7/17/14
Guarantee Real Estate just reported that the number of homes for sale has increased and the number of days
the property is on the market has increased slightly year to date; the number of days on the market is the time it takes to
get a buyer, not when it actually closes escrow. Our experience puts that number around 45 days. […]
12-4-13 – The Home Affordable Refinance Program, also known as HARP, is a federal program of the United States, set up by the Federal Housing Finance Agency in March 2009 to help underwater and near-underwater homeowners refinance their mortgages. The application deadline is Dec 31, 2015. To see if you qualify check out the HARP website!
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
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 […]
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 […]