Valuable Opinions From Local Real Estate Experts

• Check with an attorney before pursuing a short sale prior to filing bankruptcyWe always recommend speaking with an attorney prior to pursing a short sale. This is especially true if you are considering filing for bankruptcy. Bankrate.com recently answered a reader’s quest …
• Trespassing!One of my buyer’s agents, Dave, will do just about anything to sell a house in the hood….locked doors & fences can’t keep him out! Posted via email from www.Homes-In-Stockton.com …
• $1000 to the 1st, $1000 to the 2nd and $1500 to the home owner walking away………The Obama administration’s latest attempt to address the housing crisis will fall SHORT in my humble opinion. $1000 to the 2nds will not make a difference. Many 2nds are placed for collection. T …
• Automated Short Sales – The Answer To Slow Approval Times?This last month, Equator started an agent initiated short sale platform. So far, Bank of America is the first lender encouraging use of this automated program. The initial response is positive althoug …
• February 2010 Stockton Area Housing Market UpdateForeclosure Activity In California Is Up As reported at DSNews.com, ForeclosureRadar, a locally based company that tracks every California foreclosure on a daily average basis, reports foreclosure act …
• Foreclosure Activity in California is Up Again as Stalemate ContinuesWith hundreds of thousands of California homeowners in foreclosure, a stalemate continues as only a small percentage reach the end of the process through cancellation or sale, and the time to foreclos …
• Banks Plan to Clear Books By Turning To Short SalesNow short sales are growing at a faster rate than foreclosures and most economists expect the distressed home market to have a 5% increase in the number of short sales this coming year. That expectati …
• Housing Market Turnaround Up To BanksPeople are buying up short sales and foreclosures at the expense of conventional sales and if the housing market is ever going to recover, the banks need to get short sales closed at a much quicker pa …