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Taking a closer look at the realities of all the government foreclosure prevention programs sheds light on how off the mark they have been. For the record, at the time ALL of these programs were celebrated as a possible solution to the housing crash. Sure, in hindsight its all too easy to be cyni...

Have the dozens of government ‘save housing..prevent foreclosure' programs worked? Well, no. So, the Republicans, voted an end to the current program, known as HAMP (Home Affordable Modification Program).  Safe to assume that the other well intentioned ‘save housing' programs are in the Republica...

LOS ANGELES (March 31) - The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) today announced it has partnered with Fannie Mae on an initiative designed to help REALTORS® quickly resolve issues that may arise after a short sale offer is made on a Fannie Mae-backed loan. The Fannie Mae Short Sale Assi...

Presently, the median value for a home in the U.S. hovers around $186,500, according to the Zillow Home Value Index. That is the mid-point of home values and means that exactly half of the home values in the U.S. are above this figure and half are below. While in some regions home values are sign...

Source: Robot Celeb While Donald Trump is best known for barking, "you're fired!" to the many businesspeople who have worked for him, he also said "you're hired" to a beautiful Beverly Hills estate that was used to house the Season 6 candidates on Trump's reality series "The Apprentice." The hom...

An analysis published by the company demonstrated that the shadow inventory of residential properties as for January 2011 decreased to 1.8 million, down from 2.0 million the prior year. Corelogic estimates there are present shadow inventories, also called pending supplies, by estimating the quant...

In April the Treasury will begin publishing a scorecard evaluating the major servicers based on their performance with the Home Affordable Modification Program(HAMP). Even though several members voted to finalize the program, the Treasury is moving ahead with its plan to grade servicers. The scor...

Initial jobless claims decrease to 388,000 by the end of March, compared to the prior weeks with 394,000 claims, according to the Labor Department. Jobless claims have decreased for three weeks, and the Labor Department stated that the recent information demonstrates the annual revision of the we...

In his book, "The Four Loves," C.S. Lewis writes: "To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round wi...

Starting in April, mortgage lenders will be able to use a new product that will prevent short sale fraud and accelerate transaction times. VerifiedShortSale will improve the speed of the short sale negotiation timeline by allowing the mortgage servicer to review offers from an agent representing ...