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2008
Huge settlement in a legal case originally filed 10 years ago and affecting Transunion's credit reports and 160 million Americans: "The case being settled stems from a business operated by TransUnion that sliced and diced data from the Chicago-based company's massive credit files to generate cust...
05/30/2008
Since last December, California was named a "declining market" by FNMA ("FannieMae"), but in the spirit of its original mission under its 1938 creation under Franklin D. Roosevelt to "help those who house America", last Friday, May 16th, it removed that designation.So what does this mean for you?...
05/19/2008
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According to this Opinion article by Cyril Moulle-Berteaux, in the Wall Street Journal, May 6, 2008, it might be-- "Home sales peaked in July 2005" (I can buy that. In August 2005, the time on market started stretching out longer and longer. But it was August of 2007, when the loan credit shrank,...
05/16/2008
Many times the buyer needs extra cash to close, and many times the seller might be willing and able to contribute funds in order to sell his/her property.The HART (Housing Action Resource Trust) down payment assistance program is one designed to do just that. Unlike certain other program geared s...
05/13/2008
Here's a great strategy just sent to me today:This rate buy down strategy will help sell your listings faster and help you respond to that low ball offer. A strategy that will make you shine above the rest and solidify the close of escrow Should you reduce your sales price or should you reduce yo...
05/05/2008