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You hear it daily, from your friends, your collegues, people just passing you on the street. You read it in every newspaper headline, people constantly saying that the housing market is down, with Short Sales & foreclosures rising at an alarming rate. ...[Read More]
CAN I SELL MY HOUSE WHILE IN BANKRUPTCY? Many people do not realize that they can sell their home while they are still in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy . You will want to start by finding someone to put the house on the market. Once you have an interested buyer, ...[Read More]
Did you know that mortgage rates took nearly a 1% drop last Friday the 28th of November 2008? This is great news for those looking to buy a home. Home buyers now have awesome interest rates to go with incredibly low prices on homes which include record ...[Read More]
If you look in just about any neighborhood in any town, you will see signs of these hard times. Foreclosures are on the rise and that can cause a lot of panic for sellers who are not in any financial trouble. We're in a very price sensitive market, ...[Read More]
Search over 13,000 listings in the Southwest area of Idaho in a new and innovative way. As of November of 2008 there is a new tool that will allow you the user to search all of the listings in the Southwest Idaho Regional MLS including Bank Foreclosures ...[Read More]
The lender’s “loan mitigation” department reviews the seller’s request and paperwork and agrees to review (this is not a guarantee of approval) a written purchase contract from a qualified buyer. As the lender, imagine $250,000 ...[Read More]
My good friend Gail Barrutia-Kovash with Wells Fargo Home Mortage recently shared some information with me that could have a severe affect on credit card users that neglect to carefully read any notices that are not invoices from their credit card companies. ...[Read More]
Will the short sale process have an impact to your credit? Yes, there will be an impact to the homeowners credit worthiness based on the transaction, but the impact with a short sale (which could be repaired within just a few years with hard work and determination) ...[Read More]
Do you owe more than your house is worth? Can you no longer afford your payments? There is hope… You may be able to sell it for less than you owe, without having to pay the lending institute the total difference owed. So if you can no longer make ...[Read More]
A short sale occurs when the proceeds of a real estate sale fall short of the balance owed on the property. In a short sale , the bank or mortgage lender agrees to discount a loan balance due to an economic or financial hardship on the part of the mortgagor. ...[Read More]
For the last several years housing prices have been soaring. It’s only recently that prices have begun to decrease once more. Still, some homeowners have not realized that a price adjustment is probably a necessity in today’s buyers’ ...[Read More]
Protect Yourself from these common pitfalls.... 1. Making an offer on a home without being prequalified - Prequalifcation will make your life easier - so take the time to speak with a lender. Their specific questions in regard to income, debt, etc., will ...[Read More]
correct pricing represents 80% of your marketing efforts! Pricing a home to be "IN THE MARKET" vs. "ON THE MARKET". What is the best way to make sure that you are pricing your listings to be that of which are going to sale quicker than ...[Read More]
A re you interested in Idaho real estate investing or are you looking to purchase a home below the current market value? I bet you have heard about the potential of getting great deals on Idaho foreclosed bank owned property. Idaho foreclosures are a great ...[Read More]
After an initial and shocking failure, elected representatives spent most of the week scurrying to come up with a "better" version of Treasury Secretary Paulson's plan to use up to $700 billion in taxpayer funds to buy up bad mortgage and ...[Read More]
I have written about this topic in the past but with the unprecedented buyers market we are currently in this topic certainly deserves to be reconsidered. Unless one has been living in cave the past two years it is obvious that any retirement account funded ...[Read More]
Idaho Short Sale vs Foreclosure Many Idahoans are facing the very real threat of foreclosure , almost all of them are looking for ways to avoid it. A realistic option, and a topic that has garnered a ton of interest, is the Idaho short sale . Short sales ...[Read More]
My Top 5 Reasons Why You’re Not Getting Any Offers On Your Idaho Real Estate. Why can’t you sell your Boise Real Estate home or condo? I think you may already know the answer to that. Either your agent doesn’t know what to do to get your ...[Read More]
The Idaho Real Estate market has changed the past 24 months and no one will argue with that statement. I still find it interesting that many homeowners have not been given good advice in dealing with a challenging market. I hope these tips will shed some ...[Read More]
If you are facing foreclosure please read this very carefully. A short sale is a legally-binding agreement that allows the home to be sold for less than the remaining balance of the loan. A lot of home owners are asking questions about short sales , foreclosures ...[Read More]
I recently attended a class held by an employee of Indymac Bank that has worked in the Loss Mitigation or "Short Sale" department of Indymac for 18 years. This speaker is the second speaker in 2 months to tell us that ARM loans will continue ...[Read More]
Idaho real estate prices seem to be falling almost monthly. Whenever I am asked to do a search in any price range I find that now as many as 7 out of 10 homes I show are either Idaho foreclosures or Idaho short sales . In the peak year of 2005 it was almost ...[Read More]
I had lunch with one of my mortgage lender friends this past Wednesday and I asked her if there were anymore Zero Down mortgage loans left. She said the only true Zero Down program remaining is the Ameridream Program which offers down payment assistance ...[Read More]
I am beginning to believe strongly in the saying " The more things change, the more things stay the same ". This is certainly true when it comes to good old fashioned communication and knowledge. A few years ago a local farmer called me and asked ...[Read More]
With all the talk about escalating gas and grocery prices consumers have had to learn to tighten their belts and budget their money they were not acustomed to being concerned with in the past. Many families have made some tough decisions to deal with the ...[Read More]
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