bank: The Federal Government Plans to Pay For Payroll Tax Cut by Raising Fees That Banks Pay to Fannie and Freddie. So Now is Certainly The Best Time to Buy a Home in Cook and Lake County Illinois Before The Extra Fees Get Legislated - 12/13/11 08:25 AM
The Federal Government Plans to Pay For Payroll Tax Cut by Raising Fees That Banks Pay to Fannie and Freddie.   So Now is Certainly The Best Time to Buy a Home in Cook and Lake County Illinois Before The Extra Fees Get Legislated.
The government plan is to raise the fees that banks pay mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to guarantee home loans. These are called “guarantee fees,” and are supposed to cover mortgage defaults in a normal housing market.
Fannie and Freddie are currently in debt to U.S. taxpayers for a collective $152.7 billion.
Sadly - Senate Democrats … (0 comments)

bank: As an Agent - Make Sure you ID a Short Sale Situation Up-front. Listing Agents Aren't Revealing it Readily. Protect Buyer Clients Who Have a Timeline - 03/14/08 02:58 AM
Many homes that are for sale in various neighborhoods in the Chicago area, are not occupied anymore - and a number of them are pre-foreclosure or foreclosure properties.  Others - will be short sale situations.Homes that are currently occupied may be listed for a figure where the seller will come up short after paying off the principal balance of their loan(s).    If the seller can't cover the shortfall - it will be a short sale situation - meaning that the lender will have to pick up some of the shortfall.It is important to note that many agents are not advertising that … (1 comments)

 
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