foreclosure: Avoid Foreclosure by Quickly Selling Your Allentown Home - 08/04/09 06:31 PM
Many homeowners try to sell their homes when they are faced with foreclosure. The goal is not only to sell the home, but to do it quickly. If you want a quick sell, make sure you correctly price your home, market it, and that it is in good condition.
You need … (2 comments)

foreclosure: Multigenerational Households Are On the Rise in Lehigh Valley - 07/28/09 05:45 PM
Multigenerational households consist of three or more generations of parents and their families. With the fall of the economy and so many people losing their homes to foreclosure, multigenerational homes are definitely increasing.  Many people are being forced to move back into their old bedroom at their parent's house. This household … (2 comments)

foreclosure: The Impact of Foreclosure, Missed Payments, and Short Sales - 07/21/09 09:38 PM
Foreclosure, missed payments, and short sales all have credit, legal, and tax consequences, which can have a serious impact on your financial future.  Unfortunately, some people are unable to avoid these situations. Below are the consequences of each.
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If a home is lost by foreclosure, your credit score will go … (7 comments)

foreclosure: Pricing Strategies for Home Selling Dilemmas - 06/18/09 09:15 PM
It can be difficult to sell a home in today's market.  Combine this with a selling dilemma - an added extra that makes it harder to sell your home - and the overall selling process can quickly become extremely complex.  If you have a selling dilemma, make sure you take it … (2 comments)

foreclosure: New Approaches to the Foreclosure Crisis - 11/21/08 05:45 AM
The foreclosure problem is so immense that neither government nor private lenders has yet come up with an all encompassing solution.  Both entities, however, are trying to find ways that help homeowners while preventing further losses from foreclosures.
Early responses to the government-led Hope for Homeowners program have been discouraging. What … (4 comments)

foreclosure: Cash for Keys - 11/07/08 06:35 AM
If a house is being foreclosed, the homeowner says goodbye to a burdensome mortgage payment, but that's the not end of his problems.  He still needs to find another place to live, put down the deposits there, and pay to move - a big outlay of money that could exceed a … (4 comments)

foreclosure: Surging Home Sales No Boom for Sellers - 11/03/08 07:28 AM
Home sales figures have seen a sharp increase over the past month but it's truly a good news/bad news phenomenon.  On the one hand, houses are moving even in Southern California where closings are up 50-66% from a year ago.  On the other, what's being sold is often the stock of … (0 comments)

 

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