San Antonio named a best place to live by RelocateAmerica.com
May 17, 2010 – 5:51 pm | No Comment

Top 10 cities poised for economic recovery also identified
BRIGHTON, Mich., April 20 /PRNewswire/ – The three most important things to remember when moving and buying a new home are: location, location, location. As potential homebuyers start looking …

Read the full story »
Buying a Home

Home Values

Financing

Home Selling

Short Sales

Home » Archive by Author

Articles by

New President Takes Over Grubb & Ellis Apartment REIT
March 20, 2010 – 12:30 pm | No Comment

Gustav G. Gus Remppies has been appointed as the new president of Santa Ana, California-based Grubb & Ellis Apartment REIT, Inc. He assumes the position from Stanley J. “Jay” Olander, who has served as president …

Bank of America Sues First American
March 20, 2010 – 12:30 pm | No Comment

Mortgage industry lawsuits are beginning to stack up – Federal Home Loan Banks are suing lenders, lenders are suing insurers – all in an attempt to recoup losses from a crippling national housing crisis. In …

Collapse in Home Prices Hits Overvalued Markets Hardest
March 20, 2010 – 12:30 pm | No Comment

Home prices in extremely overvalued U.S. metropolitan areas declined nearly 37 percent on average between 2005 and the fourth quarter 2009, according to IHS Global Insight.
At the peak of the bubble, nearly half of …

California Company Hired to Oversee Inventory of HUD Homes
March 20, 2010 – 12:30 pm | No Comment

Michaelson, Connor, & Boul, Inc. of Huntington Beach, California was recently hired by HUD to ensure that FHA-approved lenders and servicers convey foreclosed properties to the agency in acceptable condition.
This article originally appeared in DSNews.com. …

One in 200 Home Mortgages is Fraudulent: First American CoreLogic
March 20, 2010 – 12:30 pm | No Comment

Nationwide, one in every 200 residential loans funded last year, totaling $14 billion, involved fraud, according to First American CoreLogic. Despite what looks like an unsettling amount of shadiness lurking within the mortgage market, the …

Nine Firms Sued by Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
March 20, 2010 – 12:30 pm | No Comment

The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco has filed suit against nine securities dealers – including some of the nation’s biggest lenders – alleging they made untrue statements related to the federal bank’s investments …

Fiserv Enhances Loan Servicing Platform
March 20, 2010 – 12:30 pm | No Comment

Brookfield, Wisconsin-based Fiserv, Inc., a global provider of financial services technology solutions, recently announced enhanced investor capabilities for its Loan Servicing Platform. The new technology allows users to have real-time access to the cash position …

Embrace Home Loans Moves into Virginia
March 20, 2010 – 12:30 pm | No Comment

Embrace Home Loans has officially opened a new branch in Fairfax, Virginia. The office is managed by local mortgage professional, Gil Lunsford, who has 26 years of industry experience and leads a team of mortgage …

First ‘ROOF’ Agreement Signed
March 20, 2010 – 12:30 pm | No Comment

The first Retaining Occupancy on Foreclosure (ROOF) Agreement was recently signed in the city of Detroit. Created to help combat the blight problems in Detroit by cutting down on the number of homes left vacant …

Fannie Mae Reports on Activities in 2009, Changes Outlook for 2010
March 20, 2010 – 12:30 pm | No Comment

In two separate reports released this week, Fannie Mae took a look at the past and made predictions for the future. On Thursday, the government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) released “Helping Housing Recover: A Report on Fannie …