National & International Real Estate News Stories

Short sales can be a time consuming proposition, they aren't worth messing with. Ugh why would I tie up my buyer on a short sale, right now its tough get a qualified prospect as it is, reduce my commission  forget it I'm worth more. Was going to write an offer than I noticed it was a short sale....

Hillary will establish a $1 billion fund to support state programs that help at-risk borrowers avoid foreclosure.Providing of course she gets elected.Some say, why interfere with the market, what message does this give to the speculators who used sub prime money? Is it saying, its ok jump in leva...

Fair Isaac Corporation (Fair Isaac) provides analytical, software and data management products and services.Decisions have been made throughout the lending and real estate industry based on logarithms, algebraic equations and applied analysis. a system so advanced the credit industry bases 90% of...

When entering the real estate market 900 or so years ago. It was suggested to me to get continuing education. Starting with a G.R.I and two weeks of ongoing education travelling 500 miles and paying for my hotel etc etc Throughout the whole two weeks each day the professionalism of the Realtor wa...

It's time for my confession.Sometime back I was on an email spam type list and no matter what I did they wouldn't remove me me., I googled the anti spam laws, sent complaints, placed filters,  un subscribed , removed, called faxed and threatened, and still emails came (local restaurant/wine bar, ...

Not so long ago, or at least it seems that way, lets say 10 years. Applying for home loan took a common sense approach. The borrower met with the lender, the full factual credit report was pulled, and discussion concerning negative items addressed. Most outstanding collections had to be paid prio...