The HAMP loan is finally taking off...(Home Affordable Modification Plan) US Department of Treasury, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) www.occ.gov reported that Loan modifications rise 69 percent in third quarter. Apparently there were more than 680,000 home loan modifications and
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12/30/2009
This great post by Judy in Florida inspired me to reblog it. I have had almost daily conversations with clients about loan modifications and/or short sales vs foreclosure and this is something that people are unaware of. Will you come out with perfect credit, NO. Your integrity about doing what
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12/30/2009
This great post by Judy in Florida inspired me to reblog it. I have had almost daily conversations with clients about loan modifications and/or short sales vs foreclosure and this is something that people are unaware of. Will you come out with perfect credit, NO. Your integrity about doing what
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12/30/2009
The Bureau of Census (HousingMatrix.com) reports surge in home sales Existing home sales surged for the third month in a row, September, October and November 2009...rising 7.4% in the number of sales. November saw the largest gain since February 2007 and home resales are 44.1% above a year ago!!
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12/23/2009
City of Concord, CaliforniaPhone 925 671 3341Website www.cityofconcord.org/living/housing First time home buyers program Eligible = low and moderate income (sometimes payments will be about what you pay in rent). Type of loan, deferred payments and shared appreciation of loan (meaning when you b
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12/23/2009
The wild west of Real Estate December 17, 2009 (Ris Media reports) "Treasury department recently released guidelines and forms for it's new Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives Program (HAFA). Homes Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) provides incentives for a short sale (SS it's about ti
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12/18/2009
Staging-It's all in the Details. It's always interesting to watch a rehab and staging of a property. The work is done, it's beautifully neutral and a blank slate for the staging crew to make magnificent. You begin to put in the furniture and the rooms fill with promise. Then you look around an
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12/14/2009
No, it's not Tahoe. It's Concord, Clayton, California on December 8, 9, 2009 Magical, and long lasting ...our golden hills look marvelous with a coat of snow. Normally (the few times it has snowed here) it melts in a couple of hours, it lasted a couple of days. Breathtaking and with luck sta
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12/14/2009
Do you have a full bowl of alphabet soup? SRES, GRI, CRS, RCS-D, E-Pro, EcoBroker, GREEN, LGLS CP, CLHMS, CSP, Etc...etc... In a recent interview in the CAR (California Association of Realtors) Magazine Steve Goddard, CAR 2010 President, who has 13 real estate designations, was asked this questio
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12/11/2009
