The Moeller Team Blog

Tax Tips for Freelance Workers Are you getting paid as an independent contractor? If so, it’s likely that taxes are not being taken of your pay. Depending on how much you make you could be hit with a painful tax bill during tax season. Therefore, it is vital that you plan ahead. First, take all ...

Increase your Home Value with these Five Steps Looking to increase the value of your home within a budget? A few simple and cheap home improvements may increase your houses value at much as a remodel that can cost thousands of dollars. First, clean your house. A basic cleaning of your house make...

Keeping it Local: The Moeller Team In this week’s series of Keeping it Local, we feature Zac Cusac, the founder and CEO of cuSELLeration Marketing and Creative Services. cuSELLEration is an Orange County based digital marketing, brand management and creative services firm. This week, Zac sat dow...

Mortgage Monday: Do you want to speed up the mortgage process? Do you want to speed up your mortgage process? The length of your mortgage process depends on the loan type, the property and several other considerations. Furthermore, consumers looking to make their mortgage move faster must have pa...

According to DS News reporting on the report issued by Barclays Capital last week, home prices are expected to drop another 6 - 7 percent over the coming winter months. Following the probable “triple-dip” in the first quarter of next year, Barclays says home prices will “rise very gradually.” In ...

A report issued by LPS on Monday and reported by DS News today, reports that as of the end of February, foreclosure inventory levels were more than 30 times the monthly foreclosure sales volume. In other words, we have over 2.5 years of foreclosure inventory to come through our market. Ultimately...

We talk to people everyday who have lost the equity on their home. We believe many of the reasons people continue to struggle instead of opting for a chance to rebuild their dream are based in some common myths. Now I realize you may not agree with our perspective, and that's okay. It's just our ...

According to the Santa Ana-based property research firm CoreLogic, 31.8 percent of California homeowners with a loan are "under water" or "upside down." CoreLogic chief economist Mark Fleming says, "Negative equity holds millions of borrowers captive in their homes, unable to move or sell their p...

In Warren Buffett's annual letter to the shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett says, "A housing recovery will probably begin within a year or so. In any event, it is certain to occur at some point." Certainly a safe statement as a recovery is inevitable. Analysis by leading industry experts...

As reported in DS News, a hearing was held today to determine the fate of four federal foreclosure mitigation programs, including HAMP and HUD's Neighborhood Stabilization Program. The hearing, titled "Legislative Proposals to End Taxpayer Funding for Ineffective Foreclosure Mitigation Programs,"...