Download now or preview on posterous health care & real estate tax.pdf (21 KB) Will health-care legislation passed this year impose a sales tax on all real estate sales? Yes, but the tax will not affect everyone. The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, which takes effect Jan. 1, 2013, will impose a […]
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Wall Street Journal Reports Credit Continuing to Tighten
Download now or preview on posterous Stockton Real Estate – WSJ Article Credit Crunch.pdf (40 KB) We have been experiencing a tightening of credit in the Stockton real estate market. Even well qualified buyers are finding hurdles in the path to home purchasing and refinancing. Cash is king. The Stockton short sales and Stockton foreclosures […]
New Rules for Fannie Mae
Trying to minimize foreclosures, new Fannie Mae rules will go into effect as of July 2010 for homeowners who do a “deed in lieu of foreclosure” or short sale allowing them to apply for another Fannie Mae backed loan in two years. Currently, Freddie Mac still requires a four year wait. Previously the wait period […]
Real Estate Prices May Not Boom Again For 15 Years
The return to the bubble home prices could take a long time to bounce back for many U.S. markets, according to Fiserv, Inc. The company believes the areas of biggest price bubbles, in California, Florida, Arizona, and Nevada, may not see real estate prices back at those levels again for another 15 years or more. […]
Factors to Consider When Determining if now is the Time to Buy Real Estate
I think prices may still decrease by 10 – 15% as REO and short sale inventory increases and the number of first time home buyer transactions decrease. The higher end could see even higher adjustments as the result of increasing distressed sales. 5 & 7 year ARMs are resetting in bulk this year and next. […]
Check with an attorney before pursuing a short sale prior to filing bankruptcy
We 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 questions regarding the subject. Visit http://www.bankrate.com/finance/debt/a-short-sale-followed-by-bankruptcy.aspx to see the full article. Call us at 209-471-6516 if you are interested in discussing buying or selling a short […]
TransUnion Reports Mortgage Delinquencies Increase 50% Compared to Last Year!
The percentage of borrowers at least 60 days past due on their mortgage increased for the 12th straight quarter, hitting 6.89 percent by the end of 2009, according to new data released by TransUnion Tuesday. That%u2019s an all-time high in the credit bureau%u2019s study, dating back to 1992. This statistic, which is traditionally seen as […]
Washingtonpost.com reports 9.1% of borrowers had missed at least 3 months of payments in December!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/01/AR2010020103 527.html?hpid=topnews Posted via email from www.Homes-In-Stockton.com Posterous
10 steps to ‘short sale’ buying
Bobbi Dempsey one of the authors of “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Buying Foreclosures” blogs on the following list: 10 steps to short-sale homebuying 1. Identify potential short sales. 2. View the property. 3. Do your research. 4. Find all liens and mortgages. 5. Figure out the financing. 6. Contact the lender. 7. Complete the […]
Short Sale Fraud
In the recent article posted by Karl Denninger entitled New Short Sale Fraud Allegations: Second Liens, The subject of fraud with short sale subordinate lien holders is discussed. Unfortunately since second lien holders frequently, get 10% or less, they often request funds off the HUD to be brought in by real estate agents or the […]
Short Sales are Risky for Homebuyer Tax Credit
In the article titled Homebuyer-Tax-Credit-Deadline-Freezes-Out-Short-Sales By Steve Cook at Real Estate Economy Watch, Mr. Cook discusses the unpredictable and lengthy nature of short sale transactions. In particular, he focuses on the inability to rely on a short sale timeframe to guarantee qualifying for the Homebuyer Tax Credit which requires that a buyer be under contract […]
Chase violates Treasury Dept. rules when denying some loan modifications!
Several distressed homeowners who may be eligible for loan modifications were denied by Chase for a reason that violates the Treasury Department’s rules, according to a recent report from ProPublica, a nonprofit news organization. ProPublica said that six troubled homeowners had been denied loan modifications by Chase Home Finance, JPMorgan’s mortgage servicing arm, on the […]
2nd position lenders knowingly commit fraud
The Short Sales and Bank Fraud story continues to gain traction. After CNBC aired the story we brought them, dozens of other media outlets, bloggers and authorities have contacted me to discuss this topic. Here is the story of how this fraud initially came to our attention, along with the evidence to back it up. […]
FHA is lifting 90 day ban on flipping property! Good news for FHA buyers.
FHA is lifting the 90 day flip rule. Great news for investors and FHA buyers. Currently if an investor buys a home 9man are bought for cash on the courthouse steps) , fixes is up and lists it for sale, an FHA buyer could not buy the home until the investor had owned the property […]
Step by step directions on filing IRS Form 5405 claiming 1st time home buyer tax credit.
How to File Form 5405 To Claim First Time Home Buyer $8000 Tax Credit via ehow.com We have had many requests from our first time Stockton home buyers on how to file for their $8000 tax credit. eHow has step by step directions. Check it out! Posted via web from www.Homes-In-Stockton.com Posterous
How will a Stockton short sale or loan mod affect your FICO score?
I receive many questions from potential Stockton short sale sellers regarding the impact of short sales, loan modifications and late pays on their FICO scores. The San Francisco Examiner published an article regarding the subject. Worth checking out. View article… Posted via email from www.Homes-In-Stockton.com Posterous
Wall Street Journal interview with Sr. VP of RealtyTrac
Does not appear the real estate market will be out of the woods anytime soon. Click here to watch the video! We continue to see a large number of Lathrop short sale, Manteca short sales and Stockton short sales being listed. We expect to see the number of Stockton homes for sale to increase dramatically […]
CNBC.com Article: Big Banks Accused of Short Sale Fraud
Big Banks Accused of Short Sale Fraud – Just as regulators, lawmakers and all forms of financial oversight boards are talking about new regulations to guard against mortgage fraud and another mortgage meltdown, there appears to be yet a new mortgage fraud out there today, allegedly perpetuated by agents of, yes, the big banks. For […]
The Second Mortgage Challenge
In order to do a short sale the second lien holder must also agree to the terms of the sale. This is even more challenging than with the first lien holder, since there usually isn’t much left to gain for the second in line. Obama’s administration has tried to encourage second lien holders into the incentive […]
Four Common Mistakes Made by Short Sale Buyers
So often buyers say they don’t want to get involved in a short sale because they believe short sales always fall apart. However when one explores why short sales so often fall apart they are likely to find the buyer frequently plays a significant role. Sure, one can argue that there are difficult lenders who […]
Build Your Ark, the Short Sale Flood is Coming
The Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives Program or HAFA will not only effect how lenders manage short sales as I have previously mentioned in the December 17, 2009 post, it will demand that all lenders who operate under HAMP offer short sales to any failed loan modification attempts who are eligible. With the current numbers at […]
The Next Wave – Luxury Short Sales
A recent Bloomberg News article reports first time home buyers were aided this past year by an $8,000 tax credit that raised resales to a 6.1 million annual pace in October, the highest since February 2007 according to the NAR. Last month President Obama extended the program for another year for first time buyers and […]
Foreclosure and Short Sale Tax Implications
The Mortgage Debt Forgiveness Act of 2007 and the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2009 provide tax relief for debt forgiven through a short sale or foreclosure. In the Internal Revenue Code Section 108, discharge of qualified debt from the purchase of a principal residence can be excluded from income if the discharge occurs in […]
Streamlined Shortsales? Really? Hey, I Have This Bridge For Sale…
Buyers and sellers unfamiliar with the short sale process always ask if there is anything that can be done to speed up the short sale process. As I have mentioned before, there are new and improved rules that have just been formed to streamline the short sale process that will go into effect April 5, […]
They Should be Called Long Sales
Time and time again sellers, buyers and agents involved in short sale transactions complain that the process takes too long. In fact, buyers often get frustrated and leave prior to receiving approval. It isn’t uncommon to go through two or three buyers in any given short sale. This is unfortunate since it can prolong the […]