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Last week we wrote about the subprime ARM foreclosure problem in the US and what some experts are calling for to help remedy up the situation (Is it Freezing in here or is that just talk?). Until a solution is reached (if any) more homeowners everyday are getting closer to foreclosure. Here’s a ...

As SMS (text messaging) marketing expands across the country, more organizations and companies are jumping on board and offering services to their consumers. One industry embracing this new mobile medium is faith-based organizations, being able to communicate quickly and effectively to the masse...

It was a busy week in the realm of celebrity properties. Check out the high profile sales below. Brian Warner, or better known to fans around the world as Marilyn Manson has just put his home on the market. Manson who bought the home in 2004 is ready to give it all up, even after such renovation...

Picture courtesy of Tanks-A-Lot Have you ever wished you could just drive over your boss’s car with a tank? Well you can…kind of…with a company called Tanks-A-Lot. Tanks-A-Lot specializes in corporate events allowing employees and management to loosen up and have fun together with team building ...

Last Thursday we wrote a post on San Francisco’s earthquake alert system (Read it here). A reader informed us about the national SMS emergency alert system (thanks Sean). The system is designed to work in conjunction with the EAS (Emergency Alert System), the same system that you hear or see on ...

There’s been a lot of talk in the mortgage industry and Washington lately about the high amount of foreclosures occurring in the industry. During the recent housing boom of the early 2000’s many people were getting into homes and mortgages that were not right for them. In particular lenders were...

***UPDATE***With the release of the latest iPhone update, users can now place websites as icons on their iPhones home screen (essentially a shortcut). Here at HouseFront we have added an icon to our shortcut, so placing the HouseFront iPhone widget on your desktop will display our HouseFront log...

Here is how this story goes; comedian Tyler Perry who purchased 22 acres in the ultra exclusive neighborhood of Beverly Ridge Estates in early 2004 has recently put the property up for sale. Now in late 2007, Kanye West has been spotted visiting the estate multiple times. When Tyler Perry purcha...

San Francisco has developed one of the first citywide emergency alert systems. AlertSF, is a system designed to keep city employees and citizens up to date and aware of what is going on. The system employs a few different ways to communicate, blackberry/email accounts, text messaging, and via pa...

Continued from Creative Mortgages, helpful or harmful? Part 1. Creative Mortgages can be extremely complicated and easy to get sucked into without the proper knowledge and help sifting through the available programs. In Part 1 we talked about balloon payment and wrap around mortgages, today we’l...