Tip of the Week: Facebook, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Opower have joined with 16 utilities to launch a social energy app that leverages the Facebook platform to allow people to quickly and easily start benchmarking their home’s energy usage against similar homes, compare
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05/24/2012
As announced earlier, Bank of America will now only accept its own standardized Third-Party Authorization form. This two-page document requires signed acknowledgments from all borrowers and designated representatives to the short sale. The form has been updated to permit those who are working und
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05/24/2012
BofA increases relocation assistance payments Bank of America has launched a nationwide program that offers delinquent mortgage customers increased assistance with relocation expenses – from $2,500 to $30,000 – at the completion of a qualifying short sale. To qualify for the enhanced relocation
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05/17/2012
Mortgage loan delinquency rates lowest since 2009 The national mortgage delinquency rate (the rate of borrowers 60 or more days past due) declined in the first three months of 2012 to 5.78 percent. This improvement ends two quarters of increases that began in Q3 2011, according to TransUnion. Pr
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05/17/2012
Website helps homeowners, buyers protect the “American Dream” Despite the fact that Americans overwhelmingly support home-ownership, legislative and regulatory proposals now under consideration would greatly harm homeowners, home buyers, the housing market, and the nation's economy, according to
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05/16/2012
With the recent landmark National Mortgage Settlement between the nation’s five largest real estate loan servicers and state attorneys general over faulty foreclosure practices, troubled homeowners are at risk of falling victim to scam artists offering mortgage modification and other foreclosure
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05/03/2012
A "short sale" is a real estate sales transaction in which a mortgage lender voluntarily agrees to accept a loan payoff of less money than the amount owed on the mortgage loan. A short sale is often thought of as a painstaking process, and it’s not uncommon to hear of complaints about slow re
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05/03/2012
Mirroring the uneven economic recovery, the housing market is expected to move in a slow, gradual upward path in 2012, while encountering its share of speed bumps along the road, according to a forecast presented by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) on the housing and economic outl
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05/03/2012
Richard & Janine Kirchnavy | ATLAS REAL ESTATE | (909) 945-3662 4075 Walnut Ave, Chino, CA 3BR/2BA Single Family House offered at $254,900 Year Built 1984 Sq Footage 1,465 Bedrooms 3 Bathrooms 2 full, 0 partial Floors Single-story Parking 2 Car garage Lot Size 7,700 sqft HOA/Maint $0 per m
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04/28/2012
Mortgage rates for 30-year fixed mortgages fell this week, with the current rate borrowers were quoted on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace at 3.73 percent, down from 3.81 percent at this same time last week. After rising to 3.95 percent on Wednesday, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate hovered between 3.8
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04/11/2012