Daily Real Estate News | Thursday, February 21, 2013 Short sales in Redding CA are increasing this year, and these transactions can take up to three times longer than a traditional transaction. A lot can go wrong in that timeframe. …

Daily Real Estate News | Thursday, January 24, 2013 Home prices are increasing across the country as the number of homes for-sale continues to fall. But at a time when buyer demand is picking up, why is inventory still so …

Daily Real Estate News | Wednesday, January 16, 2013 Inventory levels of for-sale homes at the end of 2012 were down 17.3 percent from year-ago levels, reaching the lowest level in more than five years, Realtor.com reports. In some areas, …

New Calif. Law Requires Disclosure of Foreclosure to Tenants Daily Real Estate News | Thursday, January 03, 2013 As of Jan. 1, property managers and landlords in California are required to disclose in writing to any prospective tenants if a …

New Calif. Law Requires Disclosure of Foreclosure to Tenants Daily Real Estate News | Thursday, January 03, 2013 As of Jan. 1, property managers and landlords in California are required to disclose in writing to any prospective tenants if a …

Daily Real Estate News | Friday, December 21, 2012 With low mortgage rates and fallen home values, some housing analysts are questioning why more first-time buyers—particularly the younger generation—aren’t flooding to the market. As a recent Reuters article questions: Could …

Daily Real Estate News | Tuesday, December 04, 2012 Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced Monday that they will temporarily halt all bank repossessions and evictions beginning in mid-December until Jan. 2, 2013. The temporary foreclosure suspension goes …

Daily Real Estate News | Tuesday, November 20, 2012 Foreclosure discounts have nearly dried up due to low inventory levels, according to the latest housing reports. The average discount nationwide for foreclosure properties has fallen to 7.7 percent, according to …

Daily Real Estate News | Wednesday, October 24, 2012 Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have issued new rules, which will take effect Nov. 1, that will allow short sales for underwater borrowers who have never missed a mortgage …

On August 2, the US Senate Committee on Finance released their summary of the Family & Business Tax Cut Certainty Act of 2012 as approved by the Finance Committee. This Act contains legislation that could extend dozens of tax cuts …

Daily Real Estate News | Thursday, October 11, 2012 The real estate market is recovering but still faces hurdles. Real estate appraisals are one of the issues holding back home sales, according to survey findings by the National Association of …

Daily Real Estate News | Wednesday, October 10, 2012 After a yearlong probe, federal investigators say they’ve charged 530 people for allegedly defrauding more than 73,000 home owners who had fallen behind on their mortgage payments. The people charged are …

More first-time home shoppers say they want a house they can “grow into” not a home they can quickly grow out of. With big housing bargains and low mortgage rates, some first-time buyers have decided to go big with their …

A new report from the Fair Elections Legal Network details the challenges that foreclosed borrowers face when determining where to vote in the upcoming election. Foreclosed home owners often must update their addresses and the documentation needed to prove their …

It’s something you toss away, not something you study. Right? Not necessarily. According to economist, Michael McDonough, as interviewed by Kai Ryssdal on Marketplace, there’s a surprisingly close correlation between railroad carloads of trash and the national gross domestic product. …

An article from the Wall Street Journal by James R. Hagerty, contributed to by Alison Van Camp, February 14, 2007) Popular Home-Price Web Site Often Gets It Right but Can Be Way Off the Mark, We Find In the year … Continue read

By William La Jeunesse Published August 20, 2012 FoxNews.com Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08/20/us-taxpayers-bailout-california-homeowners-as-banks-fail-to-pay-their-share/#ixzz247M5LpE3 Contrary to what voters were led to believe, California took the unprecedented step this month to give banks and strugg

As of October 1st Shasta Lake City will no longer be USDA eligible and they are raising their Annual Mortgage insurance fee from .30% to .40%. On a 100,000 purchase that means the annual fee (charged monthly) will go from …

Daily Real Estate News | Thursday, July 12, 2012 As the condition of the global economy continues to cause uncertainty across all industries, The Counselors of Real Estate, an international professional association of top executives in real estate, asked its …

It’s official: The housing market has reached bottom, at least according to 44 forecasters surveyed by The Wall Street Journal. Only three economists surveyed said they didn’t think the market had reached bottom yet. The recent momentum in housing has …

Home values in an area can get a big boost by reducing the amount of violent crime, according to a new study by the Center for American Progress. Communities that reduce violent crimes by 10 percent could potentially see billions …

Credit.com recently featured some of the biggest mistakes home buyers often make. Their list included: 1. Trying to fix credit scores before buying a home. Home buyers may do more harm than good if they don’t consult a financial expert …

The short-sale process is expected to get shorter starting June 15. New guidelines issued under the Federal Housing Finance Agency will require Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to give home buyers of short sales notice of their final decision within …

Daily Real Estate News | Tuesday, April 24, 2012 It wasn’t exactly the welcoming response from the neighborhood a couple expected when they tried to enter a home they just purchased which had been in foreclosure. Their two new neighbors …

The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced a new policy to speed up the process that mortgage servicers use to handle short sales, deeds-in-lieu, and deeds-for-lease for mortgages that are backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The FHFA, the regulator …

Bank of America announced it is refining its short sale process to streamline its approval process and reduce the wait in accepting offers and making it to closing. The changes are expected to trim the bank’s decision time in half …

Lis pendens foreclosures are properties which have a pending suit against them due to the failure on the part of the home owners in paying their mortgage payments to their concerned lenders. A viable property for prospective homebuyers and real …

Some real estate markets are reporting that home buyers are having to pay more than asking price to get the home they desire, as the supply of for-sale homes has shrunk, Bloomberg News reports. Bidding wars were a common part …

Nevada has long held the No. 1 spot for the most foreclosures in the nation. And while it still does, a dramatic shift is taking place in the state. Foreclosure sales dropped 40 percent in February in Nevada, according to …

Aging Baby Boomers and their “Echo Boomer” children will significantly impact trends in the nation’s housing market over the next 20 years. In a new report released by the Bipartisan Policy Center, “Demographic Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Housing Markets,” …

Americans More Optimistic About Housing, Economy Daily Real Estate News | Thursday, March 08, 2012 Americans’ concerns over housing and the economy are subsiding, according to Fannie Mae’s National Housing Survey from February. An improving job market is a big …

Purpose The Home buyer Program (HP) promotes home ownership for low income, first time home buyers. Assistance is in the form of a deferred loan (second mortgage), due and payable when the property is sold, transferred, or at the end …

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We need inventory to sell!! If you are a seller… NOW is the time to put your house on the market… I’ve been in Real Estate for nearly a decade, and I have never seen the ration between ready buyers …

Daily Real Estate News | Tuesday, January 31, 2012 Foreclosures can offer big bargains, but buyers need to be careful that they don’t get over their heads in purchasing a home that may need more repairs than they bargained for. …

This article is from Redding.com Home sales in Shasta County jumped nearly 15 percent in 2011, reaching their highest level in four years, a sign that the market may be rebounding from its bottom. “I think 2011 was our first …

Fallen home prices and record-low mortgage rates have pushed housing affordability to a 40-year high. Meanwhile, rental prices are continuing to rise at a fast pace, according to a new report released by Hotpads.com, a rental listing service. Rental prices …

Several recent indicators for the real estate industry are pointing to a market that is on the mend and entering recovery mode. Housing experts’ predictions for the new year tend to center around a market stabilizing before entering a gradual, …

For homeowners looking to upgrade — or downsize — their residences, it’s a difficult chicken-or-egg question: Which comes first, buying a new place to live or selling an old one? Each situation presents a potentially thorny set of issues. Buy …

NEW YORK — If the U.S. economy does not suffer more setbacks, the rate of mortgage holders behind on their payments should decline significantly by the end of next year, according to credit reporting agency TransUnion. Mortgage delinquency rates — …

Daily Real Estate News | Thursday, November 17, 2011 Better times are ahead for the real estate market in the new year, according to several forecasts and recent surveys. Fiserv, a financial information services firm, predicts that 95 percent of …

What is Title Insurance? Title insurance is insurance that protects the insured from loss as a result of title defects or that the title to real property is not valid. Two kinds of Title Insurance There are two types of …

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It helps to know what information is used to develop a credit score. A FICO score is calculated from the following data: •35%: An individual's payment history, whether or not payments are made on time. •30%: Amounts owed and how …

When a parent, spouse or loved one dies and he or she owned a home, there’s a lot for the survivors to do in addition to the very real and painful process of mourning.  I have been through this with …

1. What does your inspection cover? The inspector should ensure that their inspection and inspection report will meet all applicable requirements in your state if applicable and will comply with a well-recognized standard of practice and code of ethics. You …

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