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Despite the rising number of renters across the country, it is cheaper to buy a home rather than rent one in 72 percent of the 50 largest cities in the U.S., according to an index released by real estate search and marketing site Trulia. "Since the start of the 'Great Recession,' many former home...

For the first time since mid-August 2010, U.S. home prices stopped declining in early January, according to a Home Data Index Market Report by Clear Capital. Despite home prices facing a national decline of 1.6% over the last three months, there have been positive trends since the start of 2011. ...

As of Jan. 1, the Department of Real Estate has issued over 22,000 mortgage loan originator license endorsements. MLO license endorsements applications continue to flood in and the DRE expects to eventually issue over 30,000 endorsements. (cadrepr12011) MORAL  Considering the annual education req...

The Coalition to Stop Wall Street Home Resale Fees is demanding Freehold Capital Partners to release a list of properties that are paying predatory fees that they are unaware of.Wall Street Home Resale Fees are incorporated into home covenants that filter money from homeowners to private third pa...

There have been numerous reports lately that indicate that several republican congressmen are calling for the governments loan modification program (HAMP) to end.  Since its inception, the program has been widely criticized for its lackluster results.  It was supposed to help more than 3,000,000 ...

Are you super challenged about the state of your business? Take note. There is a reason that old adages become old adages; it is because they say something true. Here's an old adage that proves the point: "Sometimes we can't see the forest for the trees." We are so set in our ways, married to our...

Fraud relating to title and settlement services agents could be classified as a crime of opportunity. On his website, the sheriff of Jefferson County, Colo., Ted Mink, notes that such crimes occur because the property involved is very easily made available to a potential perpetrator. At a closing...

Given all the trouble the mortgage broker industry has been through in the past three years, if a loan officer went up to his or her friends and told them he or she was opening up their own shop, the LO would get back a very puzzled look at best. Yet, now may be the time to open your own business...

The Small Business Administration on Tuesday officially asked the Federal Reserve to postpone the April 1 implementation date of its loan officer compensation rule, saying the central bank did not provide "sufficient" or "proper" guidance for small mortgage firms and loan brokers to comply with t...

Bowing to pressure from consumer and industry groups, the Federal Reserve said it would halt further Truth in Lending Act rulemaking on three proposed rules related to residential mortgages. Consumer groups strongly oppose at least one TILA proposal, saying it would eviscerate borrowers' rights t...