Steve OBrien's (oosteve) Blog

   Wow, I'm not sure how the market is in your neck of the woods but here in SW Florida it is almost like the crazy movies of the Wild West.  On one side the Florida legislature is trying to get a proposed "Foreclosure Bill of Rights" through while bankers are trying to push a bill to do away wit...

In a continuing effort to clear the troubled housing market of foreclosed properties, the Treasury Department has released forms and guidelines for its new Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives Program (HAFA). While this latest directive presents as a complex compilation consisting of some 43 ...

So you've heard that the housing market has finally reached rock bottom and you are feeling like you missed the boat? Have you been kicking yourself for being too indecisive when opportunity was pounding on the door? Well don't start tying your own noose just yet; your ship might very well be com...

At what point does the American taxpayer finally say, "Enough is enough!"? It wasn't enough when the Obama Administration offered up our hard earned dollars to bail the banking industry out of the financial mess they created for themselves. It wasn't enough when we saw reports of ongoing fiscal i...