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The FDIC released new guidelines to bank examiners on October 30. The new rules present a more "liberal" view of what is and is not a nonperforming commercial real estate loan. In theory, the regulations could reduce the number of bank write-offs. The guidelines say that "while CRE (commercial re...

U.S. home prices appear have to scraped a bottom, with a leading national index showing three consecutive months of gains this summer. The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller index of home prices in 20 metropolitan areas showed a 1% increase in the seasonally adjusted median price of homes from July t...

  News from Tim Iacono Admittedly not an expert on Hong Kong real estate and having no idea how other forms of "stimulus" factor into buying property in this part of Asia, the simple disparity between down payment amounts between here and there, as reported in the Wall Street Journal, seems like...

Consumers have been increasingly flocking to the real estate market in recent months, driven by improving economic conditions and a popular government tax credit. The latest figures from the National Association of Realtors show that existing home sales were strong in September, which means that ...

    The Caryle on Wilshire Cooridor Related Valerie Fitzgerald exclusively represents The Carlye on Wilshire. Visit The Carlyle website at: http://budurl.com/CarlyleWilshire Watch videos about The Carlye on YouTube To preview The Carlye call 301-209-0000. Forty-two stories above the bustling Ave...

This year’s $8,000 federal tax credit for first-time home buyers was apparently so popular that it even attracted ineligible claimants – potentially more than 90,000 of them, including former homeowners and 4-year-old children. A report from the Treasury inspector general for tax administration f...

Valerie will be on a panel Saturday, November 14 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the San Diego Convention Center during the NAR Conference (read below for details.) For more information about Valerie Fitzgerald visit http://budurl.com/VFGcom. This year, the Forum will focus on how industry professionals ...

Valerie will be on a panel Saturday, November 14 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the San Diego Convention Center during the NAR Conference (read below for details.) For more information about Valerie Fitzgerald visit http://budurl.com/VFGcom. This year, the Forum will focus on how industry professionals ...

    Valerie Fitzgerald is pleased to announce the next segment of her Heart and Sold Mentoring Program. Thursday, November 5, 2009 – 9:00 a.m. PST – Marketing with Social Media On this call you will learn how Valerie is using social media and how you can: Attract leads in popular social media net...

If interest rates on 15-year fixed mortgages have never been lower -- and rate trackers say that's the case -- why aren't 30-year loans setting records as well? To be sure, 30-year fixed rates have fallen near all-time lows, well below 5% for borrowers willing to pay some upfront fees known as po...