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WILL LENDERS BY-PASS THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY WITH BULK SALES?
Last week, billionaire investor Warren Buffett said that if he could manage them, he’d like to buy “a couple of hundred thousand single family homes.” Well the lenders have been listening. Within...
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UNDERSTANDING LOAN MODIFICATION AND PRINCIPAL REDUCTION
The most challenging issue confronting upside-down property owners is whether their lender will do principal reduction as a part of a loan modification. This Article is to give you 1) an overview of...
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Real Estate Prices Expected to Fall Further through 2013
Across the country, real estate markets are in confusion. A very low inventory of homes on the market has resulted in increased competition and rising prices. Some see this as a sign that the market is...
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Real Estate Update – End of August 2012
As August draws to a close, it’s valuable to review the significant developments in real estate that are affecting the lives and finances of property owners, lenders, and investors. Here are the...
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How Quantitative Easing affects our Real Estate and Economy
As widely reported, the Federal Reserve (The Fed) initiated another phase of a policy called “Quantitative Easing” on September 13th. This has prompted a widespread series of news segments, including...
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Real Estate is Moving Towards a Slow Recovery
As I recently travelled through Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, it was clear that the New England states are experiencing the same market forces as we have here in California: Inventory of...
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Real Estate Recovery Picking Up Speed
Perhaps the biggest factor looming over the real estate recovery has been the presence of the “shadow inventory”. This refers to those properties which are under-water or in actual default but which...
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Update on Fiscal Cliff and Debt Forgiveness
The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 was passed late in the evening on January 1st and was quickly signed into law by President Obama. While much of this contentious Bill was disappointing to all...
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Why is the Fed Suing S&P and What Does it Mean to You?
On February 5th, the Justice Department announced that it is suing Standard & Poor’s for fraud relating to an alleged scheme to defraud investors which played a significant role in causing our...
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Sequestration – Impacts on Real Estate and Our Lives
For weeks, the news has presented non-stop information on how we got into this “sequestration” and who is to blame. The political parties have trumpeted that they’re right and the other guy is wrong....
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