All posts tagged short sale

It's not just the National Mortgage Settlement's promise of restitution for those abused by foreclosure tactics that's drawing swindlers out of the woodwork. Double-dealers trying to hustle already victimized

More cash rich investors, with a growing penchant for short sales, are energizing the housing market. All-cash sales rose to 33 percent of transactions in February from 31 percent

Apparently, homeowners aren't getting the message that strategic defaults are anything but strategic. A growing number of homeowners say, even if they can afford to make mortgage payments, they

The Year 2012 is preordained to be a historic year -- for better or for worse -- and there's already something strange in the neighborhood. A recent survey says

The Mortgage Debt Relief Act (MDRA) of 2007 is getting a vote of confidence from the Obama Administration. And that could save you tens of thousands of dollars. The administration's

JULIE WYSS - Today's Silicon Valley real estate investor isn't necessarily a high roller, but more often a working stiff with a small-business, who is tapping existing non-real

It may not be the end of the world, but in 2012, when the Mortgage Debt Relief Act (MDRA) of 2007 expires, it will end one of the

JOY BENDER - San Diego short sale real estate agent Joy Bender has launched a campaign to educate high-end homeowners on the alternatives to strategic default. A strategic default

Maria Lozano, a Los Banos, CA homeowner, recently struggled to pay her mortgage so she hired who she thought was a real estate broker. The broker charged her

Q: Robert, I am in the middle of a short sale and was told that there is a government program that offers you $30,000 for short sale assistance.

The short sale system in California isn't just broken, it's getting worse. Unfortunately, that means home owners who were looking for the short sale alternative to foreclosure could be

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

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

A short sale can be a bargain buy, but first you'll have to navigate a minefield of UEDs (unimprovised explosive devices) that can kill the deal. A National Association

Real estate investors who legally cash in on rising home values by buying and quickly reselling, or "flipping" properties shouldn't be confused with an offshoot band of "floppers"

Rules protecting consumers from being taken by modification services also extend to short sale services and other forms of mortgage assistance, including some assistance offered by real estate

The fallout you can expect from walking away from home ownership could include the ire of your neighbors. Even if you are 'underwater' -- owing more on your mortgage

To produce a down and dirty primer on short sales, we went to Intero Real Estate Services in Silicon Valley and checked in with other real estate and

The U.S. Treasury is poised to announce a finalized plan to expand mortgage relief efforts to include short sales. A short sale occurs when the bank allows the sale