as trying to find a job in today's economy. That's no joke. One in five home buyers

 If you plan to buy a California home that will require a big mortgage, move fast -- if you aren't already too late. Barring Congressional action, Monterey County will

More struggling homeowners are getting a small slice of the federal bailout pie, served up as a special no-interest loan of up to $50,000. For many homeowners, loans from

Lenders knowingly tossed aside ethics and responsibility to steer consumers to mortgages they couldn't afford and then repackaged those loans as securities sold without disclosing the risk to

Remember that bank-spanking federal agencies doled out to eight mortgage servicers for fouling foreclosures with robo-signing shenanigans, dual tracking tricks and other foreclosure head-fakes? All national banks are going

If you live in a condo, townhome or other community governed by homeowners association (HOA), take a lesson from Judy Rosen who lives in a 70-unit HOA in

It's one thing to have a home inspected, it's another to have a fly on the wall during improvements. A good building inspector can give the house a good