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FIDUCIARY AND LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF REALTORS RELATING TO SHORT SALES - Part II - Explaining to the Homeowner What Their Options Are.     First my disclosure:  I am not an attorney.  This is a Part II of 4 RE-Blogs from one of my consulting attorneys regarding a important subject on fiduciary ...
04/03/2012
  It’s time to take another look at short sales As recently as a few months ago, if you would have told a real estate agent who specialized in short sales that they’d be raving about a lender’s stellar service and rapid approval times—not to mention significant cash incentives for financially str...
04/01/2012
First my disclosure:  I am not an attorney.  This is a Part 1 of 4 RE-Blogs from one of my consulting attorneys regarding a important subject on fiduciary responsibility for those of us who do short sales as a licensed agent. Jeff Watson, Attorney, jwatson@srecnow.comFIDUCIARY AND LEGAL RESPONSI...
03/31/2012
The news has been abuzz in the past few weeks about the historic Robo-Signing Settlement reached between the government and five major lenders. The settlement raises lots of questions, but for homeowners who are in danger of losing their home there is only one: Can this settlement help me stay in...
03/31/2012
    Does it feel like trust is one of the major casualties of the economic meltdown of 2008 – followed by the “Great Recession,” the “Jobless Recovery” and now the threat of a “Double Dip Recession? Weren’t we assured that home values were destined to go up and up and up? There have been lots of ...
03/30/2012
  A short sale could fit the bill for a first-time homebuyer who has patience. In a short sale, the lender allows the home to be sold for less than the mortgage balance. As a result, prices often are affordable. On top of that, today's mortgage interest rates are low. But short sales are complex ...
03/29/2012
Bank of America, the nation’s second-largest lender, is launching a pilot program this week that will offer a limited number of customers behind on their mortgages to transition from owner to renter. The bank, which was saddled with thousands of delinquent loans when it took over mortgage giant C...
03/24/2012
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In February 2009, the Government introduced the Making Home Affordable Program — a plan to stabilize the housing market and help struggling homeowners stay in their homes. One of the possible ways to help families stay in their homes is to modify mortgages to make them more affordable through a ...
03/10/2012
  What is foreclosure?   Foreclosure involves a lawsuit in which a bank, a mortgage company, or other lien holder seeks to take an owner's property to satisfy a debt. The bank or lender may actually take ownership of the property or have the property sold to pay off the debt. As a result of the ...
03/03/2012
Maybe I'm writing this out of frustration. Or maybe as a "plea" to the agents who are involved in listing properties that have upside-down mortgages or little or no equity and don't understand that you can't list the property for what is owed the lender plus closing costs!  As someone who does a...
02/26/2012
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