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The Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) has been something of a disappointment nearly from its inception. After loudly touting the program’s ability to help 4 million borrowers, the current administration was forced to concede it had barely helped a fraction of that number and some advoca...
07/30/2013
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I cannot believe that the year is well past the half way stage...the Christmas decorations will soon be upon us...oh, excuse me, the "holiday" decorations! It is time for my mid year audit post. Well, as always, there was some good and some bad. I had spurts of significant blog activity but I w...
07/30/2013
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We Active Rainers have been challeneged to discuss our social media mistakes and the efforts made to correct them. I have to admit that when Pinterest first entered our cyber lives, I thought that it was useless!!! I had no idea that Pinterest would become a leading tool to promote our profession...
07/30/2013
There are some additional real estate recovery statistics that indicate more good news. In June of 2013 total foreclosure filings dropped to 127,790. This number is a 35 percent decrease as compared to 2012. It is also the lowest monthly total since December 2006!! CNN Money analysts have analy...
07/30/2013
There is a decades long debate on whether it is better to buy the BEST home on the block, or the least expensive home in a neighborhood. At first glance this may seem to be an easy question as buyers seek the highest quality home for the lowest possible price. However, in terms of real estate inv...
07/29/2013
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I have never been a fan of the term, “flipping”. However, it has become a term of art so it is here to stay. Negative connotations have been associated with the term but there is nothing wrong with buying a home and selling it for a profit. The lenders and servicing agent are (presumably) smart...
07/26/2013
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Well, the last blog about NAR seemed to stir some strong emotions. So, I thought that I would post a “good news” post for something that initially appears to be “bad news”. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported that existing home sales for June 2013 were down 1.2% when compared to M...
07/26/2013
As a real estate lawyer, I am a bit appalled by this because it seems to be a betrayal of agents by NAR. This cannot possibly be in the best interests of the consituency of NAR..so why did NAR do it? Money....Da da da Has NAR Sold Out Its Members Again...Or Is It Me?Touted as an 'historic' chang...
07/25/2013
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The FHA is at 'high risk" of failure. Why are we all not surprised? A government agency that cannot maintain financial feasibility! For something completely different, it appears that another government agency is not functioning properly. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has some se...
07/24/2013
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The United States Congress is making an attempt to repair a perceived broken housing finance system. Members of the House of Representatives are preparing a revised version of the Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners (PATH) act. The revisions would end the federal bailout of GSEs Fannie ...
07/18/2013
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Author Bio: Paddy Deighan earned his Juris Doctorate and PhD Paddy consults with taxpayers in regard to tax liens, tax levies, tax levy, offer in compromise, tax debt, tax settlement
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