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2010
Why Builder Confidence Surveys Matter To Buyers Of New Homes By Ron on December 17th, 2010 Home builder confidence is holding firm this month, according to the National Association of Home Builders. The group’s monthly Housing Market Index surveyposted 16 for December. That’s the same value as...
12/17/2010
Dec 13th BusinessWeek recently released its America’s Best Place to Raise a Family list. Chicago suburb Tinley Park, Illinois, topped the list. 2010 marks the second straight year that a Chicago suburb took top honors. Last year’s winner was Mount Prospect, Illinois. The BusinessWeek survey uses...
12/15/2010
Yes, you can Short Sale and buy another home. Overland Park KS – We get this question a lot from people. “I am upside down and need to move. I would like to buy another home. Can I do that?” they ask us. Today they can. FHA (the Federal Housing Administration) has a new program that enables y...
12/15/2010
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Typical Abandoned Real Estate Overland Park KS– The New York Time had an interesting article about one man’s mission in the fight to stop foreclosure. According to the article, Mark Guerette, attempted to make use of all the empty, abandoned houses he saw. I get frustrated when I see homes sitti...
12/14/2010
Overland Park KS - The Stop Foreclosure Institute recently received a question from Jennifer. She is having a hard time selling her home. “I have had my house for sale for a little while, but it hasn’t sold. No buyers have come to look at it. At first I thought the price was fair. But, now that ...
12/14/2010
Overland Park KS - In this case I would recommend you sell the house. Now, if you are reading this blog, then you must be researching a short sale. Which means that you are probably upside down on the home. You have three options. Option #1: Let your lender foreclose on the home. You just stop m...
12/10/2010
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Overland Park KS - Maybe this is a pet peeve of mine. Or maybe it just seems ridiculous that someone would call a debtor over and over again asking to be paid, when they have already been told the debtor doesn't have the money to pay them. Or maybe it is the fact that I see countless examples of...
12/09/2010
Overland Park KS - If homeowner's have a bill of rights, then bankers must have one as well. We decided to put together the Banker's Bill of Rights. That way they wouldn't feel left out. Let me know if we should put this together and petition congress to add it to the constitution. The Banker...
12/08/2010
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Overland Park KS - The big banks made mistakes and received a bailout. They have the resources to lobby congress and the courts to have laws written to suit them. But, what has the little guy received? Nothing. So we decided to put together a Homeowner's Bill of Rights. It's time we had Washingt...
12/06/2010
Overland Park KS - The Stop Foreclosure Institute recently received a question from Christy. “Why would I do a short sale instead of saving the monthly payments and letting it go into foreclosure?” Christy asked. Discover how other sellers successfully did a short sale to avoid foreclosure by cl...
12/04/2010
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