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Unemployment Mortgage Assistance

If you’ve received unemployment benefits within the last 30 days you could qualify for mortgage assistance.  Notice there’s a time parameter here.  If you’re about to lose you unemployment benefits, you need to hurry.  See it at Keep Your Home California

By |December 15th, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Unemployment Mortgage Assistance|

Settlement Provides 4 Billion in Aid To Distressed Borrowers

11-20-2013  J.P. Morgan Chase just settled with the Justice Department  over a variety of legal issues related to the mortgage debacle.  Apparently they were not forthright about the mortgages they sold on the secondary market.  They were weaker mortgages than advertised.  In the agreement J.P. Morgan is to provide 4 Billion in aid to distressed borrowers.  The use of […]

By |December 14th, 2024|foreclosure, real estate, short sale, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Settlement Provides 4 Billion in Aid To Distressed Borrowers|

Free Value Estimate For Your Home

Have you ever wondered what your home is worth?  Maybe you’re wondering if you could sell and payoff your loan without owing anything.  Zillow is a website that offers free AVM’s:  Automated Valuation Model.  This is an estimate of what your home is worth based on sales in your area.  Each company has a variety of parameters they use […]

By |December 13th, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Free Value Estimate For Your Home|

Tax Consequences of a Short Sale In California

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There’s good news for Californians who are needing to do a short sale.  According to the California Association of Realtors a letter from one of the FTB board members stating  “California families who have lost their home in a short sale are not subject to state income tax liability on debt forgiveness “phantom income” they never received in a […]

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Home Affordable Refinance Program – HARP

3-5-14  I recently read that 25% of all homes with mortgages in Fresno County still owe more than there home is worth.  There’s

two parts to this equation:

1) The debt exceeds the value of the home

and

2) The homeowner is paying interest on debt that’s beyond the homes worth.  That’s not efficient.

Wouldn’t it be wiser to reduce the payment burden by […]

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