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Summer Brings Sales - In Foreclosures XI As summer finally brings some rainstorms, we find that the foreclosure sales in Pierce County are dropping quite a bit at this time.  There were sixteen (16) foreclosure sales found last week in the Tacoma newspaper (TNT),  but there were only eleven (11) ...

Summer Brings Sales - In Foreclosures X   As summer continues warm, we find that the foreclosure sales in Pierce County are dropping a bit at this time.  There were twenty-one (21) foreclosure sales found last week in the Tacoma newspaper (TNT),  but there were only sixteen (16) found this week. ...

Charles Bailey has brought up something that Fannie Mae will be changing in mid November.  That means, if you can get people into this program sooner than then, you can save them some downpayment costs.In another backward-thinking move, Fannie Mae has very subtly announced that they will be incre...

Laura has put together a good explanation of the changes that FHA has put into place to try to help more people who were pushed into foreclosure, short sale or bankruptcy due to job loss or major negative economic change in their life.  This is a great opportunity for some who otherwise would be ...

Seattle Meet-up -- 14 Carrot Cafe We had a great meet-up in Seattle this morning at the 14 Carrot Cafe.  There was discussion that we were having the first one of this cycle, but in checking on the list, find that David Saks in Memphis tried to hold one yesterday - but was the only AR member to s...

Summer Brings Sales - In Foreclosures IX As summer continues warm, we find that the foreclosure sales in Pierce County are holding steady at this time.  There were eighteen (18) foreclosure sales found last week in the Tacoma newspaper (TNT),  but there were twenty-one (21) found this week. Like ...

The Way Things Are In My Life As part of the contest Debbie Reynolds has scheduled, here are some of the things that are going on in my life now: My loving and supportive wife and I are approaching our 42nd anniversary this November, and I am planning to get her out of our trips to see the kids a...

UPDATE -- THEY ARE NOT TAKING THIS DAY Off!!! - added 8/15   HUD OFFICES TO CLOSE NATIONWIDE ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 16 The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is notifying the public today that it will close its offices nationwide on Friday, August 16 as a result of government-wide ...

Neutron Goes into A Bar Just something to lighten your day:   A Neutron goes into a bar and orders a drink. The bartender delivers the drink and says, "There's no charge to you."

Paddy Deighton, a real estate attorney, reports on recent US Circuit Appeals Court ruling that could create a large change in what goes on with those whose Loan Modifications are not completed by the banks.  Please make any comments on his original blog post.This could be a real (estate) game cha...