(Source: CBS News) – Drama and backstabbing! Shopping sprees! Lavish events and parties! Cat fights! But, on a more serious note, there has also been a rash of headlines involving bankruptcy, foreclosures and short sales.
(Source: USA Today By Julie Schmit, USA TODAY) – Short sales are increasing as a percentage of home sales in many states, helping some neighborhoods and homeowners avoid the more devastating impacts of foreclosures. Short sales — when lenders allow [...]
(Source: Chicago Tribune Mary Ellen Podmolik) – Are short sales getting easier?
(Source: San Francisco Chronicle) – Homes nearing foreclosure accounted for 12 percent of total sales in the second quarter, as banks agreed to more sales at prices below the mortgage balance, RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday.
(Source: By Mary Shanklin, Orlando Sentinel) – Banks appear to be offering bigger discounts on Orlando-area foreclosures and short sales than in the past, according to a new report by RealtyTrac Inc.
(Source: Bloomberg By Dan Levy) – U.S. homes nearing foreclosure accounted for 12 percent of total sales in the second quarter as banks agreed to more transactions at prices below the outstanding mortgage balance, RealtyTrac Inc. said.
(Source: My Desert Brad Schmett) – Before you get too excited over the prospect of buying that La Quinta short sale property you found online, pick up the phone and call your real estate agent. He or she needs to [...]
(Source: By GARY M. SINGER Sun Sentinel) – Question: My townhome has lost about 25 percent of its value. I’m barely managing the payments. Similar homes in my complex are renting at less than half of what I am paying [...]
(Source: UPI) – Short sales will remain strong for the next several years as foreclosure inventories timelines grow even longer, according to the chief operating officer of Equator, a premier software platform for default servicers.
NEW YORK (Source: TheStreet By Shanthi Bharatwaj) — Banks dealing with lengthy, complicated and frequently messy foreclosures are starting to see “short sales” as a quicker and cheaper way of getting bad loans off their books.
(Source: Coloradoan by Pat Ferrier) – Short sales are among the most arduous real estate transactions, often taking many months to close – if they get done at all.
(Source: RecordNet By Reed Fujii) – Central Valley real estate agents are struggling with a “broken” short sale process, the California Association of Realtors says.
(Source: HTR News) – Short sales are becoming the hottest topic when there is a declining market.
(Source: KPSP Local 2) – It’s a major victory for California homeowners, who are underwater in their mortgages.
DETROIT (Source: By Greta Guest, Detroit Free Press) – Short sales are among the most arduous real estate transactions, often taking six months or more to close — if they get done at all.
(Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel) – QUESTION: Can you please explain what a deed in lieu of foreclosure is and how it works?ANSWER: In a deed in lieu of foreclosure, you surrender your home to the lender to avoid the hassle [...]
(Source: Sign on San Diego By Jen Lebron Kuhney) – Councilwoman Marti Emerald is selling her Tierrasanta home for less than what she owes on it in a short sale.
July 21 (Source: Bloomberg) — Nicole Itano reports on share sales by Bankia SA and Banca Civica SA as part of Spanish efforts to shore up capital amid Europe’s sovereign debt crisis. ¶ Owen Thomas also speaks on Bloomberg Television’s [...]
(Source: By PAMELA YIP The Dallas Morning News) – For homeowners upside-down on their mortgage – owing more on the loan than the house is worth – foreclosure isn’t necessarily the only option.
(Source: Fox Business By Marcie Geffner) – Foreclosures. Short Sales. Unemployment. Tight credit. Overbuilding. Those are but some of the reasons housing markets in many parts of the country remain stubbornly depressed, even while activity in other economic sectors has [...]
(Source: Fox Business By Kim Fulscher) – In this buyer’s market, some homebuyers ask themselves: Will purchasing a short sale or foreclosure end in disaster — or yield a jackpot?
(Source: Arizona Central by Melissa Blasius) – Thousands of Arizona homeowners will try to short sell their homes this year. A short sale is when a lender accepts less than the mortgaged value of a home during a sale, in [...]
(Source: CNBC By: Diana Olick) – Any time I see a 74 percent jump in anything, I hear alarm bells, so when the Treasury Department reported just that big a jump in its Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives (HAFA) program, I [...]
(Source: By LESLIE BERKMAN The Press-Enterprise) – In the wake of failed attempts at loan modifications, delinquent homeowners increasingly are taking what many consider the next best step to avoid foreclosure: a short sale.
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